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Missiles fired at Russian passenger plane over Syria

Missiles fired at Russian passenger plane over Syria

Unidentified assailants fired two land-to-air missiles at a Russian passenger plane carrying 200 people when it flew over Syria on Monday, the Interfax news agency reported, citing an informed source in Moscow. April 30 2013, 11:18 1 253 просмотрs

Powerful Blast Injures up to 40 in Prague

Powerful Blast Injures up to 40 in Prague

A powerful explosion damaged an office building in the center of the Czech capital, Prague, Monday, injuring up to 40 people. Authorities believe some people are buried in the rubble. April 29 2013, 16:16 1 260 просмотрs

Syrian prime minister survives bomb attack: TV

Syrian prime minister survives bomb attack: TV

Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in central Damascus on Monday, Syrian state media and Hezbollah's al-Manar television reported. April 29 2013, 12:56 1 170 просмотрs

3 Shot Near Premier’s Office as Italy’s Cabinet Is Sworn In

3 Shot Near Premier’s Office as Italy’s Cabinet Is Sworn In

Two military police officers and a passer-by were shot and wounded on Sunday in a crowded square outside the office of Prime Minister Enrico Letta and near the presidential palace, where his new government was being sworn in. April 29 2013, 12:35 1 942 просмотрs

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan

With Bags of Cash, C.I.A. Seeks Influence in Afghanistan

For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan’s president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency. April 29 2013, 10:56 1 211 просмотрs

Greek parliament approves 15,000 civil service job cuts

Greek parliament approves 15,000 civil service job cuts

The Greek parliament has passed a bill which will see 15,000 state employees lose their jobs by the end of next year. The bill passed by 168 votes to 123, and had the support of the three parties making up the ruling coalition. April 29 2013, 10:39 1 265 просмотрs

Friends of suspect in Boston Marathon bombings are innocent: attorney

Friends of suspect in Boston Marathon bombings are innocent: attorney

Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, who are from Kazakhstan, were Tsarnaev’s classmates at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. They all appeared in a recent photo taken at Times Square in New York. April 27 2013, 11:47 1 528 просмотрs

38 people dead in fire at psychiatric hospital in Russia

38 people dead in fire at psychiatric hospital in Russia

A fire tore through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow, killing 38 people, Russian officials said Friday. Kommersant reported . There were 41 people in the building and three escaped the blaze early Friday, according to the Russian Emergencies Ministries. April 26 2013, 19:17 1 122 просмотрs

Ecuador launches first homemade satellite

Ecuador launches first homemade satellite

Ecuador launched its first satellite into space from China Friday morning, in a moment broadcast live on radio and television back home. April 26 2013, 15:33 3 569 просмотрs

273 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

273 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

An eight-storey building on the outskirts of Dhaka containing several garment factories and thousands of workers collapsed on Wednesday, killing at 273 people with many more feared dead. April 26 2013, 11:54 1 361 просмотрs

Canadian connection: Iran, al Qaeda and terror

Canadian connection: Iran, al Qaeda and terror

Canadian authorities have alleged that two terrorism suspects arrested in Montreal and Toronto were receiving support from al Qaeda elements in Iran. But Tehran and al Qaeda have historically had a hostile relationship. April 26 2013, 10:17 1 514 просмотрs

US Defense Secretary Hagel: Syria used chemical weapons

US Defense Secretary Hagel: Syria used chemical weapons

The United States Department of Defense says they suspect Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons on a “small scale” in that country’s ongoing civil war. April 26 2013, 10:14 1 546 просмотрs

Spain's unemployed protesters clash with police

Spain's unemployed protesters clash with police

Twenty-nine people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters in the latest street demonstrations sparked by anger at Spain's economic crisis, emergency services said. April 26 2013, 10:12 1 297 просмотрs

US army seeks new technology to replace GPS

US army seeks new technology to replace GPS

The US army is working to limit its dependence on GPS by developing the next generation of navigation technology, including a tiny autonomous chip, the director of the Pentagon's research agency said Wednesday. April 25 2013, 17:32 1 341 просмотрs

Xi Jinping orders generals and senior PLA officers to serve as privates

Xi Jinping orders generals and senior PLA officers to serve as privates

In a morale-boosting manoeuvre, Xi Jinping orders officers to serve as low-ranking soldiers April 25 2013, 14:28 1 760 просмотрs

Belgorod shooting suspect arrested

Belgorod shooting suspect arrested

Police in southwest Russia detained on Tuesday the man suspected of shooting six people dead in the city of Belgorod, the Interior Ministry said. April 24 2013, 10:39 1 440 просмотрs

US State Department: USA to maintain presence in Afghanistan and Central Asia after 2014

US State Department: USA to maintain presence in Afghanistan and Central Asia after 2014

The United States of America will maintain their presence in Afghanistan and Central Asia after 2014, United States Deputy Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Robert Blake said at a press conference in Astana on Tuesday. April 23 2013, 17:34 1 309 просмотрs

Libya bomb attack hits French embassy in Tripoli

Libya bomb attack hits French embassy in Tripoli

The French embassy in Libya was hit by a car bomb on Tuesday, injuring two guards in the first such attack in the Libyan capital since the 2011 war that led to the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. April 23 2013, 17:28 1 481 просмотрs

Earth Day 2013: Philippines unveils building made from plastic bottles

Earth Day 2013: Philippines unveils building made from plastic bottles

A Philippines building powered by solar energy and built from old plastic bottles was opened this weekend to showcase renewable energy and highlight the problem of waste ahead of April 22- the Earth Day. April 23 2013, 12:41 1 436 просмотрs

Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets

Unburnable carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets

This new research from Carbon Tracker and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE calls for regulators, governments and investors to re-evaluate energy business models against carbon budgets, to prevent $6trillion carbon bubble in the next decade. April 23 2013, 10:52 1 840 просмотрs

Russia’s Belgorod shooting suspect still at large after killing 6, including 14yo girl

Russia’s Belgorod shooting suspect still at large after killing 6, including 14yo girl

Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured. A 14-year-old girl is among those killed. April 23 2013, 10:18 2 034 просмотрs

Boston bomb suspect conscious and responding to questions

Boston bomb suspect conscious and responding to questions

Alleged Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is awake and responding to questions in his hospital bed. April 22 2013, 10:57 1 420 просмотрs

87 year-old Giorgio Napolitano re-elected as Italy's president

87 year-old Giorgio Napolitano re-elected as Italy's president

Italy's Parliament re-elected Giorgio Napolitano to an unprecedented second term as president, after party leaders persuaded the 87-year-old to serve again in hopes of easing the hostility that has thwarted formation of a new government. Napolitano easily surpassed the simple majority required to be elected on Saturday afternoon. He garnered 738 votes, far more than the 504 needed for victory for another seven-year mandate. April 22 2013, 10:15 1 195 просмотрs

Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

Rescuers struggled to reach a remote, rural corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 208 with almost 1,000 serious injuries. April 22 2013, 09:25 1 236 просмотрs

Boston bombs: Officials wait to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

Boston bombs: Officials wait to question Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

A top US interrogation group is waiting to question the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. April 21 2013, 15:35 1 383 просмотрs