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Officials say 7 dead in Venezuela protests
CARACAS: Venezuela's chief prosecutor said today that seven people have been killed and 61 injured in protests following presidential elections in which the opposition candidate is demanding a recount.
Prosecutor Luisa Ortega did not provide any details about the deaths or injuries or how they occurred. But she said the seven killed were humble members of the working class, a suggestion that th... |
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North Korea to attack South 'without any notice'
SEOUL: North Korea's military on Tuesday threatened the South with imminent "sledge-hammer" retaliation unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protestors burning effigies of its revered leaders.
South Korea called the North's ultimatum "regrettable" and vowed a tough response to any military provocation.
The warning came a day after US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up a Northeast... |
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China to amend consumer rights law
BEIJING: China's top legislature will consider a series of draft laws and amendments, including one to the country's consumer rights law, it decided on Monday.
The National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee will convene a bimonthly session between April 23 and 25, according to a decision made at Monday's Chairmen's Council, presided over by top legislator Zhang Dejiang.
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North Korea dismisses South's dialogue offer on Kaesong
SEOUL: North Korea dismissed on Sunday the South's offer for dialogue on the future of the Kaesong joint industrial zone, calling the offer an "empty" political gesture.
The North announced the withdrawal of its 53,000 workers and the suspension of operations at Kaesong at the beginning of the week, as military tensions on the Korean peninsula soared.
Seoul last Thursday called for Pyongyang... |
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China agrees to work with US to end North Korean tension
BEIJING: After visiting US Secretary of State John Kerry told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday the Korean nuclear impasse was at a "critical time", as he pressed Pyongyang's key ally to help defuse sky-high tensions, China has agreed to work with the US to help defuse the crisis and persuade North Korea to drop its nuclear programme, according to BBC.
China also called for calm saying t... |
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Indonesian floods kill 11
JAKARTA: Eleven people have been killed and thousands forced from their homes this week by flooding on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Friday.
Java's longest river burst its banks several days ago after heavy rains and flooded nearly 23,000 houses in Central and East Java provinces, said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.
Most of those killed were "swe... |
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57 killed in army assault in southern Syria
BEIRUT: Six children were among at least 57 people killed in southern Syria as the army launched an all-out assault on two towns in Daraa province, a watchdog said on Thursday.
"At least six children, seven women, 16 rebel fighters, 16 other unidentified men and 12 army troops were killed on Wednesday, in fighting, shelling and summary executions waged after the army launched an assault on Al-S... |
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South Sudan: Twelve peacekeepers, UN staff gunned down
KHARTOUM: Five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven UN civilian workers were killed Tuesday in an ambush in South Sudan, officials said, in what the UN secretary general says could be a war crime.
Two hundred attackers took part in the raid on a UN convoy at Gumuruk in the country's troubled Jonglei state, UN peacekeeping spokeswoman Josephine Guerrero told AFP.
"We are still verifying the... |
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EU-wide sham marriage gang busted; 26 held
MADRID: Police in Spain and three other European nations have broken up a gang that obtained residency permits for undocumented Pakistani men by organising fake marriages with Portuguese women, Spanish police said Tuesday.
The Europe-wide ring's leader was among 26 people arrested.
He was nabbed in February in Barcelona, Spanish police, who carried out the investigation with their counterpar... |
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Qaeda confirms Syria war role as US mulls new pressure
DAMASCUS: Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirmed on Tuesday long-held suspicions that it is behind jihadists fighting in Syria, as Washington said it was mulling new ways to drive President Bashar al-Assad from power.
The mainstream rebel Free Syrian Army kept its distance from the jihadists, insisting its alliance with the key opposition fighting force was purely tactical and that its goal was a democrati... |
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