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Swiss Magazine Roma Story Stirs Outrage in Germany

The council for Germany's Roma has gone to court to get a Swiss magazine banned in the country after it used an image of a Roma boy pointing a gun on its cover, BBC reported.

World | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 17:53 | Viewed: 1419

Tymoshenko's Defense Minister Sent to Jail in Ukraine

A Ukrainian court has sentenced the country's former acting Defense Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko to five years in jail for abuse of office.

World | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 14:32 | Viewed: 1795

Ceasefire Officially Comes to Force in Syria

The ceasefire in Syria has become official and effective by the deadline of Thursday, April 12, 2012.

World | April 12, 2012, Thursday // 09:25 | Viewed: 852

Commissioner Georgieva Warns of Humanitarian Disaster in Mali

Mali is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, warned EU Commissioner on humanitarian aid and crisis Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 20:50 | Viewed: 2100

Syria Officially Declares Ceasfire by UN Deadline

The Syrian army will stop all operations by Thursday morning, revealed Syrian state TV Wednesday, quoting a source from the Syrian Ministry of Defense.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 19:49 | Viewed: 1077

Romanian Plunderers Roam Serbian Highways - Police

Organized gangs from Romania are responsible for a number of robberies reported on Serbia's E-75 highway, according to reports by Serbian police.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 17:29 | Viewed: 9027

Tsunami Alert Lifted for Most of Indian Ocean

The tsunami watch issued for the entire Indian Ocean after Wednesday's massive earthquake in Indonesia has been lifted for most parts of the ocean.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 16:33 | Viewed: 1153

Small Tsunamis Hit Indonesia after Huge Quake

At least three tsunamis measuring up to 80 centimeters have hit Indonesia's coast after the 8.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 16:10 | Viewed: 2335

Indian Coastal States Brace for 4-Meter Tsunami Waves

A few thousand people have been evacuated to higher ground from parts of India's Andaman and Nicobar islands on Wednesday following the two massive earthquakes off the coast of Indonesia.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 15:37 | Viewed: 1698

Small Tsunami Hits Thai Coast after Massive Quake

A small tsunami measuring 10 centimeters (four inches) reached Thailand's Andaman Coast, triggered by the 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Indonesia earlier on Wednesday.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 15:13 | Viewed: 5456

8.2 Aftershock Jolts Sumatra

An aftershock with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 shook Sumatra's western coast, promting Indonesian authorities to issue a fresh tsunami warning, according to international media.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 14:37 | Viewed: 1226

Indian Ocean Under Tsunami Warning over Massive Earthquake

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami watch for the entire Indian Ocean after a massive earthquake hit the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 12:44 | Viewed: 1650

Massive Earthquake Hits Indonesia

An 8.9 magnitude earthquake has hit off Northwestern Indonesia, according to international media.

World | April 11, 2012, Wednesday // 11:59 | Viewed: 2424

Poland Marks Anniversary of Smolensk Tragedy

Poland marks Tuesday the two-year anniversary of the plane crash near Russia's Smolensk, which killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, First Lady Maria Kaczynska, and 94 people from the country's political and military elite.

World | April 10, 2012, Tuesday // 08:02 | Viewed: 1495

Ex KGB Head Beats Human Rights Activist for South Ossetia Presidency

Former South Ossetian KGB head Leonid Tibilov has been elected new president of the breakaway republic in a vote condemned by Georgia and welcomed by Russian lawmakers.

World | April 9, 2012, Monday // 19:16 | Viewed: 2566

Likely Boko Haram Gunmen Assault Towns in Northeast Nigeria

Gunmen in Nigeria have killed at least four people, including a six-year-old girl, in separate attacks in towns in the country's northeast.

World | April 9, 2012, Monday // 19:05 | Viewed: 2732

Iran Blocks 2012 London Olympics Website - Report

Iran has reportedly blocked the website for the 2012 London Olympics.

World | April 9, 2012, Monday // 18:08 | Viewed: 11710

Greek Suicide Pensioner Cremated in Bulgaria

The body of the 77-year-old retired Greek pharmacist Dimitris Christoulas, who committed suicide at a central Athens square last Wednesday, will be cremated in Bulgaria.

World | April 9, 2012, Monday // 08:29 | Viewed: 1445

N Korea Parades Launch Pad for World Media

As North Korea presses forward with a controversial rocket launch and amid reports it is also planning a nuclear test, foreign journalists were granted a rare glimpse Sunday of the reclusive country's preparations.

World | April 9, 2012, Monday // 07:21 | Viewed: 830

Guenter Grass Barred from Israel

Nobel laureate writer Guenter Grass of Germany has been declared "persona non grata" in Israel over a controversial poem.

World | April 9, 2012, Monday // 07:05 | Viewed: 1295

Brussels Transport on Strike after Worker Was Killed

Transport workers in Belgian capital Brussels continued a strike for a second day on Sunday after an employee was killed early on Saturday.

World | April 8, 2012, Sunday // 19:19 | Viewed: 2118
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