Russia will counter US missile defence: Medvedev
Tweet Moscow:L Russia will continue with the overhaul of its missile defence unless the US drops its plans for a European missile shield or proposes a scheme for a joint effort, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said. “This does not mean the beginning of confrontation, but it means that we cannot treat their (US) plans indifferently [...]
Tweet Abuja:A deadly haemorrhagic virus Lassa has killed at least 40 people in Nigeria, Xinhua reported. A total of 397 cases have been reported in the last six weeks, Minister of Health Onyebuchi Chukwu said in a statement. Six of the dead were health workers, two doctors and four nurses, the minister said. The virus [...]
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Tweet Quito: At least 26 people were killed and 15 others injured Sunday when a bus fell into a 50-metre-deep cliff in the South American nation of Ecuador, Xinhua reported.The accident took place in the northern province of Imbabura, police said. At least 41 people including the driver were in the bus at the time [...]
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Tweet Mexico City: The winter season and low temperatures in Mexico have led to the death of at least 44 people, the government said.The health secretariat said the deaths were caused by hypothermia, carbon monoxide poisoning and burns. The 44 deaths occurred between October last year and Feb 16. A total of 31 people died [...]
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Tweet The Hague: Prince Friso of the Netherlands was still in critical condition after a skiing accident last week, the Dutch government said Sunday. The 43-year-old prince was buried in an avalanche in Austria Friday, Xinhua reported citing Dutch government information service RVD. The prince was skiing in Litzen-Zugertobel near Lech. He was freed by [...]
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Tweet Moscow: US military and intelligence drones are flying over Syria to monitor developments in the country torn by civil strife, NBC reported. “A good number of American drones are operating in the skies of Syria, monitoring the Syrian military’s attacks against opposition forces and innocent civilians alike,” the TV channel said. Pentagon officials said [...]
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Tweet Moscow: Seven militants were killed in an operation in Russia’s Chechnya region, an official said Friday. The five-day operation was carried out in the eastern Chechen border with Dagestan, Xinhua reported. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said the militants belonged to a group suspected of conducting terrorist acts. Thirteen government troopers were killed in the [...]
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Tweet Tegucigalpa: At least 350 prisoners have been killed in a blaze that broke out at a jail in the central American nation of Honduras, Xinhua reported. The prison, with around 800 inmates, is located in Comayagua town. Officials fear the toll could go beyond 400. The fire reportedly started after there was shooting inside [...]
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Tweet Moscow: Russia may lose from 20 to 50 percent of its vineyard harvest this year because of bitter cold as temperatures have dipped to below minus 20 degrees Celsius, Vedomosti business daily reported Monday quoting winemakers. Andrei Kulko, general director of the South Wine Company, a subsidiary of Ochakovo brewery group, which owns 1,000 [...]
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Tweet Kabul: Seven Taliban militants have been killed, two injured and 18 detained as suspects since Saturday in joint operations launched by the Afghan forces backed by NATO-led coalition troops, the Afghan interior ministry said Sunday. “Afghan police, army and coalition forces launched nine joint operations in Kabul, Helmand, Uruzgan, Ghazni, Khost, Paktia and Herat [...]
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