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25.10.2013 16:24
MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of
Russian parliament has approved a new
legislation that toughens punishment
for terrorism and requires terrorists'
relatives to pay for the damages caused
in attacks.
The bill, unanimously passed Friday by
the State Duma, is expected to see a
similarly swift...
25.10.2013 16:22
LA PAZ , BOLIVIA - A weekend ambush
and hostage -taking involving police and
Bolivian coca growers has left four
people dead, officials said Monday.
Two members of a military and police
team working to eradicate coca crops
died in a firefight Saturday .
Eight hostages were taken, and two...
25.10.2013 16:18
PORLAMAR , VENEZUELA - Venezuela will
massively boost its food and basic
supplies imports in the next two months
to counter shortages and high inflation ,
a minister said .
Vice president for the economy Rafael
Ramirez did not specify the products , or
amount of goods , the country would
purchase,...
25.10.2013 16:16
Commander of the FARC-EP leftist
guerrillas Andres Paris (C ) reads a
statement at Convention Palace in
Havana during the peace talks with
the Colombian government. AFP Photo
HAVANA , CUBA - The FARC guerrilla
group on Wednesday praised a proposal
that calls for declaring an armistice
before a...
25.10.2013 15:24
A Russian court has dropped piracy
charges against the crew of a
Greenpeace ship detained last month
in the Arctic Circle, Russian authorities
and Greenpeace said Wednesday.
Russian officials have been under
intense international pressure since the
detention on Sept. 19 of the U.S.
captain of the...
25.10.2013 15:17
Two Americans were kidnapped by
pirates after their ship was attacked off
Nigeria's coast, U.S. officials said
Thursday.
The U.S.flagged oil supply vessel C
Retriever was targeted in the Gulf of
Guinea early Wednesday, Reuters
reported.
Maritime news website gCaptain
reported that the ship's...
25.10.2013 15:16
MEXICO CITY - Leaders of clowns
gathered for a convention in Mexico
City said Wednesday they are saddened
that a killer disguised himself as a
clown to kill a drug lord last week --
and they insisted no true member of
their profession would have committed
the crime.
Convicted drug trafficker...
25.10.2013 15:10
LONDON — Citing regulatory
constraints and time pressures, Norway
said Friday that it had turned down an
American request to help destroy
chemical weapons as part of the effort
to dismantle Syria’s arsenal of toxic
munitions.
The incoming government of the
Conservative prime minister,...
25.10.2013 14:54
At least 22 people - most of them
babies and toddlers - are now
believed to have contracted polio in
Syria, the World Health Organization
has reported.
If confirmed, it would be the first
outbreak of the disease there in 14
years. Syria's Health Ministry began an
immunisation drive on...
25.10.2013 14:52
BRUSSELS — The leaders of Germany
and France offered on Friday to hold
talks with the United States in an effort
come up with mutually acceptable rules
for surveillance operations, easing a
trans-Atlantic spying dispute that has
plunged relations between America and
Europe to a low point.
Fury...