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Stories for April 28th 2014

  • Monday, April 28th 2014 - 07:39 UTC

    Putin is losing Eastern European energy gamble

    “Can they stop buying Russian gas?” “In my opinion it is impossible”, said the Russian president

    Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't think the European community can do without the natural gas it gets from energy monopoly Gazprom. With a Russian economy starting to decline, however, it may be Gazprom that's too strongly interconnected to the European market to break free.

  • Monday, April 28th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

    Brazilian police ‘still have blood on their hands’ 20 years on from massacre

    Amnesty International blasts the Brazilian government for not taking action against police excesses

    Every year police in Brazil are responsible for around 2,000 deaths, Amnesty International said as it marked the 20th anniversary of the infamous Candelária massacre in Rio de Janeiro. On the night of 23 July 1993, eight young men and women died after a gang of hooded men opened fire on a group of some 50 street children sleeping on the steps of Rio de Janeiro’s Candelária church.

  • Monday, April 28th 2014 - 07:29 UTC

    Malvinas Islands are Argentine, period, insists Uruguayan government

    Deputy minister Menéndez: no English vessels of aircraft through Uruguayan waters or air space

    Uruguay's Deputy Defense minister Jorge Menéndez reaffirmed that the Malvinas Islands are 'Argentine' and insisted that the government's support in defense of Argentine sovereignty over the Islands “is not of an expository character”.

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