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Probe 'blames Sinopec, city for deadly China pipeline blast'

Probe 'blames Sinopec, city for deadly China pipeline blast'

An official inquiry blames China's state-owned oil giant Sinopec and local authorities in the city of Qingdao for a November pipeline explosion that killed 62 people, tengrinews reports, citing AFP. January 10 2014, 10:24 1 546 просмотрs

It's raining bats in Australia

It's raining bats in Australia

As many as 100,000 of the winged mammals fell from the sky and died, the result of an incredible heat wave, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC) reports. January 10 2014, 09:39 1 544 просмотрs

Russia on high alert after five bodies found in Stavropol

Russia on high alert after five bodies found in Stavropol

In Russia, security forces have been put on high alert after the discovery of five dead bodies in the south of the country, euronews.com reports. January 9 2014, 15:55 1 495 просмотрs

Afghan girl in bomb plot asks president for new home

Afghan girl in bomb plot asks president for new home

An Afghan girl who says her brother sought to use her as a suicide bomber asked President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to find her a new home, ctvnews.ca reports. January 9 2014, 14:32 2 128 просмотрs

Syria crisis: Russia blocks UN statement on Aleppo attacks

Syria crisis: Russia blocks UN statement on Aleppo attacks

Russia has blocked a UN Security Council statement condemning the Syrian government's use of air strikes against civilians in the city of Aleppo. January 9 2014, 11:23 1 194 просмотрs

Yellen gets final stamp of approval to head U.S. Fed

Yellen gets final stamp of approval to head U.S. Fed

Janet Yellen, a key force behind the Federal Reserve's unprecedented and controversial efforts to boost the U.S. economy, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to lead the central bank just as it begins to unwind that stimulus, reuters reports. January 8 2014, 15:34 1 432 просмотрs

New York cops among 106 accused over 9/11 fraud

New York cops among 106 accused over 9/11 fraud

Former New York police officers and firefighters were among 106 people indicted Tuesday over a "massive fraud" worth hundreds of millions of dollars, some in connection with the September 11 attacks, news.yahoo.com reports. January 8 2014, 13:27 1 263 просмотрs

Top Kyrgyz Mufti Steps Down Amid Sex Video Leak

Top Kyrgyz Mufti Steps Down Amid Sex Video Leak

Kyrgyzstan’s grand mufti has resigned following a scandal over a leaked sex video allegedly showing him committing adultery with a young woman, Radio Liberty reported on Tuesday, ria.ru reports. January 8 2014, 09:52 7 973 просмотрs

Russians Preparing for Christmas

Russians Preparing for Christmas

Banned by the Bolsheviks, Christmas is celebrated on January 7 – after the bigger New Year celebrations, when gifts are exchanged. January 6 2014, 12:17 1 934 просмотрs

Steven Seagal hints at Arizona election bid

Steven Seagal hints at Arizona election bid

He wouldn’t be the first 1980s action star to campaign for political office, but he might just be the toughest, independent.co.uk reports. January 6 2014, 11:24 1 570 просмотрs

Wanted Al-Qaeda chief dies in Lebanese custody

Wanted Al-Qaeda chief dies in Lebanese custody

Leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades behind several attacks across Middle East has been found dead after what security sources say was kidney failure, telegraph.co.uk reports. January 5 2014, 15:34 1 414 просмотрs

British Thief who posed as Kazakh Oligarch jailed for eight years

British Thief who posed as Kazakh Oligarch jailed for eight years

William Flynn claimed to be a millionaire Kazakh oligarch looking for a house in one of Britain’s most expensive streets, inform.kz reports citing dailymail.co.uk. January 4 2014, 12:35 3 243 просмотрs

Latvia Reluctantly Joins Euro Zone

Latvia Reluctantly Joins Euro Zone

Despite little support from the population, Latvia officially became the 18th member of the euro zone at midnight on Wednesday, ria.ru reports. January 2 2014, 15:52 1 177 просмотрs

