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Bangladesh factory toll 337, bosses held
More people have been pulled from the ruins of the eight-storey building in Bangladesh that caved in on Wednesday morning, killing at least 337 people.
April 27, 2013, 8:44 pm
Gunmen kill 10 Iraq security forces members
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen killed five army intelligence soldiers in two attacks west of Baghdad while others shot dead five anti-Qaeda militiamen north of the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police and doctors said.
April 27, 2013, 8:27 pm
Ethiopian Airlines first to fly 787 Dreamliner since grounding
By Aaron Maasho
April 27, 2013, 8:18 pm
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlineson Saturday became the world's first carrier to resume flying Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner passenge... 
UK PR guru Max Clifford vows to clear name
PR guru Max Clifford, famed for representing celebrities including Simon Cowell and Jade Goody, has been charged with historic sex offences.
April 27, 2013, 7:43 pm
Sarkozy top gift giver to Obama family
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni were the most prolific foreign gift-givers to the US first family in 2011.
April 27, 2013, 7:29 pm
French police seize 7.5 tons of marijuana
French police say they have seized 7.5 tonnes of marijuana along the border with Spain.
April 27, 2013, 7:28 pm
Court denies parole to Pussy Riot member
A Russian court has denied parole to Nadya Tolokonnikova, a member of the punk band Pussy Riot.
April 27, 2013, 7:28 pm-
Philippine police hunt mayor's attackers
ILIGAN, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine police said they have identified and are hunting eight gunmen who killed 13 people in an ambush on a mayor, an attack that cast a pall of fear over upcoming elections.
April 27, 2013, 7:18 pm 
Obama warns Syria on chemical weapons
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has warned Syria that using chemical weapons would be a "game changer," as he faces rising pressure at home and abroad to intervene in the country's bloody civil war.
April 27, 2013, 6:59 pm
Taliban bomb kills 9 in southern Pakistan
Nine people are dead after a bomb exploded near the office of a political party in southern Pakistan. Four of them were children.
April 27, 2013, 6:37 pm
Taliban declare 'spring offensive' in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) - Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan announced the start of their annual "spring offensive" against the US-backed government, vowing a nationwide series of attacks as foreign troops withdraw.
April 27, 2013, 6:31 pm
Two dead in India hospital roof collapse
BHOPAL, India (AFP) - Two people were killed and 16 injured when the ceiling of a hospital in central India came crashing down, trapping patients and employees under the rubble, officials said.
April 27, 2013, 6:22 pm
Serbian MPs vote to support Kosovo deal
The majority of Serbia's parliament has voted to normalise relations with the breakaway state of Kosovo, edging them both closer to EU membership.
April 27, 2013, 6:11 pm
Bosses arrested over Bangladesh building disaster
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AFP) - Police arrested two textile bosses Saturday over a Bangladeshi factory disaster as the death toll climbed to 332 and distraught relatives lashed out at rescuers trying to detect signs of life.
April 27, 2013, 5:53 pm
Deals website LivingSocial hacked
Deals website LivingSocial says it's been hacked and the personal data of 50 million customers may have been accessed but not credit card information.
April 27, 2013, 5:53 pm
Boeing says ready to build seven Dreamliners a month by mid-year
TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing Co
April 27, 2013, 4:20 pmsaid on Saturday it is ready to build seven 787 Dreamliners a month from mid-year and is still on course for 10 per month by the end of the year.
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Bosnia artists turn Tito's bunker into art
A bunker built to shelter Yugoslavia's communist leadership from a nuclear war is reopening for a three-month run as an art gallery.
April 27, 2013, 3:45 pm
Hitler's food taster says it was delicious
Margot Woelk, 95, has spoken for the first time about her wartime role as one of the 15 women charged with making sure Hitler wasn't poisoned.
April 27, 2013, 3:43 pm
China's Sichuan mourns quake dead a week on
BEIJING (AFP) - China's southwestern Sichuan province stopped to mourn the victims of a deadly earthquake that struck exactly a week ago, state media reported.
April 27, 2013, 3:06 pm
First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A Japanese fishing boat washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami has been confirmed as the first piece of debris to reach the coast of California, officials said.
April 27, 2013, 3:05 pm
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