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Edogan in talks over coming presidential polls
Date: 2014-04-16 09:21:00 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:28 - ID:670974
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired on Wednesday a meeting of lawmakers of the ruling Justice and Development Party to choose candidates for the coming presidential polls, to take place in August. The meeting aims at reaching an agreement ....
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Ferry with 350 passengers sinking off South Korea
Date: 2014-04-16 09:03:47 GMT - south korea - International - SN:27 - ID:670929
A passenger ship carrying more than 470 people, mostly high school students, sank off South Korea's southern coast on Wednesday, leaving at least two people, including one student, dead and about 290 others missing, Yonhap reported. The ....
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Sound bomb explodes in central Istanbul
Date: 2014-04-16 09:02:46 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:26 - ID:670921
Unidentified men threw a sound bomb outside an apartment building in central Istanbul on Wednesday, causing damage to the building and nearby shops, NTV news channel reported. Police searched many suspected houses in a bid to find the attackers. ....
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Putin: Escalating conflict puts Ukraine on 'brink of civil war'
Date: 2014-04-16 09:01:17 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:25 - ID:670916
The escalating conflict in Ukraine "essentially puts the nation on the brink of civil war," Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, CNN reported. His assessment came during a telephone conversation with his German counterpart, ....
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Search For MH370: No Objects Of Interest Found In Bluefin-21's Maiden Mission
Date: 2014-04-16 08:56:33 GMT - Australia - International - SN:24 - ID:670908
No objects of interest were found from data collected by the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named Bluefin-21 in its first mission Monday to help locate the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Bernama news agency reported. The Joint ....
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Alex royal jewelry museum to be inaugurated on June 30
Date: 2014-04-16 08:51:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:23 - ID:670895
Alexandria Governor Tareq Mahdi announced on Wednesday that Alexandria royal jewelry museum is scheduled to be inaugurated on June 30 after being completely restored. Mahdi added that Zizenia neighborhood-based museum is an important tourist ....
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Iran censures terrorist bomb blasts in Nigeria
Date: 2014-04-16 08:49:00 GMT - Iran - International - SN:22 - ID:670882
Iran has condemned the “regretful” twin bomb explosions at a bus station outside Nigeria's capital city of Abuja, urging the establishment of peace in the African country, Press TV reported. At least 71 people have been killed and 124 others ....
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Israel reopens Karam Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2014-04-16 08:45:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:670875
Israeli authorities re-opened on Wednesday Karam Abu Salem border crossing, located southeast of Gaza, after a two-day closure due to Jewish holidays. Gaza commercial liaison officer Raed Fattouh said 300 trucks loaded with goods for the ....
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CIT Min arrives in Assiut to lay foundation stone of technological zone
Date: 2014-04-16 08:44:34 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:20 - ID:670873
Communication and Information Technology Minister Atef Helmy arrived Wednesday in Assiut to lay the foundation stone of the first technological zone outside Cairo. The 120-feddan zone will cost 4 billion pounds and will be carried out within five ....
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Security Council condemns abduction of Jordanian envoy in Libya
Date: 2014-04-16 08:43:31 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:670869
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Tuesday's attack in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, which resulted in the abduction of the Jordanian ambassador and injuries to his driver. According to media reports, assailants opened fire on ....
