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Groom Hemendra Maravi, 22, and his brother Rajkumar, 30, were killed in bomb.. Bride's former lover Sarju Markham was arrested on suspicion of a revenge plot.. Shocking incident in Chhattisgarh left four injured, including 18-month-old boy .. .... An Indian groom and his older brother have been killed after a wedding gift allegedly given to the family from a scorned former lover exploded in their home. Newly married Hemendra Maravi, 22, and his sibling Rajkumar, 30, were blown up while setting up the gifted home theatre system. While the groom died immediately from the explosion, Rajkumar succumbed to his injuries...

The city of Markham, Illinois, has elected a convicted felon as its new mayor, prompting the county’s state’s attorney to vow to remove him from office. Roger Agpawa pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud in a federal medical insurance case in 1999. He is currently the fire chief of neighboring Country Club Hills and won Tuesday’s mayoral election in Markham, a suburb south of Chicago. By law, his felony conviction prevents him from holding some municipal offices barring a presidential pardon, CBS Chicago reports.

Top Republican Official to Switch Parties Broward County Property Appraiser William "Bill" Markham, who was elected in 1968 at the high-water mark of Republican power in Broward and today is the lone GOP countywide officeholder, intends to become a Democrat this week, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has learned. Markham's conversion is a major coup for the Democratic Party, which has had little good news since 2000 when the presidential recount in Florida gave the election to George W. Bush. Although the state Republican Party does not keep statistics, a GOP spokesman in Tallahassee said Markham may be the longest-serving Republican...

University of Massachusetts President William M. Bulger was resisting efforts last night by a congressional committee to grill him about his notorious gangster brother, James J. ``Whitey'' Bulger. The House Committee on Government Reform, which is probing FBI corruption in Massachusetts, yesterday announced plans to question Bulger about his brother's relationship with federal law enforcement at hearings next week in Boston. But, according to a committee source, Bulger's lawyer, Thomas R. Kiley, called the panel and said the former Massachusetts Senate president had no intention of testifying, citing a scheduling conflict. Kiley was told the committee would issue a subpoena...

A congressional panel will grill two former Massachusetts U.S. Attorneys next month about the government's ties to mob informants while the taxpayers' bill for related civil suits is soaring. The House Committee on Government Reform announced yesterday it will hold a Dec. 5 hearing in Boston to question former top prosecutors Paul Markham and Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan. Markham led the U.S. Attorney's Office during mob prosecutions in the 1960s while O'Sullivan was U.S. Attorney when the FBI used informants James ``Whitey'' Bulger and Stephen ``The Rifleman'' Flemmi during the 1980s. ``These events are extraordinarily important and Congress must be thorough...

Monday, 3 June, 2002, 13:23 GMT 14:23 UK Mother appeals over 'severed head' killing Mr Lovelock was last seen alive on Thursday A mother has appealed for public help after her son's head and body parts were found strewn across a housing estate. The remains of Tristian Lovelock were discovered in Basingstoke, Hampshire, on Saturday. His mother Ruth Halliday is urging people to help find a man police want to question about the killing. Speaking on Monday, she said: "Tristian has been violently and horrifically taken from me in the prime of his life." Ruth Halliday: Appeal for help Hampshire...