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At least 39 people killed in South Pakistan road accident

(Reuters) — At least 39 people were killed and several others were injured when a bus collided with a vehicle pulling a trailer on the National Highway in southern Pakistan early on Sunday (April 20), local media reported. The bus was travelling from Dera Ghazi Khan in the central Punjab province to the port city ofKarachi when it hit the vehicle coming from the opposite direction, security personnel said. The bus was carrying more than 50 passengers when it lost control and collided head-on, […]

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Hyundai Motor unveils small SUV concept for China, to launch this year

By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:52am EDT (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor on Sunday unveiled its small sport utility vehicle (SUV) concept targeted at the Chinese market, planning to join a flurry of rivals in tapping the growing segment in the world’s biggest market. Hyundai said it had picked popular Korean actor Kim Soo-hyun to promote the subcompact SUV ix25, to capitalize on the Korean pop culture boom in wooing Chinese […]

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BMW in final stages of decision on potential new factory

BEIJING Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:26am EDT (Reuters) – Germany’s BMW is getting closer to deciding whether it will build a new factory, its board member Ian Robertson said on Sunday, as the luxury carmaker expands capacity to meet demand in key markets. “We are in the final stages of deciding where the plant will be,” Robertson told reporters at the Auto China show in Beijing on Sunday. Robertson said several locations were under consideration, […]

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Miss America defends student suspended for asking her to prom

By Chris Francescani NEW YORK Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:40pm EDT (Reuters) – Miss America has suggested officials at a Pennsylvania high school reconsider their decision to suspend a student for approaching her at a school assembly and asking her to be his prom date, the beauty queen said on Saturday. The disciplinary action taken by school administrators in York against the 18-year-old senior made national headlines, and generated sympathy for the young man on […]

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Malaysian plane search in 44th day, sea bed scans could end in days

By Byron Kaye and Matt Siegel SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:27pm EDT (Reuters) – The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 entered its 44th day on Sunday as Australian search officials said a crucial series of sonar scans of the Indian Ocean floor could be completed within a week. The air, surface and underwater search is now focused on footage taken by a U.S. Navy deep sea drone, which has narrowed its […]

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Iran says it watered down, converted over 200 kg of enriched uranium

DUBAI Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:31pm EDT (Reuters) – Iran said on Saturday it had completed watering down and converting more than 200 kilograms (440 lb) of enriched uranium under a deal reached in Geneva last November with world powers over its disputed nuclear program. “Based on the agreement with the West, we were supposed to have half of our 200 kilogram stock of uranium diluted and the other half converted to uranium oxide,” Iran’s […]

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Eight killed in plane crash in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:24am EDT (Reuters) – A Hawker 800 jet crashed in northern Mexico late on Saturday, killing all eight people on board, the government of the state of Coahuila said. The plane came down in an industrial estate in the municipality of Ramos Arizpe, just north of state capital Saltillo, the Coahuila attorney general’s office said in a statement. According to preliminary findings, the jet departed from the Mexican Caribbean […]

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Prosecutors extend Korea ferry captain’s detention as death toll mounts

By Ju-min Park and Jungmin Jang JINDO/MOKPO, South Korea Sun Apr 20, 2014 1:56am EDT Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors investigating a ferry disaster said on Sunday they would seek to extend the detention of the ship’s captain and two other crew by 10 days as they tried to determine the cause of an accident that may claim more than 300 lives. The ferry, the Sewol, was on a 400-km (300-mile) voyage from Incheon to […]

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Toyota to launch China-made Corolla, Levin hybrids in 2015

By Yoko Kubota BEIJING Sun Apr 20, 2014 12:14am EDT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp plans to make and sell hybrid versions of its Corolla and Levin sedans in China next year, fitting them with locally-made components, in its first bid to entirely manufacture gas-electric hybrids outside Japan. The backdrop to Toyota’s plans are efforts by foreign and domestic automakers to kick-start sales of hybrid cars in China, as the world’s largest auto market warms […]

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US ramps up pressure on Russia as Ukraine separatists sit tight

The US has warned Russia of further sanctions unless it helps convince Ukrainian separatists to leave government buildings. They have so far ignored the terms of a deal to de-escalate the crisis and refused to budge. US national security advisor Susan Rice said Moscow must use its influence to persuade pro-Russian activists to implement the Geneva deal, which order those occupying administrative buildings to disarm and leave. Rice warned that the US was otherwise prepared […]

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LADEE spacecraft ends extended NASA mission by crashing into the moon

A spacecraft has ended a mission to map the dust and gases surrounding the moon with a planned kamikaze crash. Scientists believe the crash left no debris on the moon. On Friday, flight controllers confirmed that the orbiting spacecraft had crashed into the back side of the moon as planned, just three days after unexpectedly surviving the full lunar eclipse earlier in the week. Researchers believe the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) vaporized […]

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Ferry captain defends evacuation delay on capsized South Korean vessel

The detained captain of the capsized South Korean ferry has justified a decision not to immediately evacuate the vessel. More than 270 passengers are still missing, although divers have located another three bodies. Captain Lee Joon-seok told reporters the evacuation was delayed to prevent passengers entering the freezing waters before the arrival of rescue vessels. “At the time a rescue ship had not arrived. There were also no fishing boats around for rescues, or other […]

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