IOC Chief Confident Sochi is Safe Despite 'Cowardly' Volgograd Attacks

IOC Chief Confident Sochi is Safe Despite 'Cowardly' Volgograd Attacks

The head of the International Olympic Committee has written to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to express his confidence that the country can deliver a safe Winter Games in Sochi despite the deadly bombings in the city of Volgograd, ria.ru reports. December 31 2013, 11:28 1 756 просмотрs

Fiery oil train collision forces evacuation of North Dakota town

Fiery oil train collision forces evacuation of North Dakota town

Residents of a small town in North Dakota were urged to evacuate after a BNSF train carrying crude oil collided with another train on Monday, setting off a series of explosions and fires, the latest in a string of incidents that have raised alarms over growing oil-by-rail traffic, reuters reports. December 31 2013, 10:58 1 656 просмотрs

French High Court OKs 75 Percent Tax For Top Earners

French High Court OKs 75 Percent Tax For Top Earners

Employers paying French citizens more than 1 million euros a year ($1.37 million) will have to pay a 75 percent tax for the next two years, France's top constitutional court ruled on Sunday. December 30 2013, 14:33 1 196 просмотрs

FEMEN crashes Christmas service, nude woman plays Christ in Church

FEMEN crashes Christmas service, nude woman plays Christ in Church

One of Christendom’s most sacred days… in the main cathedral of Cologne, Germany: the High Cathedral of St. Peter. The setting is Gothic, dating from the 13th century. What can possibly go wrong? December 30 2013, 13:04 4 358 просмотрs

Fatal Bomb Blast Shatters Volgograd Trolleybus

Fatal Bomb Blast Shatters Volgograd Trolleybus

A fatal bomb explosion ripped apart a trolleybus in Russia’s southern city of Volgograd on Monday morning, in what the authorities say is the second terrorist attack in the city in the last two days, ria.ru reports. December 30 2013, 12:24 1 622 просмотрs

Second blast in Volgograd: trolleybus exploded, at least 10 killed

Second blast in Volgograd: trolleybus exploded, at least 10 killed

Monday morning, Dec 30, an explosion went off on a trolleybus in Volgograd (Russia), killing at least 10 people in the second fatal blast in the city over the past day, azh.kz reports. The explosion took place in Dzerzhinsky distroct of the city. December 30 2013, 10:21 1 460 просмотрs

Schumacher critical after skiing accident

Schumacher critical after skiing accident

Michael Schumacher’s condition has worsened and the seven-time Formula One world champion is now critical after a skiing accident in France, according to reports, breakingnews.ie reports. December 30 2013, 10:17 1 657 просмотрs

More Than A Dozen Killed in Blast at Volgograd Train Station

More Than A Dozen Killed in Blast at Volgograd Train Station

More than a dozen people were killed Sunday when a blast ripped through a railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd in what authorities say was an attack carried out by a suicide bomber, ria.ru report December 30 2013, 09:45 2 057 просмотрs

Azerbaijan expresses official protest against Armenia's entrance into Customs Union

Azerbaijan expresses official protest against Armenia's entrance into Customs Union

Azerbaijan expresses an official protest against Armenia's entrance into the Customs Union as long as this country does not withdraw its armed forces from Azerbaijan's occupied territories and as long as Azerbaijan's territorial integrity is not restored, said head of Department of Public and Political Issues of Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan, Ali Hasanov, trend.az reports on Dec. 27. December 28 2013, 17:07 1 800 просмотрs

U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful

U.S. judge says NSA phone surveillance is lawful

A federal judge ruled that a National Security Agency program that collects records of millions of Americans' phone calls is lawful, calling it a "counter-punch" to terrorism that does not violate Americans' privacy rights, reuters reports. December 28 2013, 11:41 2 638 просмотрs

China formally eases one-child policy

China formally eases one-child policy

China's top legislature has formally adopted a resolution easing the country's one-child policy, the state news agency Xinhua reports, bbc reports. December 28 2013, 11:09 1 118 просмотрs

EU citizenship for sale -- for $880,000

EU citizenship for sale -- for $880,000

The government of the small Mediterranean island of Malta recently announced proposals to start selling citizenship of its nation to foreigners for €650,000 (about $888,000), cnn reports. December 27 2013, 17:50 2 900 просмотрs