Malta immigrant recounts drowning tragedy - Feature
Valletta, Malta - One of the eight survivors of a sea tragedy off Malta in which 70 African migrants drowned last month has told the harrowing tale of the tragedy to a Maltese newspaper. Kofi Charles told the Sunday Times of Malta of how the panickin...
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At least 13 killed in Slovak bus crash in Croatia
Zagreb - At least 13 people were killed and around 30 injured when a Slovakian bus crashed on a highway in Croatia, local media reported. The bus with 49 passengers swerved off the Zagreb-Split highway at Gospic and slammed into the concrete pillar o...
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Myanmar police chief clueless about Suu Kyi hunger strike
Naypyitaw, Myanmar - Myanmar's police chief on Sunday claimed to know nothing about a hunger strike being staged by Nobel laureate and political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi to protest her five-plus years under house arrest. Addressing a press conferen...
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Three Jewish men attacked, injured in Paris
Paris - Three Jewish men aged 17 and 18 were attacked by a group of youths of similar age in Paris, a French police spokeswoman said Sunday. The three victims who were wearing yarmulkas at the time were struck by stones and blows thrown by a group of...
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