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Pentagon denies ship held by Iran US-flagged
Date: 2015-04-28 17:45:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:61 - ID:2477873
A Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday that a cargo ship held by Iran was not hoisting the US flag. Col. Steve Warren told reporters that the vessel had no Americans on board. The ship was passing through Strait of Hormuz when it was held by the ....
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US ship seized by Iranian warships
Date: 2015-04-28 16:29:35 GMT - Iran - International - SN:54 - ID:2477445
The Iranian Navy has confiscated an American cargo vessel with all its 34 crew, reports said, according to FARS News Agency. Other reports said the vessel has been seized for trespassing Iran's territorial waters. Al-Arabia said an Iranian ....
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French president meets Patriarch of Antioch
Date: 2015-04-28 15:24:10 GMT - France - International - SN:47 - ID:2476841
French President Francois Hollande held on Tuesday talks with Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East Beshara Boutros al Rahi. The two sides discussed problems facing Christian minorities in the Middle East as well as the latest ....
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Daesh leader Baghdadi is reportedly 'unable to move' after spinal injury
Date: 2015-04-28 12:40:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:24 - ID:2474849
The head of the Daesh group is reportedly injured so badly he can barely move, according to Business Insider. "Sources tell us Baghdadi is still alive, but still unable to move due to spinal injury sustained in the March air strike," Kareem ....
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Ukrainian parliament imposes sanctions against Russian president
Date: 2015-04-27 18:05:18 GMT - Russia - International - SN:52 - ID:2469609
Ukraine's Rada speaker Volodymyr Groysman has signed a decree recommending Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council to impose individual sanctions against several Russian citizens, including President Vladimir Putin, Tass reported ....
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Death toll in Nepal earthquake rises to 3,700, official says
Date: 2015-04-27 12:09:25 GMT - Nepal - International - SN:25 - ID:2465037
The death toll from Nepal’s earthquake soared past 3,700 Monday, and how much higher it would rise depended largely on the condition of vulnerable mountain villages that rescue workers were still struggling to reach two days after the disaster, ....
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Freak storm kills 45 in Pakistan
Date: 2015-04-27 12:06:22 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:38 - ID:2466081
A freak “mini-cyclone” tore roofs of buildings and brought down trees and power poles in Pakistan, killing 45 people and injuring more than 200, officials said. Army teams were on their way to the area of Peshawar city to help with the rescue, a ....
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ILO: More than half of the global rural population excluded from health care
Date: 2015-04-27 10:28:33 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:28 - ID:2465145
A new ILO report shows that 56 per cent of people living in rural areas worldwide do not have access to essential health-care services – more than double the figure in urban areas, where 22 per cent are not covered. The report Global evidence on ....
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Erdogan’s talks in Kuwait to focus on issues of joint concern – amb.
Date: 2015-04-27 09:53:31 GMT - Kuwait - International - SN:21 - ID:2464757
The scheduled visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Kuwait, later Monday, will focus on political, economic and commercial issues of joint concern, said Turkish Ambassador here Murat Tamer. He told KUNA that the two-day visit had ....
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Kazakh leader gains crushing election victory
Date: 2015-04-27 07:52:46 GMT - Kazakhstan - International - SN:7 - ID:2463669
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a widely expected crushing election victory, with early results showing he has won 97.7% of the vote, the BBC reported. The country's Central Election Commission said that there had been a record ....
