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8 killed in Finland parachutist plane crash
Date: 2014-04-20 20:26:48 GMT - Finland - World - SN:162 - ID:679138
HELSINKI, April 20 (MENA) - Finnish officials say eight people died when a small plane carrying parachutists crashed to the ground and caught fire, ABC News reported. Det. Supt. Petri Kangas said three people survived the accident Sunday after ....
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2 Afghan soldiers, 18 militants killed in various incidents
Date: 2014-04-20 18:22:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:133 - ID:678958
KABUL, April 20 (MENA) - At least two members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed during the past 24 hours, defense officials said Sunday. Eighteen anti-government armed militants were killed and 8 others were injured in the past 24 ....
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Araqchi: Experts of Iran-G5+1 due to meet in New York
Date: 2014-04-20 17:13:52 GMT - Iran - World - SN:118 - ID:678699
TEHRAN, April 20 (MENA) – Iran's senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday that the experts' meeting of Iran-G5+1 will be held in New York on May 5-9, IRNA news agency reported. Araqchi added that the experts from the two parties will ....
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42 killed in bus-tractor collision in S. Pakistan
Date: 2014-04-20 15:40:30 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:103 - ID:678712
ISLAMABAD, April 20 (MENA) - At least 42 people have been killed and 17 injured in southern Pakistan when a bus travelling to Karachi collided with a tractor pulling a trolley, police say. The dead and injured included women and children, Sky News ....
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Eight killed in plane crash in northern Mexico
Date: 2014-04-20 08:14:51 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:26 - ID:677791
MEXICO CITY, April 20 (MENA) - A Hawker 800 jet crashed in northern Mexico late on Saturday, killing all eight people on board, Sky News reported quoting the government of the state of Coahuila as having said. The plane came down in an ....
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Putin offers condolences over deadly sinking of S. Korean ferry
Date: 2014-04-20 07:22:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:22 - ID:677678
SEOUL, April 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of condolence to South Korean President Park Geun-hye over the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol, Yonhap quoted Park's office as saying Sunday. Putin said in the message ....
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White House announces itinerary for Obama’s Asia trip
Date: 2014-04-20 07:11:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:677679
WASHINGTON, April 20 (MENA) - President Obama will meet with the leaders of four Asian nations, answer questions at a town hall-style event at a university in Malaysia and address U.S. service members in South Korea during a week-long trip that ....
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10 more bodies found inside South Korean ferry
Date: 2014-04-20 06:14:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:677627
SEOUL, April 2 (MENA) - Divers have recovered 10 more bodies from inside the ferry that sank off South Korea, the BBC reported. The confirmed death toll is now 46. Officials said Sunday the bodies were recovered following divers gaining access to ....
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Easter deaths spark Brazil protests near Rio
Date: 2014-04-20 06:02:24 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:4 - ID:677607
BRASILIA, April 20 (MENA) - Residents of a poor neighbourhood near the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have set fire to vehicles in protest at the deaths of two people in incidents involving the police, the BBC reported. One of the victims was ....
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80 pct of Syrian chemical weapons shipped out - Monitors
Date: 2014-04-19 22:06:06 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:137 - ID:677421
NEW YORK, April 19 (MENA) - Syria has shipped out or destroyed approximately 80 percent of its declared chemical weapons material, the head of the international team overseeing the disarmament process said on Saturday. If the momentum was ....
