Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Suicide attack targets police station in southern Russia and other top stories.

  • Suicide attack targets police station in southern Russia

    Suicide attack targets police station in southern Russia
    AFP on April 12, 2016, 1:44 am Two blasts outside police station in south Russia: police Moscow (AFP) - Three suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday as they tried to storm a rural police station in a usually peaceful region of southern Russia, causing no other casualties, police said.After the attack in the village of Novoselitskoye in the southern Stavropol region, regional authorities ordered the tightening of security measures at kindergartens, schools and hospitals.Russia'..
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  • Brazil congressional committee recommends impeaching President Dilma Rousseff

    Brazil congressional committee recommends impeaching President Dilma Rousseff
    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, pictured talking to Vice-President Michel Temer, is trying to fight off impeachment. Photo: AP Brasilia: A committee of Brazil's lower house of Congress has voted 38-27 to recommend the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff​, who faces charges of breaking budget laws to support her re-election in 2014.A vote in the full lower house is expected to take place on Sunday. If two-thirds vote in favour, the impeachment will be..
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  • Assassination Attempt On Expert Investigating MH17

    Assassination Attempt On Expert Investigating MH17
    A Ukrainian forensic expert involved in the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in July 2014 was the target of an assassination attempt in November 2015. The Boeing 777 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, causing the death of all 298 people on board, Mirror.co.uk reported. Aleksandr Ruven was due to attend a meeting in the Netherlands Nov. 23, 2015. At that meeting Ruven planned “to make a final report on the circumstances and causes of the Boeing 777 crash” a..
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  • Video shows thief stealing ring off dead woman's finger

    Video shows thief stealing ring off dead woman's finger
    Authorities in Texas said Monday they have received several tips, but made no arrests in the case of a woman who stole a $10 ring off the finger of a dead woman as her body lay in an open casket. Odessa Police said the theft occurred on Friday at the Sunset Funeral Home. The deceased victim was 88-year-old Lois Hicks, who had passed away the day before.  Vel McKee, Hicks's daughter, told the Odessa American that the ring had symbolized Lois' devotion to her husband Gayle, who had died three yea..
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  • China ire at G7 on East, South China Seas

    China ire at G7 on East, South China Seas
    China ire at G7 on East, South China SeasAAPApril 12, 2016 11:34AMSavePrint China ire at G7 on East, South China SeasChina's has expressed its anger after foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies said they strongly opposed provocation in the East and South China Seas, where China is locked in territorial disputes."We urge the G7 member states to honour their commitment of not taking sides on issues involving territorial disputes," China's foreign ministry said in a stat..
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  • Woman locked up 'for refusing to talk to men'

    Woman locked up 'for refusing to talk to men'
    The woman has been detained since February 23.A WOMAN has been detained in the United Arab Emirates for more than seven weeks over a seemingly innocent airport encounter. The 25-year-old American tourist, who has not been named, appeared in court today on misdemeanour charges over the February 23 incident. It’s alleged she insulted the UAE in public.According to The National, a government-owned newspaper, the woman told the Federal Supreme Court she was waiting for a taxi at Abu Dhabi Airport wh..
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  • Taiwan says Kenya to deport another 37 Taiwanese to China

    Taiwan says Kenya to deport another 37 Taiwanese to China
    AFP on April 12, 2016, 4:38 pm Taiwan says Kenya to deport another 37 Taiwanese to China Taipei (AFP) - Taiwan said on Tuesday 37 of its citizens in custody in Kenya were set to be deported to China, a day after accusing Beijing of "abducting" a group of eight Taiwanese from the African nation.Fifteen of the group had been cleared of involvement in a telecoms scam by a Kenyan court, the foreign ministry said.The remaining 22, who were believed to be currently aboard a Chinese plane ..
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  • US President Barack Obama reflects on time in White House, says Libya was his 'worst mistake'

    US President Barack Obama reflects on time in White House, says Libya was his 'worst mistake'
    US President Barack Obama reflects on time in White House, says Libya was his 'worst mistake' Posted April 12, 2016 00:31:27 Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was the lack of planning in the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi, when the country spiralled into chaos and grappled with violent extremists.Reflecting on his legacy in a Fox News interview that aired on Sunday (local time), Mr Obama said his "worst mistake" was "p..
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  • William Hague: Mature public debate needed on leaders' tax transparency

    William Hague: Mature public debate needed on leaders' tax transparency
    Media captionWilliam Hague: Churchill's finances are harder to defend than Cameron's Greater tax transparency among UK political leaders is here to stay but it needs to be matched by a maturity of public debate, William Hague has said.The former Conservative leader said people should not expect everyone to be "perfect or normal", as senior politicians publish their tax returns.He warned Parliament would be "one dimensional" if made up only of people with the "simplest possible" finances.His..
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