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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 ....
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Clinton foundation admits mistakes on tax filings
Date: 2015-04-27 07:41:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2463601
The Clinton Foundation defended its commitment to transparency on Sunday, but also admitted that the organization had made mistakes in its tax filings. Maura Pally, acting CEO of the foundation, posted a statement Sunday acknowledging that while ....
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Boko Haram attacks Niger army base, defense ministry says
Date: 2015-04-26 12:23:04 GMT - Niger - International - SN:28 - ID:2458881
Suspected Boko Haram fighters in motorized canoes attacked a Niger army base on an island in Lake Chad, the body of water touching all four countries that have been targeted by Nigeria's Islamic insurgency, Niger's defense ministry said Saturday as ....
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UNICEF fears for wellbeing of children after Nepal earthquake
Date: 2015-04-26 12:18:49 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:27 - ID:2458853
UNICEF is mobilizing an urgent response to meet the needs of children affected by today's earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal. With children accounting for half the country's population, UNICEF fears the disaster, which is reported to have already killed ....
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Blast in Sibi kills at least four
Date: 2015-04-26 12:14:18 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:26 - ID:2458817
At least four people were killed and 18 others injured on Sunday in a bomb explosion in Sibi, about 160km to the east of the provincial capital Quetta, Geo News reported. Police said that the explosives were planted inside a motorcycle parked on ....
