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Austria charges Kazakhstan dissident Aliyev with murder

Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 19:26 Last update: about 11 years ago

A former son-in-law of Kazakhstan's president who later became a prominent opponent and who lived for a time in Malta has been charged with murder by prosecutors in Austria. Rakhat Aliyev, a...

Passenger ship off Greece signals armed presence aboard

Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 14:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

A vessel that called for help off Greece is a Moldovan-flagged cargo ship believed to be carrying migrants, Greece's shipping ministry said on Tuesday. Greek state television earlier reported a...

Nazis’ vast, secret WMD facility uncovered in Austria

Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 11:19 Last update: about 11 years ago

A huge, secret, underground Nazi weapons factory, believed to have been built for the development and planned manufacture of nuclear weapons and other WMDs, has been uncovered in Austria. Now...

AirAsia QZ8501: Forty bodies found in missing plane search

Tuesday, 30 December 2014, 10:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Tuesday painfully ended the mystery of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the Java Sea with 162 people aboard and was lost to searchers for more than two days. The bodies were found about...

Ebola case confirmed in Glasgow hospital

Monday, 29 December 2014, 20:35 Last update: about 11 years ago

The Scottish government have confirmed an Ebola case has been diagnosed and treated at a Glasgow hospital. A healthcare worker returning from Sierra Leone has been found to carry the virus...

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