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Car Bomb Kills 36 in Northern Nigeria

Posted April 9th, 2012 at 3:25 am (UTC-5)
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Nigerian officials say a suicide car bombing near a church on Easter Sunday killed at least 36 people and wounded dozens more in the country’s north. Witnesses said security personnel in the city of Kaduna prevented the attacker from reaching a collection of churches. Saidu Adamu, Kaduna state’s information commissioner, told VOA the explosion damaged […]

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Foreign Press Shown North Korean Rocket

Posted April 9th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
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North Korean space officials took the rare step Sunday of allowing foreign journalists to see a rocket, that despite the objections of the United States and South Korea, is being prepared for launch this week. Reporters said all three stages of the Unha-3 rocket were on the launch pad at the new Tongchang-ri space facility […]

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Nuclear Deal Tops Agenda as Turkish PM Visits China

Posted April 9th, 2012 at 2:55 am (UTC-5)
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in China, where he will meet with top officials to forge closer economic and political ties. In Turkey’s first prime ministerial visit to China in 27 years, Mr. Erdogan meets in Beijing Monday with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice President Xi Jinping. Turkey’s Minister of […]

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Cruise Ship Retracing Route of Ill-Fated Titanic

Posted April 9th, 2012 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
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A cruise ship steamed out of the British city of Southampton Sunday to retrace the route taken by the legendary ill-fated ocean liner Titanic 100 years ago. Many of the passengers sailing to New York on the Balmoral are relatives of those who lost their lives when the Titanic hit an iceberg late at night […]

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ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions Against Mali

Posted April 9th, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
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The Economic Community of West African States has lifted sanctions against Mali, saying it is convinced the leaders of a military coup are committed to restoring constitutional rule. ECOWAS communications director Sonny Ugoh told VOA the military’s efforts have been “sufficiently strong,” but that the international community stands ready to “react appropriately” if the deal […]

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Karen Delegation Meets Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted April 9th, 2012 at 1:10 am (UTC-5)
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The leaders of Burma’s longest-running insurgent movement met Sunday with democracy leader and newly elected parliament member Aung San Suu Kyi at her home in Rangoon. The Karen National Union delegation, led by General Secretary Zipporah Sein, said in a statement that they discussed in detail a cease-fire that was negotiated last week with the […]

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