Violent disturbances in Tel Aviv injured more than 100

Dozens of people were injured in Tel Aviv on Saturday as hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police. Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said more than 114 people had been treated for injuries, including dozens of police officers.

Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake is drying out

Water levels at Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest, are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline is affecting tourism, fishing and agriculture, which locals rely on to make a living.

Today Music’s History

On March 7 1970, Simon and Garfunkels album Bridge Over Troubled Water started a ten week run at No.1 on the US chart. The duo had split-up by the time of release.

Suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 9 police officers

At least nine police officers were killed and 11 others injured in a suspected suicide blast in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Monday. Authorities said the latest in a string of recent attacks against security personnel in the South Asian nation. Kachhi Police senior superintendent Mehmood Notezai said a vehicle carrying policemen was targeted in the province’s Sibi district. Preliminary evidence suggests it was a suicide attack.

Fire hits Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh on Sunday. The blaze erupted at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern border district where more than a million Rohingya refugees live. Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner, Mijanur Rahman said The fire rapidly engulfed the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shelters. Some 2,000 shelters have been burnt, leaving about 12,000 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals shelterless.

Kazakhstan’s Parliamentary Election will be held on March 19

Kazakhstan will elect members of the Mazhilis, the lower house of Parliament, and maslikhats, local representative bodies on March 19. New names will surely appear in the legislative branch, while up to 50 percent of the country’s local representative offices are expected to have new members. Thirty-nine percent of the self-nominated candidates are women and young people. The vote will be held according to the new rules adopted following last year’s constitutional amendments.

Liverpool beat Manchester United 7-0 at Anfield

Liverpool have thrashed Manchester United 7-0 in the Premier League. It’s United’s heaviest defeat since Boxing Day 1931. It is the first time the Red Devils have lost by seven goals in any competition since that loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers more than 90 years ago. Former club captain Gary Neville said the performance had been an absolute disgrace, a shambles.

Greatest hits of all time : ABBA

Swedish pop quartet ABBA has sold nearly 400 million albums throughout its 50-year history. Formed in the late ’60s, the first ABBA songs were written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, who met in 1966 before Anni-Frid Lyngstad (also known as Frida) and Agnetha Fältskog completed the lineup in 1969. Their name is an acronym of the first initial in each of their given names. They released eight albums from 1972 through 1981.

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