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US Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso told reporters that the explosion that happened at an ammonium nitrate storage facility in West, Texas, could have been preventable, Businessweek said.

In a phone interview with The Associated Press, United Nations humanitarian official Toby Lanzer expressed concerns about the public health and safety implications of the Nuer rebel group killings in South Sudan.

BBC reported that a statement issued by Oscar Pistorius' family has rejected claims by a journalist who said that the athlete received acting lessons from a coach prior to his testimony in his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.