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Italy: Police officers shot as premier sworn in
A JOBLESS bricklayer shot two Italian policemen in a crowded square outside the premier’s office yesterday just as the nation’s new government was being sworn in.
Boston bombing: Accused out of hospital and into jail
THE man accused of the Boston marathon bombing was released from hospital and taken into the custody of the US prison service yesterday.
Syria denies use of chemical weapons against rebels video
SYRIAN officials have denied government forces in president Bashar al-Assad’s regime have used chemical weapons against rebels.
Parties that took Iceland to brink may be back in power
THE Icelandic electorate could be about to return to power the parties that oversaw what was dubbed “the largest economic collapse in history” five years ago.
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Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 300
WITH time running out to save workers trapped in a collapsed Bangladeshiclothes factory building, rescuers dug through mangled metal and concrete yesterday, finding corpses that pushed the death toll to more than 300.
Rhetoric goes on as South Korea quits Kaesong factory
SOUTH Korea said has decided to withdraw around 175 of its citizens still at a jointly-run factory complex in North Korea, raising a major question about the survival of the last symbol of inter-Korean co-operation.
Germany wrestles with Third Reich legacy again
An EXHIBITION chronicling the Nazi party’s rise to power draws tens of thousands of visitors.
Putin warns of same-sex marriage adoption risk
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin signalled yesterday that Moscow would seek changes in an agreement regulating adoptions of Russian children by French parents, saying a French law allowing same-sex marriage went against traditional Russian values.
Warlord Joseph Kony is ‘sheltered by Sudan’
THE fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony recently found safe haven in territory controlled by Sudan, a watchdog group said yesterday, accusing the Sudanese military of offering aid to commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
Pussy Riot plea rejected by Russian court
A RUSSIAN court yesterday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot, whose provocative songs and prosecution have made them a symbol of the country’s opposition movement.
Venezuela: Capriles to challenge Maduro victory
VENEZUELAN opposition leader Henrique Capriles will challenge president Nicolas Maduro’s narrow election victory in the courts, saying an audit of the vote being prepared by electoral authorities risked being “a joke”.
China jails over 1,400 people in loans crackdown
CHINESE authorities have sentenced more than 1,400 people to at least five years in prison in a crackdown on underground lending.
38 killed in Moscow psychiatric hospital fire
THIRTY-eight people were killed – most of them in their beds – in a fire that raged through a psychiatric hospital near Moscow, raising questions about the care of mentally-ill patients in Russia.
Syria: ‘Growing evidence’ of chemical weapon use
There is “limited but growing evidence” that chemical weapons have been used in Syria’s civil war, David Cameron said today.
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Gwyneth Paltrow’s dress steals show at premiere
THE newly crowned “world’s most beautiful woman” has become the latest star to have a “that dress” moment, at the Hollywood premiere of her latest film.
Somalia: UK embassy reopening a sign of recovery
In a sign of growing optimism that Somalia is winning a struggle against pirates and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents, Britain has opened an embassy in a set of four metal cabins at Mogadishu airport.
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Srebrenica: Serbia leader apology for war massacre
Serbia’s president has issued a ground-breaking apology for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, but stopped short of calling the slaughter an act of genocide.
France: Police net submarine cocaine smugglers
Police in France and the Netherlands have broken up a smuggling ring that for several years used torpedo-shaped containers, cargo ships and frogmen to ship cocaine from South America to Europe’s largest commercial port in France.
‘No-one will be charged’ over Mossad agent death
Israel’s justice ministry yesterday confirmed it will not indict anyone in the case of the 2010 death of an Australian-Israeli man, believed to have been a Mossad agent, who was found hanging in his jail cell.
Psy knocked off top spot by Korean veteran crooner
South Korean superstar Psy, whose latest video Gentleman tracked global megahit Gangnam Style by going viral on the internet, has been knocked from the top of the music charts in his native country by a 63-year-old easy listening pop singer.
Boston bombings: Suspects ‘planned New York attack’
The two men accused of carrying out the bombings at the Boston Marathon planned a second bomb attack on New York’s Times Square, according to law enforcement and national security sources.
Kurdish fighters to leave Turkish soil in peace move
Rebel Kurdish field commander Murat Karayilan has ordered his fighters to begin withdrawing from Turkish soil within two weeks and rebase in the mountains of northern Iraq as part of a peace plan with Ankara to end a three-decades-old conflict.
Russia: Putin pledges no return to days of Stalin
President Vladimir Putin says he is not returning Russia to the era of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and denies any political motive in the prosecution and jailing of opponents.
Presidents attend George W Bush library dedication
FIVE American presidents past and present gathered in Dallas on Thursday for a rare reunion to salute one of their own at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
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Primark ‘shocked’ by deaths in Bangladesh factory
BOSSES at high street giant Primark said they are “shocked and saddened” to hear of the deaths of 96 people following the collapse of an eight-storey building in Bangladesh.
