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organizations in the world, but like all human institutions, none is perfect.” Glenn Greenwald, a reporter and columnist, on news organizations inadvertently disclosing government secrets by publishing leaked National Security Agency documents Article, 9AHeavy snow stalls Tokyo trains, flights

TOKYO - Tokyo received the heaviest snowfall in decades, as voters in the Japanese capital headed to the polls to elect their next governor and flights and train service remained disrupted.

Central Tokyo was left under 9.4 inches of snow this morning from Saturday’s downfall, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. Public broadcaster NHK said the snowfall was the heaviest in 45 years.

Other parts of greater Tokyo saw as much as 19.7 inches, the meteorological agency said.

Japan Airlines Co. halted 88 domestic flights as of 7:30 a.m., the company said in a faxed statement. ANA Holdings Inc. said on its website that some of its flights could be delayed or canceled today.

Train lines operated by East Japan Railway Co. and Central Japan Railway Co. could be delayed by 30 minutes or longer, the companies said.

Parts of Tokyo saw sporadic power failures this morning due to the snow, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said on its website. All service had been restored as of 9 a.m.

2 hurt in explosion at Thai protest site

BANGKOK - Two men were injured in a small explosion at an anti-government protest site in Bangkok on Saturday, the latest violence to mark the political showdown that has gripped Thailand for the past three months.

The men were hurt behind the stage at the protest site in northern Bangkok, said Erawan emergency medical services, which tracks protest-related casualties.

At least 10 people have been killed and scores injured in connection with the protests.

The protesters are seeking to have Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra step down to make way for an interim appointed government to implement what they say are necessary changes to fight corruption.

According to Thai journalists’ postings on Twitter, two grenades fired from an M79 launcher exploded at the site shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday. They reported a similar incident there Thursday night in which no one was hurt. The perpetrators are not known in either of the attacks.

Protesters have battled police on several occasions and have been the target of several attacks for which no one has been apprehended.

Boulder hits train, kills 2 in French Alps

PARIS - An boulder hurtled off a mountain and smashed into a tourist train in the French Alps on Saturday, derailing it on the mountainside and killing two passengers, officials said. Nine people were injured.

The force of the boulder caved in the side of the train, which takes a leisurely three hours to travel about 93 miles from Nice to Dignes-les-Bains.

“A rock the size of an automobile came off the mountainside and slammed into the first car of the train,” said Jean Ballester, mayor of nearby Annot.

The uninjured among the approximately 30 passengers were evacuated to Annot, a little more than halfway through the train route, Ballester said. Two rescue helicopters were dispatched to the remote area, he said.

France’s top security official, Manuel Vals, confirmed two dead and nine injured.

The train travels along the mountains on track that regularly receives snow and rock falls, but regional transport official Jean-Yves Petit said that even in winter, it is considered safe.

Bosnians clear rubble as protests go on

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina - Bosnians swept up the rubble Saturday after protesters set fire to the presidency and other government buildings in the country’s worst social unrest since its devastating war. But the next steps in attempts to clean up are far from clear.

A few hundred people continued to protest peacefully in the capital, Sarajevo, and other cities, angry about the nation’s almost 40 percent unemployment rate and rampant corruption.

Local governments in four cities, including Sarajevo, resigned amid the unrest; one mayor fled the country; and politicians appeared on TV acknowledging mistakes and promising to change before general elections in October.

The violence started last week in the northern city of Tuzla, a former industrial center, where thousands of factory workers vented their fury about the privatization that left them without jobs and earned salaries.

Some 200 policemen and 100 protesters were injured in Friday’s clashes as protesters smashed government buildings, cars and streetlights. Almost 100 people were detained, many of them teenagers.

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