سرخط اخبار انگلیسی 1 شهریور شماره 3 English Top News August 23 No 3

Train gunman wanted to rob people, looked malnourished: lawyer8/23/2015 6:13:58 PMPARIS - The gunman who was disarmed by passengers on a train in France two days ago looked weak and malnourished and said he had only meant to rob people, a lawyer who interviewed him after the attack said on Sunday.

Carson says wants drones to blast caves, not people at U.S.-Mexico border 8/23/2015 7:06:34 PMWASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Sunday called for using drones to beef up surveillance along the U.S.-Mexico border and destroy caves used by those who smuggle people and drugs, but said he did not support strikes aimed at people.

Blighted houses still mar New Orleans a decade after Katrina8/23/2015 5:07:18 PMNEW ORLEANS - From the hardscrabble Lower Ninth Ward to middle-class Gentilly, thousands of abandoned homes still litter neighborhoods in New Orleans, a glaring reminder of the mass exodus of residents that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005.A decade after the storm triggered flooding that damaged 70 percent of the city's housing stock, the most-blighted streets in town are still lined with boarded-up houses that pose safety hazards to residents who have repaired and rebuilt homes near.

Iran says an OPEC emergency meeting may stop oil price slide: Shana8/23/2015 6:05:54 PMDUBAI - Iran's Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, said on Sunday that holding an emergency OPEC meeting may be "effective" in stabilizing the oil price, Iran's oil ministry news agency Shana reported.

Al Qaeda deploy in Yemen's Aden, British hostage freed8/23/2015 6:48:16 PMADEN - Al Qaeda militants took control of a western district of Yemen's main port city of Aden on Saturday night, residents said, in another sign that the group is drawing strength from five months of civil war.

Pilot killed in light plane crash at Swiss air show8/23/2015 7:03:14 PMZURICH - Two light planes collided in flight at an air show in Dittingen, Switzerland, on Sunday, killing one of the pilots, police said.

Greek coalition process crawls as election calls grow8/23/2015 4:55:37 PMATHENS - Greek opposition leaders took things easy on Sunday in their quest for a new coalition, ignoring calls from home and abroad for a rapid move to elections so the country can deal with its simultaneous economic and humanitarian crises.

Macedonia clears migrant backlog, 5,000 enter Serbia8/23/2015 5:12:02 PMGEVGELIJA, Macedonia - More than 5,000 migrants crossed into Serbia on Sunday, resuming a journey to western Europe after an overwhelmed Macedonia gave up its attempts to stem the flow of mainly Syrian refugees by force.

Britain reopens embassy in Iran ransacked in 20118/23/2015 6:02:48 PMTEHRAN - Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed since protesters stormed the compound nearly four years ago.

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