A CORONER is to ask Bus Éireann to review its procedures after an inquest heard how a man lay dead on a bus for almost two hours after he choked on raw meat.

Two Turkish children who have been tested for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu were in a critical condition today, a health ministry official said.

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous area in eastern Turkey today, damaging several buildings and injuring at least five people.