At least 55 people died in Afghanistan yesterday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia shrine in Kabul, igniting fears of a new and unprecedented phase of sectarian violence in the Sunni-majority country.
BEIJING — More than 3,300 dead pigs have been found in a major river that flows through Shanghai, igniting fears among city residents of contaminated tap water, according to official reports on Tuesday.
Sporadic cases were also registered in Mali, Nigeria and Senegal as deaths mounted at a dizzying rate, igniting fears in Europe and elsewhere of a virus that transgressed borders and national controls.
Sixteen years later, it underscores the tricky task facing lawmakers and President Obama as they try to address the health system's substantial problems without igniting fears that people could lose what they like.
PANJWAI, Afghanistan — Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan early on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American hostility, Afghan and American officials said.
On Wednesday, global equity markets and bonds were upended by the failure of the German government to sell a large part of the debt it was offering at auction, igniting fears that investors might have lost faith in all euro zone sovereign assets.
Felipe Massa in 10th spot was the leading KERS-class runner, igniting fears of a three-tier world championship over the first four races until rivals can catch up with the "D-class [for diffuser]" cars when the circus returns to Europe for the Spanish GP in May.
In 2010, a conservative Roman Catholic group and members of Congress helped bring about the removal of a video clip of ants crawling on a crucifix from a Smithsonian exhibit — igniting fears that the culture wars of the '80s and '90s had returned.
In early July, the US imposed $34 billion on Chinese goods, prompting the Shenzhen Component Index, dominated by technology and consumer product stocks, to fall to its lowest point since 2014, igniting fears among investors.
Wall Street fell at the open on Tuesday as producer prices rose more than expected, igniting fears of inflationary pressures, and a gauge of manufacturing activity in New York State unexpectedly plunged in December.
