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Rebels claim mass turnout in east Ukraine vote for self-rule
Pro-Russian rebels have claimed a massive turnout in a vote for self-rule they held in two regions of eastern Ukraine amid fears ...At least 40 die after migrant boat sinks off Libya
At least 40 people died and 51 others were rescued after a boat carrying mostly sub-Saharan African migrants sank off Libya\'s coast ...Deadly suicide bombing strikes southern Yemen
A suicide car bomber killed 12 Yemeni army officers and wounded many others today after targeting a military police building in the ...Militants execute 20 soldiers in north Iraq
Authorities in Iraq have found the bodies of 20 soldiers shot dead after being kidnapped from a northern military base, and a ...Pro-Russian rebels hold referendums in Donetsk and Luhansk to split from Ukraine
Residents of two restive regions in eastern Ukraine engulfed by a pro-Russian insurgency cast votes Sunday in contentious and hastily organized independence ...Austria wins Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Austrian drag artist Conchita Wurst has won the Eurovision Song Contest, despite causing controversy in Eastern Europe.Pro-Russian separatists prepare for referendum in Eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Ukraine regions of Donetsk and Luhansk will hold a planned referendum on their possible secession from Ukraine.Duas pessoas morrem após balão pegar fogo nos EUA
Duas pessoas morreram e outras estão desaparecidas depois que um balão de ar quente atingiu uma linha de energia e pegou fogo ...Merkel dice que el Gobierno alemán apoyaría la unión de Siemens y Alstom
La canciller alemana, Angela Merkel, dijo el sábado que su Gobierno apoyaría una unión entre la firma de ingeniería alemana Siemens y ...Germany, France threaten Russia over Ukraine polls
Germany and France have threatened Russia with further sanctions if the 25 May election in Ukraine does not go ahead as planned.