A bomb blast tore through a Moscow market Monday morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens, officials said. A homemade bomb detonated in a two-story trading arcade at Cherkizovsky market in the northeastern part of the city about 10:30 a.m. City prosecutor Yuri Syomin told reporters at the scene that 41 people had been hospitalized. The Interfax news agency reported that two suspects had been detained.
Puerto Rico: 115th birthday party
The world’s oldest person celebrated his 115th birthday Monday, offering advice on healthy living at a party where he was serenaded by a well-known Puerto Rican singer. Emiliano Mercado del Toro, who was a boy when the United States seized Puerto Rico from Spain in 1898, attributed his long life to a healthy diet and avoiding alcohol. “I never damaged my body with liquor,” said Mercado, who quit a 76-year smoking habit when he was 90. Mercado was declared the world’s oldest person by the Guinness Book of Records last year. “I never thought I would last so long,” he said.
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