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April 18, 2016 (Monday)

Without Iran's participation at an Arab coalition of the world's top oil producers, which fails to agree on an output freeze during a meeting in Doha, Qatar, oil prices are down. (Bangkok Post) (CNBC)

A drone collides at London's Heathrow Airport with an Airbus A320 carrying 132 passengers and five crew, with no injuries reported. (Sydney Morning Herald)
2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
- The Japanese Red Cross says that 250,000 people have been asked to leave their homes due to further tremors. (BBC)
2016 Ecuador earthquake
- Aid starts to flow in after an earthquake kills over 270 people in Ecuador. (AP via Fox News), (BBC)

Philippine presidential election, 2016
- Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely, criticizes presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte regarding his remarks about the rape of an Australian citizen. (Rappler), (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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 *[[Philippine presidential election, 2016]]
-**Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely, criticizes presidential frontrunner [[Rodrigo Duterte]] regarding his remarks about the [[rape]] of an Australian citizen. [[Bongbong Marcos]], the son of dictator [[Ferdinand Marcos]], defends Duterte's remarks. [http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/129888-australia-rodrigo-duterte-rape-joke (Rappler)], [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/780058/marcos-duterte-joke-inappropriate-but (''Philippine Daily Inquirer'')]
+**Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely, criticizes presidential frontrunner [[Rodrigo Duterte]] regarding his remarks about the [[rape]] of an Australian citizen. [http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/129888-australia-rodrigo-duterte-rape-joke (Rappler)], [http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/780058/marcos-duterte-joke-inappropriate-but (''Philippine Daily Inquirer'')]
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