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  • Death toll in DR Congo train crash rises to 74

    Date: 2014-04-28 09:55:49 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - World - SN:32 - ID:691512

    KINSHASA, April 28 (MENA) - The death toll in a train crash in DR Congo last week has risen to 74 on Sunday, media reports quoted the country's health minister as saying. Many people were trapped for days in the mangled wreckage of the goods ....

  • At Least 17 Dead as Tornadoes rip through Central, Southern US

    Date: 2014-04-28 09:35:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:691635

    WASHINGTON, April 28 (MENA) - A powerful storm system rumbled through the central and southern United States on Sunday, spawning several tornadoes that left communities devastated and at least 17 people dead, the ABC news reported. At least 16 ....

  • Blast kills 3 seminary students in Pakistan

    Date: 2014-04-28 08:52:51 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:24 - ID:691511

    ISLAMABAD, April 28 (MENA) - A police official says a bomb blast has killed three seminary students in southern Pakistan, ABC News reported Monday. Javed Odho says the Monday bombing in the port city of Karachi also wounded at least 10 students ....

  • Russia mulls closing NATO office in Moscow

    Date: 2014-04-28 07:37:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:691394

    MOSCOW, April 28 (MENA) - Russian lawmakers question whether it is reasonable for the NATO information office to continue to operate in Moscow taking into account that on April 1 foreign ministers of the 28 members of the alliance decided to suspend ....

  • Obama arrives in Manila

    Date: 2014-04-28 07:34:01 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:691302

    MANILA, April 28 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama arrived in Manila on Monday for his two-day state visit to the country, the BBC reported. Obama arrived on Air Force One at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 1:26 p.m., a couple of hours ....

  • Federalization supporters in Luhansk proclaim people's republic

    Date: 2014-04-28 06:23:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:3 - ID:691248

    MOSCOW, April 28 (MENA) - In Luhansk, federalization supporters at a meeting on Sunday proclaimed the establishment of the Luhansk People's Republic, Novosti reported. In that city, where a joint headquarters of the country's South-East was ....

  • Swedish military observer freed by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-04-27 21:21:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:133 - ID:691091

    KIEV, April 27 (MENA) - One of the eight European military observers held in eastern Ukraine has been released to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which had sent negotiators to the region, EuroNews reported. The man ....

  • Romanian military units moving towards Ukrainian border -- Russia media

    Date: 2014-04-27 20:46:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:131 - ID:691053

    MOSCOW, April 27 (MENA) - Romania military units are moving towards the eastern borders, The Voice of Russia reported. A military echelon loaded with anti-aircraft guns, trucks and ground -to- air missile systems has moved via Bucharest towards ....

  • Obama warns against oppressing Muslims in Myanmar

    Date: 2014-04-27 20:41:31 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:130 - ID:691059

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that the rights of Myanmar's minority Muslim population were not being fully protected and warned that the Southeast Asian country would not succeed if Muslims there were ....

  • Iran will never negotiate on military activities - FM

    Date: 2014-04-27 15:27:46 GMT - Iran - World - SN:94 - ID:690647

    TEHRAN, April 27 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that Tehran has not and will not allow its missile program to be on the agenda of the nuclear talks with the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, Britain and ....

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