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World news in one minute: Find out what happened around the world on 6 April

Tuesday, 7 April 2015, 06:13 Last update: about 10 years ago

AUSTRALIA-PRINCE HARRY. Britain's Prince Harry joked and chatted with an enthusiastic crowd Monday at his only scheduled public appearance during a monthlong embedment with Australia's army, declaring pride in his ginger hair and telling a self-obsessed younger generation that "selfies are bad."

KENYA-UNIVERSITY ATTACK — The Kenyan military says it launched air strikes against Islamic militants in Somalia following an attack on a Kenyan college that killed 148 people. 

YEMEN — Pakistan's defense minister says a Saudi-led coalition targeting Shiite rebels in Yemen is asking Pakistan to contribute soldiers, raising the possibility of a ground offensive in the country. 

UKRAINE — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko publicly lifts his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, but rebels are skeptical. 

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