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Pakistan denounces as “blasphemous” new caricature of Charlie Hebdo

Pakistani parliamentarians unanimously denounced on Thursday the publication of a new “blasphemous” caricature of Muhammad on the cover of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, victim of a Islamist attack last week that left 12 dead. “The assembly...
Posted On 15 Jan 2015
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Pope Francis: Freedom of expression is a right “but there are limits”

Pope Francis said on Thursday that freedom of speech has its limits and it can not provoke or offend religion. “You can not offend or make war, or murder in the name of religion or in the name of God,” the Pontiff told reporters aboard the plane that took him from to...
Posted On 15 Jan 2015
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Bilateral definitive ceasefire is welcomed with “satisfaction” by FARC

The FARC expressed on Thursday its “satisfaction” by the decision of President Juan Manuel Santos to analyze a bilateral ceasefire, but noted that he assumes a “contradictory” position when ordering to intensify military operations. “We welcome the...
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Charlie Hebdo attacks were the responsibility of Al-Qaeda in Yemen

Al-Qaeda in Yemen claimed this Wednesday the responsibility for the attack of last week in Paris against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in a video posted on the internet. “Some heroes have been recruited and have acted,” said in the video Naser Ben Ali al...
Posted On 14 Jan 2015
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Charlie Hebdo’s copies with Muhammad on the cover are sold out in France

The new issue of Charlie Hebdo with Muhammad on the cover, condemned by some Muslim authorities, was sold out this Wednesday in the French newstands, a week after the attack that was claimed by al Qaeda in Yemen. Survivors from the editirial staff of the satirical weekly...
Posted On 14 Jan 2015
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Ukraine: Impact of missile destroys bus, killing 11 civilians

Eleven civilians were killed on Tuesday in the pro-Russian separatist eastern Ukraine, when their bus was hit by a missile at a checkpoint of the Ukrainian army, being this the bloodiest attack since the establishment of the truce on December 9. The attack occurred near the town...
Posted On 14 Jan 2015
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Court admits paternity suit against former monarch Juan Carlos de Borbón

The Spanish justice investigate the demand for Belgian citizen that ensures the Spanish monarch Juan Carlos de Borbón is his father. A civil division of the Supreme Court, consisting of 12 judges agreed on Wednesday to admit a lawsuit filed by the Belgian Ingrid Sartiau....
Posted On 14 Jan 2015
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Second black box from AirAsia aircraft was recovered by rescuers

Indonesian rescue teams recovered on Tuesday the second black box from the AirAsia plane that crashed two weeks ago in the Java Sea with 162 people aboard, local media reported. The device, which contains the recording of communications between the cockpit and the control tower...
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
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Mexico: New clashes between relatives of the 43 missing and military

One hundred students and parents of the rural school Ayotzinapa, on Monday forced their way into a military barracks in Iguala (south), and were repelled by soldiers with tear gas, according to an AFP journalist. The protesters arrived shortly after noon to Iguala, demanding to...
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
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Police officers killed in terrorist attacks are honored by Hollande

The president of France, Francois Hollande, paid tribute this Tuesday to the three police officers killed last week in Paris during the jihadist attacks, of whom he said were killed “with courage and dignity” in the fulfillment of their duty. Ahmed Merabet, Franck...
Posted On 13 Jan 2015
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