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British charities found funneling cash to extremist groups
Date: 2014-04-20 21:09:35 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:167 - ID:679161
LONDON, April 20 (MENA) – The British Charity Commission said it will come down hard on charities found funneling cash to extremist groups, Sky News reported Sunday. Chairman of the commission William Shawcross said the commission was taking ....
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Malaysia Airlines jet turns back after tire burst
Date: 2014-04-20 21:08:12 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:166 - ID:679164
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 (MENA) - A Malaysia Airlines flight heading to India with 166 people aboard made an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur after it was forced to turn back when a tire burst upon takeoff, ABC News reported Sunday. The airline said ....
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Four killed in helicopter crash in Spain
Date: 2014-04-20 20:44:13 GMT - Spain - World - SN:165 - ID:679162
MADRID, April 20 (MENA) - A military helicopter that crashed into the sea near the Canary Islands was found Sunday with the bodies of its four missing crew members inside, the Spanish government said, The Voice of Russia reported. The Super Puma ....
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8 killed in Finland parachutist plane crash
Date: 2014-04-20 20:26:48 GMT - Finland - World - SN:162 - ID:679138
HELSINKI, April 20 (MENA) - Finnish officials say eight people died when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed to the ground and caught fire, ABC News reported. Det. Supt. Petri Kangas said three people survived the accident Sunday after ....
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2 Afghan soldiers, 18 militants killed in various incidents
Date: 2014-04-20 18:22:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:133 - ID:678958
KABUL, April 20 (MENA) - At least two members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed during the past 24 hours, defense officials said Sunday. Eighteen anti-government armed militants were killed and 8 others were injured in the past 24 ....
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Araqchi: Experts of Iran-G5+1 due to meet in New York
Date: 2014-04-20 17:13:52 GMT - Iran - World - SN:118 - ID:678699
TEHRAN, April 20 (MENA) – Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that the experts' meeting of Iran-G5+1 will be held in New York on May 5-9, IRNA news agency reported. Araqchi added that the experts from the two parties will ....
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42 killed in bus-tractor collision in S. Pakistan
Date: 2014-04-20 15:40:30 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:103 - ID:678712
ISLAMABAD, April 20 (MENA) - At least 42 people have been killed and 17 injured in southern Pakistan when a bus travelling to Karachi collided with a tractor pulling a trolley, police say. The dead and injured included women and children, Sky News ....
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Eight killed in plane crash in northern Mexico
Date: 2014-04-20 08:14:51 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:26 - ID:677791
MEXICO CITY, April 20 (MENA) - A Hawker 800 jet crashed in northern Mexico late on Saturday, killing all eight people on board, Sky News reported quoting the government of the state of Coahuila as having said. The plane came down in an ....
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Putin offers condolences over deadly sinking of S. Korean ferry
Date: 2014-04-20 07:22:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:677678
SEOUL, April 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of condolence to South Korean President Park Geun-hye over the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol, Yonhap quoted Park's office as saying Sunday. Putin said in the message ....
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White House announces itinerary for Obama’s Asia trip
Date: 2014-04-20 07:11:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:677679
WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - President Obama will meet with the leaders of four Asian nations, answer questions at a town hall-style event at a university in Malaysia and address U.S. service members in South Korea during a week-long trip that ....