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$100 mln Paris heist has been pulled off by Diamond Thieves

Paris :: France | 35 minutes ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by apriljieh11

Armed robbers pulled off one of the world's biggest jewellery heists at a famed Paris store, making off with diamonds and valuables worth 80 million euros (102 million dollars), investigators said Friday. The four robbers on Thursday stole nearly all...

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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Alexy II dies

Moscow :: Russia | about 1 hour ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

MOSCOW – Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but was accused of making the church a force for nationalism, died Friday at age 79, the church headquarters said. The Moscow Patriarchate said...

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Russian Orthodox Church head dead

Moscow :: Russia | about 4 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Time of India

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, has died, a church spokesman said on Friday. "Yes, he has died," a church spokesman said by telephone after Russian news agencies said the patriach, aged 79, died earlier Friday...

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Russian fighter jet crash kills Pilot

Chita :: Russia | about 6 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Press TV

The incident took place In Chita in the district of Zabaykalsky Krai, some 4,750 kilometers east of Moscow on Friday.

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Oil hits near 4-year low on weak economic news

Vienna :: Austria | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Oil prices sank Thursday to lows last seen nearly four years ago as more bleak news from the world's largest economy boosted views that crude could tumble below $40 by the end of the year. After sinking more than $1...

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European court makes landmark DNA sample ruling

London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Kansas City Star

Marper for harassing his partner and "S" for attempted robbery - but the charges against the two were dropped. The two, whose cases were unrelated, first appealed to the police to have their DNA and fingerprints removed from the database....

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Ministry Denies Hacking Charge

Moscow :: Russia | about 18 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Kommersant

The Russian Foreign Ministry has called charges that Russia is behind cyber-attacks on the Pentagon unproven and irresponsible . The comment came in response to reports in U.S. media that computer systems in the Pentagon had been subjected to a...

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'Bombs for peace' after slaughter in Bosnia

Srebrenica :: Bosnia and Herzegovina | about 23 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by jmsjoin

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (CNN) -- Richard Holbrooke first visited Bosnia in 1992 as a private citizen. Three years later, he would become one of the most influential U.S. figures working to end a war that had introduced a new euphemism for...

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Afghanistan signs Anti-Cluster bomb Treaty

Oslo :: Norway | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Afghanistan has inked the Anti-Cluster Bomb Treaty in Norwegian capital Oslo, according to a statement released by Afghan presidential Palace on Thursday. "Afghan ambassador to Norway Jawed Ludin signed the Treaty on behalf of his government at a two-day conference...

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Georgian directors question Kusturica’s objectivity

Tbilisi :: Georgia | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: B92

Georgian film directors fear that Serbian director Emir Kusturica will not make an objective film about the August events in South Ossetia. "If he wants to make an honest film, then he should come here and study the Georgia-Ossetian conflict...

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