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Headlines for April 29, 2012
173 CIS OBSERVERS TO MONITOR ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS
CIS observer mission continues monitoring of Armenian parliamentary election campaign.
Armenian Police informed the mission authorities about their work for compiling and clarifying of voter lists.
...SAUDI WITHDRAWS AMBASSADOR IN CAIRO
Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador in Cairo Saturday April 28 for security reasons after protests in Egypt against the kingdom's arrest of an Egyptian lawyer, marking a diplomatic rupture between ...LEBANON REPORTEDLY SEIZES AMMO TO SYRIAN REBELS
Lebanese intelligence officers were questioning the crew of a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel on Sunday, April 29 over allegations it was carrying arms to Syrian rebels as fighting raged between the insurgents ...YEMENI AL-QAEDA RELEASES 73 CAPTURED SOLDIERS
Al-Qaeda in Yemen said it released on Sunday, April 29, 73 soldiers captured by its fighters during battles with government forces in the south of the country, AP reported.
The terror network said in ...RUSSIA DESTROYS 62% OF CHEMICAL STOCKPILE
About 25,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, or 62 percent of Russia's stockpile, have been destroyed by April 29, the day when the International Chemical Weapons Convention came into force, RIA Novosti ...JUDD APATOW'S "THIS IS 40" COMEDY TRAILER RELEASED
Judd Apatow is bringing his brand of raunchy-sweet comedy to the big screen again in "This is 40," The Wrap reported.
As the title suggests, Apatow's latest directorial outing - his first ...SOUTH AFRICA FREES 35,000 PRISONERS
South African authorities have said they are releasing up to 35,000 inmates to ease overcrowding in the nation's prisons, Belfast Telegraph reported.
Police minister Nathi Mthethwa said some 14,600 ...MISSILES MAY BE STATIONED ON RESIDENTIAL FLATS DURING LONDON OLYMPICS
UK Ministry of Defense is considering placing surface-to-air missiles on residential flats during the Olympics, BBC News reported.
An east London estate, where 700 people live, has received leaflets ...7 KILLED IN TOKYO DISNEYLAND BUS CRASH
A bus carrying dozens of vacationers to Tokyo Disneyland has crashed on a highway, killing seven passengers, AP reported.
Police say the other 38 passengers and the 43-year-old driver were injured, 13 ...SUDAN DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AT S. SUDAN BORDER
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir declared a state of emergency in some areas bordering South Sudan, Reuters reported citing a state-linked media website.
The Sudanese Media Centre said Bashir's ...JAPAN, KAZAKHSTAN TO DEVELOP RARE EARTHS
Japan will jointly develop rare earths with Kazakhstan as part of its efforts to secure supplies of the key minerals now controlled by China, according to a newspaper, AFP said.
Japan plans to reach ..."PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING" COMEDY TRAILER HITS THE WEB
Bruce Beresford's "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding" comedy trailer hit the web, Deadline reported.
Catherine Keener and Jane Fonda play alienated daughter and mother in this comedy in which uptight ...DISNEY STRIKES DEAL FOR NEIL GAIMAN'S "THE GRAVEYARD BOOK"
Disney made a high six-figure deal for The Graveyard Book, the bestselling children's title by Neil Gaiman. The book, which won the Newbery Medal among other awards, is a riff on Rudyard Kipling's The ...KIDNAPPED BRITISH RED CROSS DOCTOR FOUND BEHEADED IN PAKISTAN
The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross was found dumped by the roadside on Sunday, April 29 in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta, ...KRISTEN STEWART TO STAR IN "CALI" GRITTY ACTION FILM
After playing a sword-wielding princess in "Snow White and the Huntsman", Kristen Stewart will next be seen starring in another action film called "Cali". The "Twilight Saga" ...FIRST LOOK AT LEONARDO DICAPRIO IN TARANTINO'S "DJANGO UNCHAINED"
How Leonardo DiCaprio will portray deranged plantation owner Calvin Candie in "Django Unchained" has been unveiled in a first official photo of the Quentin Tarantino-directed spaghetti western ...BARRED ISLAMIST CANDIDATE SUPPORTERS INJURED IN EGYPT CLASH
Scores of protesters staging a sit-in to demonstrate against the barring of a presidential candidate have been injured in the Egyptian capital, BBC News reported.
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