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Police, protesters clash in Istanbul, 50 injured
May 2, 2014ISTANBUL, May 1 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Fifty protesters were injured and 138 detained in clashes with police as trade union members tried to stage an anti-government rally in Istanbul's central Taksim ...
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Mafia boss to be extradited from Caribbean to Italy
April 28, 2014ROME, April 28 (Xinhua/Sun) -- A fugitive belonging to the Italian mafia syndicate 'Ndrangheta will be extradited as soon as Tuesday from Santo Domingo in the Caribbean, Italian authorities said ...
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China to intensify undersea search for MH370
April 28, 2014BEIJING, April 28 (Xinhua/Sun) -- China Maritime Search and Rescue Centre said on Monday that it will adjust search operations for flight MH370 and intensify the underwater search.
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Egypt court sentences 683 Brotherhood loyalists to death
April 28, 2014CAIRO, April 28 (Xinhua/Sun) -- An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 683 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, including its spiritual leader Mohamed Badie, to death in another mass trial over assaulting and ...
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Libya court reopens trial on dozens of ex-Gaddafi figures
April 27, 2014TRIPOLI, April 27 (Xinhua/Sun) -- A Libyan court on Sunday reopened the trial of dozens of senior figures from Muammar Gaddafi's government, with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the slain leader's son, ...
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Fidel Castro dismayed by death of Garcia Marquez, but in ...
April 27, 2014HAVANA, April 25 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was in good health despite that he had been dismayed over the death of Nobel Prize-winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia ...
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Banana disease hard to control, says Mozambican authority
April 27, 2014MAPUTO, April 17 (Xinhua) -- The banana disease in Mozambique is highly possible to be spread to other parts of the country, although the government and related plantations are already ...
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Israel marks holocaust remembrance day
April 27, 2014JERUSALEM, April 27 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Israel commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day in an official ceremony held in Jerusalem on Sunday evening attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon ...
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South Africans celebrate 20 years of freedom with much fanfare
April 27, 2014PRETORIA, April 27 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Millions of South Africans gathered across the country on Sunday to celebrate 20 years of freedom under the theme "South Africa – a better place ...
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New LIAT CEO Takes Office
April 22, 2014ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, April 22, 2014 – The newly appointed CEO of LIAT – The Caribbean Airline – arrived from the United Kingdom on Sunday with a promise to listen ...
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Victims of Mozambican plane crash taken back to Maputo
April 22, 2014MAPUTO, April 21 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Fourteen of the 16 Mozambicans who died in last November's plane crash in Namibia were taken back to Maputo on Monday.
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Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez dies
April 18, 2014One of Latin America's greatest writers, Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died at the age of 87.
