French PM mourns sports stars killed in Argentina helicopter crash

French PM mourns sports stars killed in Argentina helicopter crash


French PM mourns sports stars killed in Argentina helicopter crash

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:52 PM PDT

France has been left stunned after the sudden deaths on Tuesday of three sports stars. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the entire country was in mourning. He added that the government...
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Jordan's King urges EU to fight 'Islamophobia'

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:50 PM PDT

King Abdullah of Jordan urged Europe to fight hostility toward Islam on Tuesday, saying that is fuelling extremism among Muslims, including those leaving Europe to fight in the Middle East....
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Iraq’s archaeological treasures at risk from ISIL

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:48 PM PDT

The region currently under ISIL control in Iraq contains nearly 1800 of 12000 registered archaeological sites in the country. And the militants appear to be set on destroying them all. Experts...
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New Zealand police investigate threat to contaminate baby formula

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:45 PM PDT

An anonymous blackmailer has threatened to poison infant formula in New Zealand to protest against the country's use of poisonous baits for pest control. The blackmailer even sent dairy giant...
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Russian foreign minister criticizes NATO

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 09:43 PM PDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed NATO, on Tuesday, for increasing military activities near Russia's borders. He called for resolving disputes with the E.U. through dialogue....
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Interview with former vice minister of health

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 05:38 PM PDT

China's ban on the use of organs of executed prisoners for transplants signifies great progress in protecting human rights, said Huang Jiefu, former vice minister of health. Subscribe us...
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Myanmar Police crackdown on student rally

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 08:54 AM PDT

Police in Myanmar cracked down on student protesters, detaining a number of them, in the town of Letpadan on Tuesday. Demonstrators, including young activists and monks, scattered through the...
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3 French sports stars die in Argentina helicopter crash

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:02 AM PDT

Three French sports stars were among the 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in Argentina on Monday, during the filming of a reality TV show. The three French athletes included Olympic...
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HK Airlines flight forced to land in Wuhan after bomb scare

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:13 AM PDT

A Hong Kong Airlines flight HX337, traveling from Beijing to Hong Kong, was forced to make an emergency landing at Wuhan airport on Tuesday, after a bomb scare. Watch this report from CCTV...
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CPC official: Some Xinjiang residents have joined IS

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 06:14 AM PDT

Zhang Chunxian, the top official of the Communist Party of China's committee in Xinjiang, has confirmed for the first time that some residents of the region have joined the Islamic State...
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Ukrainian President says rebels have withdrawn heavy weapons

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 07:06 AM PDT

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says the rebels have withdrawn a significant amount of weaponry from the frontlines in eastern Ukraine. The withdrawal is said to be in accordance with...
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2015 World Expo host Milan gets ready for Chinese visitors

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:38 AM PDT

With less than two months to go before the opening of the 2015 World Expo in Milan, organizers were in Shanghai over the weekend trying to drum up support from prospective Chinese visitors....
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Merkel urges Japan to resolve wartime sex slavery issues

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 03:33 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Japan to resolve historical issues related to wartime sex slavery while meeting Katsuya Okada, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, on...
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HK gov’t condemns attacks on mainland shoppers

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 04:01 AM PDT

The Hong Kong SAR government has arrested two protesters for illegal behavior in a demonstration against so-called “parallel traders” from the Chinese mainland. Hong Kong's security chief...
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Nemtsov’s death: Forensics indicate Chechen ex-policeman is murderer

Posted: 10 Mar 2015 12:04 AM PDT

Forensic tests indicate that a former Chechen police official, now under arrest, is the man who shot and killed Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Russia's Interfax news agency has...
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