11:36 21/4/2015 |
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Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on April 19, as the UN said 800 people were killed in the Mediterranean's worst migrant disaster.
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11:35 21/4/2015 |
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Coincident with mass executions in the prisons of Ghezel-Hessar, Karaj and other cities, the anti-human regime of mullahs sent 16 other prisoners to the gallows in Mashhad and Birjand (northeastern Iran).
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11:55 20/4/2015 |
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As many as 700 migrants were feared drowned April 19 after their packed boat capsized off Libya in what was described as the deadliest such disaster to date in the Mediterranean.
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15:32 18/4/2015 |
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Malawi, a country with one of the world's highest rates of child marriage, has outlawed child marriage in the wake of a 15-year campaign by NGOs.
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10:19 18/4/2015 |
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South African police fired rubber bullets Friday to disperse crowds setting immigrant businesses ablaze as attacks against foreigners spread to Johannesburg.
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10:18 18/4/2015 |
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At least 22 people have been killed and 50 injured in an explosion in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.
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15:41 17/4/2015 |
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Farc has issued a statement after an attack in Cauca left 11 Colombian soldiers dead and shook the peace process, saying the incident was not an attack, but guerrilla units defending themselves.
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10:56 17/4/2015 |
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Oles Buzyna, a former editor-in-chief and one-time parliamentary candidate, was killed on Thursday by shots fired from a passing car.
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10:56 17/4/2015 |
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A Chinese court has sentenced a 71-year-old female journalist to seven years in jail for leaking state secrets, in a case seen by rights groups as part of a crackdown on government critics.
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12:34 16/4/2015 |
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The Colombian government has announced lifting of the suspension of its bombing campaign against guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's People Army (FARC-EP).
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09:44 16/4/2015 |
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European states have come under renewed pressure from human rights and refugee organisations to mount large-scale search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the latest migrant boat disaster led to the drowning of an estimated 400 people.
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16:04 15/4/2015 |
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Several independent sources said that Egypt's Hosni Mubarak has died at the age of 87. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Hassan Shoukri confirmed the revelation on his tweeter account minutes ago.
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10:14 15/4/2015 |
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US President Barack Obama recommended Tuesday that Cuba be removed from the U.S. government's list of state sponsors of terrorism. Long sought by the Cuban government, Obama's decision, expected for weeks now, will likely expedite plans to re-establish embassies in both Washington and Havana.
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10:14 15/4/2015 |
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Arrests on suspicion of terrorism follow investigations after nine people were stopped by Turkish authorities on the Syria border on 1 April.
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10:13 15/4/2015 |
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About 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized off Libya, survivors have told Save the Children.
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10:24 14/4/2015 |
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Amnesty International says many of those captured in Nigeria since start of 2014 are forced into "sexual slavery".
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10:24 14/4/2015 |
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The ISIS gang group has lost control of "25 to 30" percent of the territory it holds in Iraq after coalition air strikes and an Iraqi and Kurdish offensive, the Pentagon said April 13.
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08:50 14/4/2015 |
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Monday that “jihadi terrorism is a direct threat” to European and other countries, opening a key regional meeting in Barcelona to discuss the fight against terrorism and other issues.
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08:50 14/4/2015 |
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The Iranian regime’s henchmen in Central Prison in the city of Karaj hanged eight prisoners on Monday. The victims had been sentenced to death for drug related offence.
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12:56 12/4/2015 |
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Pope Francis marked the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” – a politically explosive pronouncement that is likely to anger Turkey.
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