April, 2016

• 30 April

  Norway searches for 2 missing bodies after crash

    Denmark / AP A search continued on Saturday for the two missing bodies from the crash of Airbus EC-225 helicopter off western Norway, killing all 13 people on board. Police spokesman Per Angel said they also were working on identifying the 11 victims found so far. The helicopter carrying workers from an offshore rig in the North Sea went ...

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• 30 April

  Police detain protesters at party convention in Germany

    BERLIN / AP Police have detained about 400 leftists who were protesting against the national convention of the populist Alternative for Germany party in Stuttgart. German news agency dpa reported that protesters were shouting “refugees can stay, Nazis must go,” as some 2,000 party members arrived at the convention center on Saturday morning. Protesters temporarily blocked a nearby highway ...

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• 30 April

  North Korea accusations against US troops ‘unsubstantiated’: UN

  

    SEOUL / AP The American-led UN command on Saturday dismissed as unsubstantiated accusations from North Korea that US troops at a border village tried to provoke its frontline troops with “disgusting acts.” A North Korean military statement warned US soldiers to stop what it called “hooliganism” at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom or they’ll meet a “dog’s death ...

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• 30 April

  2 Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east despite truce

    Ukraine / AFP Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fresh fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east even as a new truce took effect, Kiev said on Saturday. “As a result of hostilities, over the past 24 hours two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and four others wounded,” Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told journalists. The ...

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• 30 April

  Struggle of missing Mexican students’ parents continues

  

    Mexico / AFP There were no tears and their faces were hardened by 19 months of grief and anger as the parents of 43 Mexican students who vanished in 2014 marched in the capital. Less than two years ago, they would have been surrounded by tens of thousands of people as they protested against President Enrique Pena Nieto’s handling of ...

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• 30 April

  In case of Trump nomination, break glass

  

  Donald Trump’s damage to the Republican Party, although already extensive, has barely begun. Republican quislings will multiply, slinking into support of the most anti-conservative presidential aspirant in their party’s history. These collaborationists will render themselves ineligible to participate in the party’s reconstruction. Ted Cruz’s announcement of his preferred running mate has enhanced the nomination process by giving voters pertinent information. ...

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• 30 April

  Ripples of Brexit risks become apparent

    Brexit is no more a domestic issue as its impact spreads eastward, where bonds from Poland, Hungary and Romania, underperform most of their emerging peers. But the “leave” campaign maintains reports being made about potential negative economic impacts “are part of scaremongering”. Yet, many strategists have drawn pessimistic scenario towards eastern Europe as Britain’s departure threatens billions of euros ...

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• 30 April

  Is it obvious why India cares about N-arms?

    Robert Farley SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Do states acquire weapons because of security needs or out of a desire for prestige? Analysts have asked this question about a wide range of weapons, including advanced fighter jets, nuclear submarines, aircraft carriers, battleships, and (perhaps most importantly) nuclear weapons. On the prestige side, nuclear weapons convey modernity, power, and a spot ...

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• 30 April

  How to revive Asia-Pacific growth

    The Asia-Pacific region’s successful achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development needs to be driven by broad-based productivity gains and rebalancing of economies towards domestic and regional demand. This is the main message of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2016, published last week by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the ...

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• 30 April

  Managing the South China Sea: Where policy meets science

  

    Environmental degradation remains at the center of scientific conversation on the South China Sea as more marine scientists sound the alarm about the environmental consequences of China’s island-building activities. A Closer Look at the Problem The problems facing the sea are as vast, deep, and seemingly intractable as the oceans themselves, and the need to address issues of acidification, ...

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