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Suicide, cause of plane crash?
Paris April. 19. Officials in Italy have confirmed that the plane crash in Milan on Thursday was not a terrorist attack, but have not ruled out the possibility of suicide. Three people, including the pilot were killed when a four-seater aircraft ...

Russia proposes 'arc of stability'
MOSCOW, APRIL 19. The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has called for the establishment of an "arc of stability" stretching from Europe to China. The "arc" would rest on two pillars: a new, closer relationship between Russia and NATO, to be ...

Hamas threatens more attacks
GAZA CITY (GAZA STRIP), APRIL 19. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at an Israeli military checkpoint on Friday, ending a period of relative quiet in the Gaza Strip, while Israeli troops withdrew from the West Bank town of Jenin in ...

Tight security for Zahir Shah
KABUL, APRIL 19. Elite Italian police were today guarding the house of the former Afghan king, Mohammed Zahir Shah, on his first full day back home from exile, after Rome revealed a plot to kill the symbolic father of the nation. Fifty Italian ...

Cloned pigs in good health
TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwan has cloned pigs (one seen in the picture) that carry genetic material from human and pig cells, a breakthrough that might lead to new treatments for haemophilia and other diseases, scientists said on Thursday. The ...