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  • At least 114 dead after migrant boat sinks off Italian island

    Date: 2013-10-03 21:35:40 GMT - Italy - World - SN:186 - ID:321145

    Italy/Boat At least 114 dead after migrant boat sinks off Italian island ROME, Oct 3 (MENA) - A ship carrying African migrants to Europe caught fire and capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Thursday, killing at least 114 people as it ....

  • 'Shots fired' near US Capitol

    Date: 2013-10-03 21:30:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:185 - ID:321485

    US/Capitol/Shooting 'Shots fired' near US Capitol WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (MENA) - A police officer is reportedly injured after shots were fired near the US Capitol in Washington DC, the BBC reported on Thursday. A high speed police chase ....

  • Russia to test launch newest ICBM by year-end – official

    Date: 2013-10-03 19:28:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:159 - ID:321160

    Russia/Ballistic Missile Russia to test launch newest ICBM by year-end – official MOSCOW, Oct 3 (MENA) – A Russian high-ranking defense industry official said Thursday that a test launch of Russia's newest intercontinental ballistic missile, ....

  • Italy boat sinking: Hundreds feared dead off Lampedusa

    Date: 2013-10-03 19:22:04 GMT - Italy - World - SN:156 - ID:321192

    Italy/Tragedy Italy boat sinking: Hundreds feared dead off Lampedusa ROMA, Oct 3 (MENA) - At least 130 African migrants have died and many more are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off the southern Italian island of ....

  • Russia evacuates diplomats’ families from Libya

    Date: 2013-10-03 18:50:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:153 - ID:321062

    Russia/Libya/Tunisia Russia evacuates diplomats’ families from Libya MOSCOW, Oct 3 (MENA) - Russia has evacuated its diplomats and members of their families from Libya, Russia Today quoted a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry as ....

  • Italy: 94 killed as African migrants' boat capsizes

    Date: 2013-10-03 17:04:02 GMT - Italy - World - SN:137 - ID:320932

    Italy/Migration Italy: 94 killed as African migrants' boat capsizes ROME, Oct 3 (MENA) - A ship carrying African migrants toward Italy caught fire and capsized off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa Thursday, spilling hundreds of passengers ....

  • Pope calls for prayer after Italy's migrant boat disaster

    Date: 2013-10-03 16:13:17 GMT - Italy - World - SN:125 - ID:320858

    Italy/Vatican/Disaster Pope calls for prayer after Italy's migrant boat disaster VATICAN/ROME, Oct 3 (MENA) - Pope Francis on Thursday called for prayers after at least 82 asylum-seekers drowned in a boat disaster off the Italian coast in ....

  • International community must help Arabs resolve conflicts by political means - Lavrov

    Date: 2013-10-03 15:38:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:320786

    Russia/ Arab World International community must help Arabs resolve conflicts by political means - Lavrov MOSCOW, Oct. 3 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the international community must help the Arabs to resolve ....

  • Obama to Wall Street: This time be worried

    Date: 2013-10-03 15:11:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:320729

    US/ Obama Obama to Wall Street: This time be worried WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (MENA) – Wall Street needs to be genuinely worried about what is going on in Washington, President Barack Obama told CNBC in a White House interview ....

  • Expulsions from Venezuela show tensions endure in post-Chavez era

    Date: 2013-10-03 14:55:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:320561

    US/ Venezuela Expulsions from Venezuela show tensions endure in post-Chavez era WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (MENA) – Tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats by Venezuela and the United States this week show there has been little thawing in the tense ....

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