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Paris gunman opens fire at French paper Liberation

Paris gunman opens fire at French paper Liberation

A gunman has opened fire inside an office building in Paris housing the left-wing newspaper, Liberation, leaving one man seriously injured. November 18 2013, 15:47 1 055 просмотрs

Top Syrian rebel commander dies

Top Syrian rebel commander dies

A top Syrian rebel commander has died of wounds he sustained in an air strike on a rebel-held air base in Aleppo province on Thursday, his group says. November 18 2013, 15:39 1 791 просмотрs

Separatists blamed for police station assault in China's Xinjiang

Separatists blamed for police station assault in China's Xinjiang

Eleven people have been killed in an assault on a police station in northwestern China. The attack is the latest in a series pointing to growing unrest in the area around the city of Xinjiang. November 18 2013, 09:59 1 393 просмотрs

Dozens dead in Russian plane crash

Dozens dead in Russian plane crash

A passenger plane has crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board. November 18 2013, 09:37 2 141 просмотрs

Ukraine’s Pivot to Europe?

Ukraine’s Pivot to Europe?

LVIV, Galicia, Ukraine – While Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovich is caught between Russian threats and European Union enticements, Andriy Sadovy, the mayor of this resurgent city in western Ukraine, has made up his mind: he is all for the Association Agreement Ukraine is due to sign with the EU at a summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on November 28. November 15 2013, 15:07 1 269 просмотрs

Gambia severs diplomatic ties with Taiwan

Gambia severs diplomatic ties with Taiwan

President Yahya Jammeh's office said the move was for reasons of "national strategic interest". November 15 2013, 10:47 1 072 просмотрs

Netanyahu: ‘Bad deal’ with Iran will only lead to war

Netanyahu: ‘Bad deal’ with Iran will only lead to war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that lifting sanctions on Iran without demanding sufficient concessions in return will only encourage Tehran on its path to nuclear armament and lead to future conflict. November 15 2013, 10:37 1 584 просмотрs

Pavel Durov, Russia’s Zuckerberg, is done hiding

Pavel Durov, Russia’s Zuckerberg, is done hiding

Pavel Durov, who has built Russia’s largest social network, is known as being a bit of a recluse. As the world grew fascinated by the resiliency of Durov’s website VKontakte, which has so far successfully fended off advances by Facebook in Russia, the founder shunned countless opportunities to speak publicly. Before last month, the Mark Zuckerberg of Russia, as he’s known, had appeared on stage at just one technology event in Europe. November 14 2013, 18:02 1 272 просмотрs

Brazil exhumes 1960s president

Brazil exhumes 1960s president

Brazil has exhumed the remains of Joao Goulart to determine if he died by poisoning. Authorities suspect the former president was murdered in exile in Argentina during a military crackdown known as Operation Condor. November 14 2013, 14:13 1 075 просмотрs

Kerry against new Iran sanctions

Kerry against new Iran sanctions

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Congress against imposing new sanctions against Iran. Kerry said fresh sanctions could destroy diplomatic efforts to rein in Tehran's nuclear program. November 14 2013, 14:09 2 002 просмотрs

Russia may give $2 million for Syrian chemical disarmament

Russia may give $2 million for Syrian chemical disarmament

Russia may donate $2 million toward eliminating Syria's chemical weapons and is ready to offer expert help to the body tasked with the mission, a senior official said on Wednesday. November 13 2013, 17:44 979 просмотрs

Uzbekistan expresses guarded interest in Russia-led Customs Union

Uzbekistan expresses guarded interest in Russia-led Customs Union

Usually wary of Moscow-led initiatives, Uzbekistan has suddenly expressed cautious interest in joining the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia – the trade bloc Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a key feature of his foreign policy. November 13 2013, 17:16 2 354 просмотрs

Russia demands Poland apology over riots outside Warsaw embassy

Russia demands Poland apology over riots outside Warsaw embassy

Russia demanded an apology from Poland and slammed what it called a delayed police response after ultra-nationalist rioters went on the rampage outside the Russian embassy in Warsaw. November 13 2013, 10:55 1 172 просмотрs

One World Trade Center is 'tallest building in US'

One World Trade Center is 'tallest building in US'

One World Trade Center was built on the lower Manhattan site of the iconic Twin Towers, which were destroyed in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 along with other buildings in the World Trade Center complex. November 13 2013, 10:20 1 148 просмотрs

Microsoft’s Office 365 adds four new languages and 17 new markets

Microsoft’s Office 365 adds four new languages and 17 new markets

Microsoft today announced it has added four new languages (Indonesian, Kazakh, Hindi, and Hebrew) to Office 365 and brought the suite to 17 new markets. November 13 2013, 09:57 1 434 просмотрs

Clashes mar Poland independence march

Clashes mar Poland independence march

Polish police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up violent clashes during an independence day march in the capital Warsaw. November 12 2013, 14:58 1 023 просмотрs

Iran talks came 'extremely close' to deal - John Kerry

Iran talks came 'extremely close' to deal - John Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC that none of the differences between world powers and Iran over its nuclear programme are big enough to prevent agreement. November 12 2013, 14:51 1 073 просмотрs

Rakhat Aliyev stripped of Austrian passport

Rakhat Aliyev stripped of Austrian passport

Viennese prosecutors tell European counterparts that Kazakh exile was ‘deprived’ of Austrian aliens’ passport in April 2013 November 12 2013, 11:55 2 233 просмотрs

Philippines sifting through horror in Typhoon Haiyan

Philippines sifting through horror in Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced a huge relief effort Monday as bodies lay in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine. November 12 2013, 10:01 1 213 просмотрs

Up all night to get lucky - Police in Russia sing Daft Punk cover

Up all night to get lucky - Police in Russia sing Daft Punk cover

Police in Russia are arguably more infamous, than famous, but they've scored a major PR coup with a cover - sung by the police choir - of Daft Punk's, Get Lucky. It's been a big hit on YouTube - but do they know what they're singing about? November 12 2013, 09:43 2 258 просмотрs

Egypt footballer suspended over Morsi sign

Egypt footballer suspended over Morsi sign

One of Egypt's top football clubs has excluded its striker from a competition for publicly showing support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi. November 12 2013, 09:36 1 290 просмотрs

Preah Vihear temple land belongs to Cambodia, says international court

Preah Vihear temple land belongs to Cambodia, says international court

The International Court of Justice has ruled that ancient temple land near the Cambodia-Thai border belongs to Cambodia. It's been the site of repeated clashes between the two countries' armies in recent years. November 11 2013, 17:36 1 005 просмотрs

France debates fines for sex workers' clients

France debates fines for sex workers' clients

Can a country eradicate prostitution by punishing not the people who sell their bodies for sex, but the people who buy them? November 11 2013, 15:10 1 340 просмотрs

Naked artist nails scrotum to ground in protest at Moscow's Red Square

Naked artist nails scrotum to ground in protest at Moscow's Red Square

A naked Russian artist nailed his own testicles to the ground in a bizarre protest against his country's authoritarian regime. November 11 2013, 10:52 3 467 просмотрs

Venezuelan is the new Miss Universe

Venezuelan is the new Miss Universe

A 25-year-old Venezuelan who appears on TV in her country and is an accomplished flamenco dancer is the new Miss Universe, denverpost.com reports. November 11 2013, 10:37 1 599 просмотрs