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Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Bus strike, Jean Claude Trichet and the JNLRs had everyone talking today.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s news.

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Nepal Earthquake Krishna Devi Khadka is carried on a stretcher after being rescued from a building that collapsed in Saturday'’s earthquake in Kathmandu Bikram Rai Bikram Rai

#AMERICA Time Magazine published a powerful front cover in the wake of the Baltimore riots 

#NEPAL A teenager was pulled alive from rubble five days after the earthquake

#INDONESIA An Irish priest said one of the Bali Nine who was executed ‘had no idea he was on death row’

INNOVATION

  • Want to reduce your phone bill? There’s an app for that. [TheJournal.ie]
  • Ever thought of turning off technology? Jemima Kiss argues it’s not about being a digital hermit, it’s about mental wellbeing. [The Guardian]

PARTING SHOT

Actor Dennis Hopper took some great photos on cameras he picked up at drugstores in the US. Here’s a look at them. [New York Times]

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