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Passenger plane crash lands at Wau airport leaving 44 people dead

Passenger plane crash lands at Wau airport leaving 44 people dead

As many as 44 people are feared dead after a plane crash landed and split into pieces at an airport in South Sudan. Passengers were pulled from the burning wreckage after the plane belonging to South Supreme Airlines crashed at the north-eastern town of Wau on Monday. Photos showed the scorched pieces of the plane […]

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Austria announces withdrawal of its UN Peacekeepers from Golan

Austria announces withdrawal of its UN Peacekeepers from Golan

June 6, AP VIENNA (AP) — Chancellor Werner Fayman and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger say in a statement that “the development … has shown that further waiting can no longer be justified.” Rebels briefly overran a border position near the destroyed city of Kuneitra early Thursday before Syrian government troops retook it. The peacekeepers receive […]

June 6, 2013 | By More
Syrian rebels release UN peacekeepers captured in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Syrian rebels release UN peacekeepers captured in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

May 12, AP – Philippines Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario told the news agency Reuters that the four UN peacekeepers, all Filipinos, had been released. Rebels detained them May 7 as they patrolled close to an area where the same group held 21 observers, also Filipinos, for three days in March. Rebels have freed peacekeepers […]

May 12, 2013 | By More
Armed group abduct Four UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights

Armed group abduct Four UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights

May 8, AP – An armed group captured the group of Filipino peacekeepers as they were patrolling on the Golan Heights, a ceasefire zone between Syria and Israel, UN spokeswoman Josephine Guerrero said Tuesday. Four UN peacekeepers have been detained on the Golan Heights, an area which has witnessed spillover from Syria’s conflict. Meanwhile, Syria […]

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