April 19
[ 2007-04-19 08:00 ]
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| There are at least 100
people injured and the death toll is expected to
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| 1995: Many feared dead in Oklahoma
bombing |
England have
A huge car bomb has exploded at a government building in Oklahoma City
killing at least 80 people including 17 children attending a nursery
there. There are at least 100 people injured and the death toll is
expected to rise.
In an emotional speech, President Bill Clinton vowed "swift, certain
and severe" punishment for those behind the atrocity.
"The United States will not tolerate and I will not allow the people of
this country to be intimidated by evil cowards," he said at a White House
press conference this evening.
Trapped in the rubble
The blast happened just after 0900 local time when most workers were in
their offices. It destroyed the facade
of the ten-storey Alfred Murrah Building.
One survivor said he thought there was an earthquake: "I never heard
anything that loud. It was a horrible noise...the roar of the whole
building crumbling,"
There were scenes of chaos as paramedics
treated the wounded on the pavement and rescue workers
battled to dig out those still trapped in the rubble.
The building housed a children's nursery on the second floor as well as
social security, customs, agriculture and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
Some federal agents noted that the ATF mounted the operation which
ended the siege of David Koresh's Branch Davidian cult in Waco, Texas, two
years ago today. However members of the cult commemorating the siege today
angrily denied any connection.
The State Department would not discuss the possibility of this being a
terrorist attack but the FBI and Oklahoma police put out an alert for
three men believed to be of Middle Eastern origin driving a brown
Chevrolet pick-up truck.
Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and ten of his supporters are currently on
trial for the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993.
Government buildings in Washington and all over the US have been put on
high alert. Federal offices in Wilmington, Boston and Rochester were
evacuated after bomb scares.
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| The marriage rites were
completed at the Cathedral of Monaco the following
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1956: Prince Rainier marries Grace Kelly |
Artificially 1969:
The Prince Rainier III of Monaco has married the
film actress Grace Kelly.
A civil ceremony was held in the throne
room in the Palace of Monaco today.
The ceremony, conducted by the president of the Monaco Supreme Court,
was attended by the couple's close family and friends.
Miss Kelly, wearing a beige, lace dress with a close-fitting hat, was
noticeably nervous throughout the proceedings.
Nuptial Mass
Following the legal formalities the couple made a short appearance on
the balcony of the palace where approximately 500 members of the public
waited below.
The newly-married couple, surrounded by an abundance of red and white
flowers, waved to the crowds for just a couple of minutes before they
returned inside the palace.
The marriage ceremonies are due to be completed tomorrow at the
celebration of the Nuptial Mass in the Cathedral of Monaco, after which
the couple are expected to drive through the streets of Monte Carlo in an
open top car.
The couple, who announced their engagement in January, will spend their
honeymoon cruising around the Mediterranean aboard Prince Rainier's yacht,
Deo Juvante II.
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facade :建筑物的正面，外表
paramedic: a
person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist
medical professionals
（護理人員）
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