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Three days after Ecuador quake, hopes for survivors dwindle
April 19, 2016
Three days after Ecuador quake, hopes for survivors dwindle
Earthquake-stricken Ecuador faced the grim reality of recovering more bodies than survivors as rescue efforts moved into a third day…
Taliban attack Afghan security office in Kabul with bomb, gunfire
April 19, 2016
Taliban attack Afghan security office in Kabul with bomb, gunfire
Taliban militants attacked an office of Afghanistan's main security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire on Tuesday, killing…
Russia’s military rejects US criticism of new Baltic encounter
April 18, 2016
Russia’s military rejects US criticism of new Baltic encounter
Russia's military rejected criticism by US European Command on Sunday that a Russian jet had made aggressive maneuvers near a…
In crushing defeat, Brazil’s Rousseff moves close to impeachment
April 18, 2016
In crushing defeat, Brazil’s Rousseff moves close to impeachment
Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a humiliating loss in a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress…
Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island
April 18, 2016
Chinese military aircraft makes first public landing on disputed island
A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has…
Ethiopia says South Sudanese gunmen kill 140 civilians in cross-border raid
April 17, 2016
Ethiopia says South Sudanese gunmen kill 140 civilians in cross-border raid
Ethiopia said on Saturday that gunmen from South Sudan had killed 140 people in a raid in its Gambela region,…
Castro, 84, says Cuba’s leaders are too old, proposes limits
April 17, 2016
Castro, 84, says Cuba’s leaders are too old, proposes limits
Future top leaders of Cuba's Communist party should retire at 70 to let in younger blood, President Raul Castro said…
Powerful earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador
April 17, 2016
Powerful earthquake kills 77 in Ecuador
A powerful earthquake killed at least 77 people, injured hundreds more, ravaged coastal towns and sent residents fleeing for higher…
Italians go to polls for drilling referendum Renzi did not want
April 17, 2016
Italians go to polls for drilling referendum Renzi did not want
Italy went to the polls on Sunday for a referendum on off-shore oil and gas drilling rights, a complex issue…
Greece’s ‘erratic Marxist’ Varoufakis advises Britain’s Labour Party, Corbyn says
April 16, 2016
Greece’s ‘erratic Marxist’ Varoufakis advises Britain’s Labour Party, Corbyn says
Yanis Varoufakis, the self-described "erratic Marxist" who took Greece to the brink of a euro zone exit by battling creditors…