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Washington,3 April-2014(IANS): A soldier opened fire at Fort Hood, an army base in Texas and scene of a massacre in 2009, killing three people and wounding at least 11 others before taking his own life. The violence on Wednesday apparently …

NewYork, 3 April-2014(IANS): UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon Wednesday called for more countries to join the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to facilitate its entry into force. Ban made the appeal in a statement to mark the first anniversary of the …

BEIJING, 2 April-2014 (Xinhua): China on Wednesday issued a policy paper on the European Union (EU). Following is the full text of the policy paper: Chinise State Policy Paper on the European Union China’s Policy Paper on the EU: Deepen …

WASHINGTON, 2 April-2014 (Xinhua): The White House said Tuesday that President Barack Obama had not made a decision to release Jonathan Pollard, the convicted American-Israeli spy, a move deemed as part of the ongoing deliberations to salvage the faltering Israeli-Palestinian …

Tehran , 1 April-2014( AsiaNews): Youssef Hamadani Cohen, the spiritual leader of the small Jewish community in Iran died three days ago after many years of illness. The news was only reported by state media yesterday. He was the head of …

BERLIN, 31 March-2014(ITAR-TASS):  German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday called on the world community to prevent a return to the cold war in Europe due to the Ukrainian crisis. German foreign minister says return to cold war inadmissible Russian, …

MOSCOW, 1 April-2014(ITAR-TASS): Moves by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to suspend Russia represented a serious blow to European democratic values, the speaker of Russia’s State Duma lower house of parliament said. Euro assembly threat to Russia …

KIEV, 1 April-2014(ITAR-TASS): Ukraine’s Central Election Committee has registered 14 people as candidates for the country’s presidency.The election campaign kicks off on April 5. The Rada set early presidential elections for May 25. Ukraine election commission registers 14 presidential candidates …

Nairobi, 31 march-2014(SDM): At least six people were Monday night killed and ten others wounded in twin blasts in California area in Eastleigh, Nairobi. Death toll in Eastleigh blast rises to six in Nairobi Kenya A scene of a past …

Yangon,31 Mrach-2014(IANS): Myanmar’s Rakhine ethnic community has stopped boycotting the government’s census, which began Sunday, after the Rakhine state census-taking authorities announced it would not accept the Rohingya as ethnic people, media reported Monday. Myanmar’s Rakhine community stops census boycott …