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'We will not give up on missing plane' says Malaysia PM
Date: 2014-04-03 07:51:33 GMT - Australia - World - SN:17 - ID:646667
CANBERRA, April 3 (MENA) - Malaysia will not give up on the search for missing flight MH370, its prime minister said as he visited the search hub in Perth, BBC reported. Prime Minister Najib Razak's comments came at a joint news conference with ....
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Chile leader evacuates as second big quake strikes
Date: 2014-04-03 07:34:47 GMT - Chile - World - SN:15 - ID:646557
SANTIAGO, April 3 (MENA) - A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked northern Chile, just over 24 hours after an 8.2 tremor killed six people, destroyed 2,600 houses and led to mass evacuations, BBC reported A tsunami alert in Chile and Peru ....
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Fort Hood gunman was treated for depression, anxiety
Date: 2014-04-03 07:02:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:646598
WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - The gunman in the Fort Hood shooting was an active-duty enlisted soldier who served four months in Iraq and was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder, a Fort Hood commander said today, according to Sky News. ....
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Obama 'heartbroken' over Fort Hood shooting
Date: 2014-04-03 06:36:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:646542
WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - President Barack Obama spoke on the shooting at Fort Hood, saying that his administration is keeping close tabs on the situation, The Huffington Post reported on Thursday. "We're all following it closely," Obama told ....
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Pervez Musharraf escaped assassination bid
Date: 2014-04-03 06:35:07 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:646541
ISLAMABAD, April 3 (MENA) – The former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf survived an assassination attempt after his convoy escaped a blast on Thursday. Musharraf, 70, was heading to his house at Rawalpindi when a roadside bomb went off ....
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4 killed, 16 injured in Fort Hood military base shooting
Date: 2014-04-03 05:26:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:646531
WASHINGTON, April 3 (MENA) - A shooting at the Fort Hood military installation in Texas left at least four people dead, including the gunman, and more than a dozen were injured, according to authorities. The gunman, identified by multiple ....
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6 police officers killed at Afghan interior ministry
Date: 2014-04-02 22:37:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:208 - ID:646450
KABUL, April 2 (MENA) - A suicide bomber has killed at least six police officers outside the interior ministry in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the BBC reported. A ministry spokesman said the attacker had tried to get inside the building wearing ....
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Seven dead as war bomb explodes in Bangkok scrap yard
Date: 2014-04-02 22:29:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:206 - ID:646454
BANGKOK, April 2 (MENA) - At least seven people were killed and 19 injured when a suspected World War Two bomb exploded in a scrap metal warehouse in the Thai capital, Bangkok, the BBC News reported Wednesday. Construction workers found the bomb ....
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US calls on Europe to wean itself from Russian gas
Date: 2014-04-02 20:27:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:197 - ID:646365
WASHINGTON, April 2 (MENA) - The United States on Wednesday called on Europe to wean itself from a dangerous dependency on Russian gas, saying it was time to stand together and bring an end to the Kremlin's use of energy supplies as political ....
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UK submarine joins search for missing plane
Date: 2014-04-02 19:32:34 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:188 - ID:646241
LONDON, April 2 (MENA) - British submarine HMS Tireless joined the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the BBC news reported Wednesday. The Ministry of Defence said the Trafalgar class submarine arrived in the southern Indian Ocean ....