Greece to push for World War II claim from Germany
GREECE is planning to push ahead with its long-dormant claim for reparations from Germany over the Second World War, a further strain on relations with Berlin, which foots most of the bill for its €240 billion (£205bn) rescue.
Italy: Enrico Letta nominated as new prime minister
TWO months after inconclusive elections led to painful political deadlock in Italy, the country’s president has appointed a prime minister designate to try and create a cross party coalition to drag Italy out of recession.
South Africa poaching: Call to legalise rhino trade
SOUTH Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance party has urged the government to designate rhino poaching as a national disaster, allowing the allocation of disaster management funds to fight it.
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Barack Obama shares tattoo tactics
IF THEY were thinking about getting tattoos, the Obama sisters may want to reconsider.
Boston bombing: US team quiz parents of suspects
THE parents of Boston bomb suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were questioned by United States investigators in Dagestan yesterday, while a parallel inquiry deepened in Washington about what the FBI already knew about the brothers.
Syria: Umayyad Mosque’s minaret destroyed in clashes
THE 1,000-year-old minaret of Aleppo’s Umayyad Mosque has been destroyed in clashes between Syrian rebels and forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad, activists and state media said.
161 dead in Bangladesh factory collapse
THE death toll in a factory building collapse in Bangladesh has reached 161 as rescue workers continue to hunt for more survivors and victims, the government said.
Boston bombing: Injury toll rises to 264
PUBLIC health officials have said that 264 people sought treatment at hospitals for injuries sustained in the Boston Marathon bombings.
French embassy in Libya hit by car bomb attack
A CAR BOMB targeted the French embassy in the Libyan capital early on Tuesday, wounding two French guards in an attack that President Francois Hollande denounced as an assault not only against France but all countries engaged in the fight against terrorism.
Iran denies link to Canadian ‘train bombers’
TWO men accused of plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train have made brief court appearances over an operation that police have said was backed by al-Qaeda elements in Iran.
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FBI investigating White House AP Twitter hoax
THE FBI are investigating yesterday’s hack of the Associated Press Twitter account, which resulted in false tweets being sent claiming that the White House had been attacked.
Al-Qaeda ‘lone wolves’ arrested in Spain
POLICE in Spain have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaeda’s North African branch, one of whom Spanish authorities allege praised the Boston Marathon bombings, but neither of whom was known to possess any explosives or to be planning any attack.
Emma Cowing: The wife often is the last one to know …
ACCORDING to her high school yearbook, Katherine Russell’s motto was “do something about it, or stop complaining”.
Burma pardons 93 prisoners
Burma pardoned 93 prisoners yesterday, including at least 59 political detainees, a day after the European Union lifted sanctions against the south-east Asian nation.
China: Court official dies in secret jail
A SENIOR official at a city court in central China has died after 11 days in the custody of anti-corruption investigators from the ruling Communist Party, his family said yesterday.
Iraqi raids kill 23 at Sunni Muslim camp
At LEAST 23 people were killed when Iraqi security forces stormed a Sunni Muslim protest camp near Kirkuk yesterday, provoking insurgent attacks in other areas.
Police officers face wire–tap charges
Bulgarian prosecutors have charged four former police officials accused of involvement in wiretapping opponents of the government of former prime minister, Boiko Borisov.
Bahrain security ‘thwarted attacks’
BAHRAIN security forces thwarted attacks and found caches of weapons in the run-up to last weekend’s Formula One race, state media said.
British Library denies Israel Balfour Declaration deal
THE British Library yesterday denied that it has approved a loan to Israel of the original Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine.
China: Xi Jinping in military morale boost plan
CHINESE president Xi Jinping has ordered his senior military leaders to spend two weeks as junior soldiers every few years as a way of boosting morale – but sceptics doubt the move will do much more than polish his own credentials as commander-in-chief.
Echoes of militarist imperial Japan unsettle neighbours
Dozens of Japanese MPs have paid homage at a national war shrine, risking more anger from neighbours South Korea and China over visits they see as failures to acknowledge Japan’s militaristic past.
Kuwati writer awarded for Gulf worker’s story
KUWAITI author Saud Alsanousi has won the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his portrayal of the lives of foreign workers in Gulf countries in The Bamboo Stalk.
Russia criticised for mock attack on Sweden
POLAND has accused Russia of causing “unnecessary alarm” in Europe after Russian aircraft carried out a mock attack on Sweden.
Justin Bieber leaves monkey Mally in Germany
GERMAN authorities say teen pop star Justin Bieber doesn’t want his pet monkey Mally back and has left him in the solitary confinement of a Munich animal clinic.
Pervez Musharraf targeted with car bomb
PAKISTANI police have defused 50kg of explosives wired with remote-controlled detonators hidden in a car near the fortified farmhouse where former president Pervez Musharraf is under house arrest.
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Sunday 28 April 2013
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