ANKARA, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Three people were charged Sunday over the collapse of a boarding school in central Turkey that claimed 18 lives, Anatolia news agency reported.

ANKARA, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Police detained three people Saturday over the collapse of a boarding school in central Turkey as the death toll from the disaster climbed to 18, Anatolia news agency reported.

ANKARA, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - The body of a 13-year-old girl was recovered from the rubble of a collapsed boarding school in central Turkey overnight, bringing the death toll to 18, Anatolia news agency reported Saturday.

ANKARA, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - A religious boarding school for girls in Turkey collapsed Friday after a suspected gas explosion, killing 17 girls and injuring at least 27 others, local media reported, citing rescue authorities.

ANKARA, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - A religious boarding school for girls in Turkey collapsed Friday after a suspected gas explosion, killing 16 girls and injuring at least 27 others, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said.

An explosion sent a wall of flame through the school dormitory just as the girls, aged from eight to 16, were getting up for morning prayers, one of the girls said.

ANKARA, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - A religious boarding school for girls in Turkey collapsed Friday after a suspected gas explosion, killing 14 girls and injuring at least 27 others, officials told media.

An explosion sent a wall of flame through the school dormitory just as the girls, aged from eight to 16, were getting up for morning prayers, one of the girls told.

ANKARA, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - At least 13 schoolgirls were killed and 23 others injured when a girls' boarding school that taught the Koran collapsed Friday in the centre of Turkey, local authorities said.

ANKARA, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Eleven schoolgirls were killed and some 20 others injured Friday when a girls' boarding school collapsed in the centre of Turkey, local authorities said.

Abdulbaki Acet, mayor of Taskent in Konya province where the accident happened around 0200 GMT, said: 'Eleven bodies have been pulled from the debris up to now.'

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - Three people were shot and wounded on Thursday when a gunman opened fire in a community college in Phoenix, Arizona, the school reported on its website.

STOCKHOLM, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - A heated debate raged in the Swedish blogosphere on Monday after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament.