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• India test-fires anti-ballistic interceptor missile Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- India has successfully test-fired a new anti-ballistic missile capable of intercepting targets and destroying any incoming long-range missile outside the earth's atmosphere.
• India successfully tests antiballistic interceptor missile VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- The Organization of Defense Research and Development of the Indian Defense Ministry has successfully tested a new extraterrestrial interceptor missile, the Press Trust of India news agency reports.
• Iran to target decoy US aircraft carrier in drills - media reports VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- An Iranian newspaper is reporting that the country's military plans to target a mock-up American aircraft carrier during upcoming war games. The Sunday report by independent Haft-e Sobh daily quotes Adm. Ali Fadavi, navy chief of the powerful Revolutionary Guards as saying that Iranian forces should 'target the carrier in the trainings, after it is completed.'
• North Korea: We need capable army to beat US Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says his country requires an army powerful enough to defeat the United States in any possible confrontation.
• Kim Jong Un Guides Enlarged Meeting of CMC of WPK KCNA 27 Apr 2014 -- An enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was held under the guidance of Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the WPK, chairman of the CMC of the WPK, first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
• Kim Jong Un Guides Shelling Drill KCNA 27 Apr 2014 -- Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Kim Jong Un, first secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and first chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, guided a shelling drill of a long-range artillery sub-unit tasked to hit major targets in the southwestern waters on the occasion of the 82nd anniversary of the heroic KPA.
• Challengers to DPRK Will Never Be Pardoned: CPRK Spokesman KCNA 27 Apr 2014 -- The spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea released a statement on Sunday assailing U.S. President Obama's tour of south Korea from April 25 to 26.
• Joint Press Conference with President Obama and Prime Minister Najib of Malaysia The White House 27 Apr 2014
• Press Briefing by Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes and NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Evan Medeiros The White House 27 Apr 2014

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• Iraq army targets militant convoy on Syria soil Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- Iraqi army helicopters have attacked a terrorist convoy inside Syria as it sought to come near the border, an Interior Ministry spokesman says.
• Syria continues mop-up operations against militants Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- The Syrian army is pressing ahead with its mop-up operations against foreign-backed militants across the country, inflicting heavy losses on them.
• 92.5% of Syria chemical arms removed: UN-OPCW mission Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- The joint mission of the UN and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says Syria has succeeded in removing or destroying over 92 percent of its total chemical weapons stockpile.
• As deadline passes, UN joint mission urges Syria to complete chemical weapons removal UN News Centre 27 Apr 2014 -- Nearly eight per cent of Syria's declared chemical weapons material remains on its territory and should be removed in the shortest possible timeframe, despite the difficult security situation, the head of the Joint Mission of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations today urged.
• Syria chemical deadline over, 8% of arsenal remains - OPCW VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- Syria still holds nearly 8 percent of its chemical weapons arsenal as the deadline expired Sunday for it to be handed over, the task force charged with the operation said.
• Hundreds of Muslims flee C. African Republic capital Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- Hundreds of Muslims in the Central African Republic (CAR) have left the capital Bangui for the north following months of deadly violence.
• Attack kills 22 people in Central African Republic Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- At least 22 people, including 15 local chiefs and three local members of staff from humanitarian-aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), have been killed in a militant attack in the violence-plagued Central African Republic (CAR).
• South Sudan Hopeful of Improved Peace Talks With Rebels VOA 27 Apr 2014 -- South Sudan's government expects a "significant improvement" in peace negotiations with the rebels, following the release of political detainees accused of plotting to overthrow President Salva Kiir's government, according to presidential spokesperson Ateny Wek Ateny.
• Abbas Calls Holocaust 'Heinous Crime' VOA 27 Apr 2014 -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has described the Holocaust as 'the most heinous crime ... against humanity in the modern era.'

