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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
Australia rejects calls to boycott Sri Lanka meet
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has vowed not to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Sri Lanka over allegations of human rights violations, despite mounting calls not to attend.
April 27, 2013, 3:05 pm
Boston suspects' mum was on terror list
US officials say the mother of the Boston bombing suspects was added to a US terror database, as well as the older suspect, at the request of Russia.
April 27, 2013, 2:32 pm
George Jones, country superstar, has died
US country singer George Jones has died in Nashville, Tennesee. He was 81.
April 27, 2013, 1:32 pm
Bosnian president arrested
Bosnian police have arrested one of Bosnia's presidents along with 18 other people as part of a corruption investigation.
April 27, 2013, 1:31 pm
Beekeepers create buzz with UK parliament
Worried beekeepers have staged a gathering outside Britain's parliament to call for a ban on pesticides blamed for a drop in bee numbers.
April 27, 2013, 1:30 pm
Guan fires 69 to make PGA cut at New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AFP) - Chinese phenomenon Guan Tianlang fired a three-under-par 69 to make the cut in the US PGA Tour Zurich Classic a fortnight after his historic weekend at the Masters.
April 27, 2013, 1:17 pm
Part of 9/11 plane's landing gear found
A 1.5 metre-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center in the September 11 terror attacks has been discovered wedged between a mosque site and another building near ground zero.
April 27, 2013, 1:12 pm
Obama talks tough, shows no rush to act on Syria chemical arms evidence
By Matt Spetalnick and Jeff Mason
April 27, 2013, 1:08 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Syria on Friday that its use of chemical weapons would be a "game changer" for the United States b...
US denies filmmaker held in Venezuela is spy
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States denied that a US filmmaker arrested in Venezuela was a spy tasked with sowing civil unrest throughout the country, as claimed by Caracas.
April 27, 2013, 12:16 pm
Vodafone investors want bigger bid or full takeover by Verizon
By Sinead Cruise and Chris Vellacott
April 27, 2013, 12:04 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Six major Vodafone investors said $100 billion (64.5 billion pounds) was not enough for the British company's stake in its U.S. j...
Exclusive - Brazil's Vale says signs accord to quit Argentine Potash project
By Sabrina Lorenzi
April 27, 2013, 11:21 am
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian global miner Vale SA signed an accord with the Argentine government to leave the $6 billion (3 billion pounds) Rio Colorado potas...
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