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Monthly Archives: April 2015

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Nearly 2,000 people were killed on April 25 in the worst earthquake that struck Nepal in more than 80 years. More than 700 have died...

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Nano Bible - a copy of the Hebrew Bible the size of a pinhead - has gone on display at the Israel Museum in...

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Vladimir Putin’s bikers have begun a controversial ride to Berlin, even though Poland says it will not allow them to cross the country. The Night...

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More than 1,000 protesters took the streets of Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray, who was in police custody, a week ago. A minority...

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Barack Obama's unclassified emails were accessed by Russian hackers who gained access to the White House computer system last year were, the New York...

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Jasper Johns’ former assistant has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after admitting he stole artworks from the artist's studio. James Meyer, 53, confessed...

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More than 1,000 people have been reported dead in Nepal after a powerful earthquake struck the country on April 25. More than 1,700 people had...

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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has granted a flat to a woman after she made her point by hitting him on the head with a...

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Harley-Davidson has decided to recall nearly 46,000 motorcycles in the US because they could stay in gear due to clutches that won't fully disengage. The...

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Nepal has been hit by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in an area between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, the US Geological Survey...

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Pakistani human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud has been killed in a drive-by shooting in Karachi after hosting a talk on allegations of torture in...

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Poland has banned The Night Wolves biker gang backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin from entering the country. The Night Wolves had planned to enter...

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In a long-awaited interview with Diane Sawyer, Bruce Jenner revealed he is, in fact, a woman. "Yes, and for all intents and purposes, I am...

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New York’s iconic Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island have been evacuated due to a suspicious package. Liberty Island is home to the world-famous statue,...

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According to a new survey, Switzerland is the world's happiest country. The country of chocolates and clocks topped the third annual World Happiness index produced...

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Andy Wilman has decided to quit Top Gear in the wake of Jeremy Clarkson's departure, the BBC has confirmed. Jeremy Clarkson, 55, was dropped from...

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Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson celebrates his 69th birthday on April 24. Phil Alexander Robertson is the patriarch of the Robertson family. He created the Duck...

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Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks, whose empire was disintegrating. Many of the victims were civilians...

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The Battle of Gallipoli was the first campaign Australia and New Zealand fought as independent nations. They joined the Allies in an attempt to knock...

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The Battle of Gallipoli, also known as Gallipoli Campaign, or the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Çanakkale was a campaign of World War...

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The centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, one of the bloodiest of World War One, is marked with series of events held around the world. Princes...

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Armenia marks the centenary of the start of mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Presidents Vladimir Putin and Francois Hollande joined other leaders at...

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NASDAQ index has closed at a record high, surpassing a level it last reached in 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble. The tech-heavy...

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Former CIA Director David Petraeus has been put on probation and fined for leaking material to his mistress Paula Broadwell. David Petraeus resigned from his...

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About a dozen Native American actors walked off the New Mexico set of Adam Sandler’s The Ridiculous Six on April 22 over depictions in...