News Reports

• Pro-Russia Militants Parade Captured OSCE Ukraine Monitors VOA 27 Apr 2014 -- Pro-Russian separatists paraded before the media Sunday a team of European security observers they seized last week in Ukraine's eastern city of Slovyansk, and talks intensified over their fate.
• Ukraine Separatists Rally as Unity Backers Meet Putin Foe VOA 27 Apr 2014 -- Hundreds of separatists rallied Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, while a smaller group of unity supporters met with a Russian billionaire and opponent of President Putin.
• Romanian military units moving towards Ukrainian border VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- According to information available, in Romania military units are moving towards the eastern borders - a military echelon loaded with anti-aircraft guns, trucks and ground -to- air missile systems has moved via Bucharest towards the Black Sea port of Constanta. The military units are needed for conducting joint military exercises with the participation of the US servicemen and four American F-16 fighter jets, according to the Romanian Defense Ministry officials told newsmen.
• Detained OSCE observer released in Ukraine's Slavyansk VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- One of the eight European observers being detained by self-defense activists in the eastern Ukraine city of Slavyansk on Sunday evening was escorted to an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe vehicle and driven away. The two negotiators and the Swedish military inspector boarded a white car with an OSCE logo on it and drove away without any comment to reporters.
• Clashes in Ukraine leave several people injured Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- Several people have been injured as heavy clashes broke out between pro-Russia protesters and supporters of the Ukrainian government in the city of Kharkiv.
• OSCE military observer freed on medical grounds Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- A military observer from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), who was held captive by pro-Russian protesters in Ukraine's eastern city of Slavyansk, has been freed.
• Ukrainian Separatists Still Hold 7 OSCE Observers After Talks Free Swede RFE/RL 27 Apr 2014 -- An OSCE negotiating team in the eastern Ukrainian town of Slovyansk has secured the release, reportedly on medical grounds, of one of eight international military observers captured and deemed 'prisoners of war' by pro-Russian separatists.
• Klitschko Shows Commanding Lead In Kyiv Mayoral Race RFE/RL 27 Apr 2014 -- With less than a month until key elections in Ukraine, former heavyweight champion and opposition figure Vitali Klitschko appears to enjoy a commanding lead in the Kyiv mayoral race.
• US sanctions to hit Russia's military & Putin's close allies Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- The US says the next round of US-led sanctions against Russia over the crisis in Ukraine will target the Russian defense industry as well as the people who are close to the country's President Vladimir Putin.
• New G-7 Sanctions Against Russia Expected VOA 27 Apr 2014 -- The United States and its G-7 partners are imposing new sanctions against Russia. Existing sanctions have not altered Moscow's posture towards Ukraine, with Russian forces still massed along its borders and a promised truce in eastern Ukraine yet to materialize.
• US concerned over threats of Iran missiles to PG: Official Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- A senior US official expresses optimism about a possible resolving of the dispute over Iran's nuclear energy program but says Washington is still concerned about the threat posed by Tehran's missiles to US and its allies in the Persian Gulf.
• Iran nuclear know-how homegrown: Iranian FM Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the nation's peaceful nuclear program is homegrown and no one can take it away from Iranian scientists.
• Tehran supports fair nuclear deal - Iranian FM VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday that the majority of his Iranians would support a comprehensive nuclear deal that 'respects Iran's rights and the demands of the people.'
• Government halts fourth nuclear plant construction CNA 27 Apr 2014 -- The administration of President Ma Ying-jeou and the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) agreed Sunday to halt construction of the country's controversial fourth nuclear power plant with immediate effect.
• Construction halted at Taiwan nuclear plant after protests VoR 27 Apr 2014 -- Protesters hold up banners reading '2014, Close the 4th nuclear power plant' during a rally against the construction of Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant to be completed, in Taipei, Taiwan, Sunday, April 27, 2014. Photo: East News/AP/FOTOLINK
• Saudi Arabia MERS death toll reaches 94 Iran Press TV 27 Apr 2014 -- Two more Saudi nationals have died from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), bringing the death toll from the infection to 94, Saudi Health Ministry says.