Funeral for Thatcher

    Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s Iron Lady, was laid to rest on April 17.

    More than 700 soldiers, sailors and air force personnel lined the route* to St. Paul’s Cathedral and around 4,000 police officers were on duty. Spectators lining the route broke into applause — and scattered boos* — as the carriage passed by.

    Some people staged silent protests by turning their backs on Thatcher’s coffin*.

    One man held a banner declaring “Rest in shame.”

    Chinese bombing victim

    One of the three victims of the Boston Marathon* bombings has been identified as a Chinese citizen who was a student at Boston University, the Chinese Consulate* in New York said on April 17.

    Boston University has confirmed that one of its graduate students was killed by the blasts*. The family has asked that the victim’s name not be disclosed*, the Chinese Consulate said.

    The other two people who died in Monday’s explosions were identified as Krystle Campbell, 29, and 8-year-old Martin Richard. Both were Massachusetts residents.

    U.S. plant blast levels homes

    A fertilizer plant* exploded near Waco, Texas, in the United States on April 17.

    Reports said an estimated five to 14 people were killed and more than 200 injured.

    The explosion at West Fertilizer happened shortly before 8 p.m. and could be heard as far away as Waxahachie, 45 miles (72 km) to the north.

    Bomb suspect under guard

    Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev lay hospitalized in serious condition under heavy guard on Saturday.

    People across the Boston area breathed easier the morning after Tsarnaev, 19, was captured as he lay hiding in a tarp-covered boat in a Watertown backyard, at the end of a tense day that began with his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, dying in a gunbattle* with police.

    The twin bombings killed three people and wounded more than 180.

    (SD-Agencies)