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Court convicts American pastor, allows him to leave Turkey
Date: 2018-10-12 23:03:23 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:2 - ID:7618907
A Turkish court on Friday convicted an American pastor of terror charges but released him from house arrest and allowed him to leave Turkey, a move that's likely to ease the tensions between Turkey and the United States, ABC News reported. The ....
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Africa's youngest billionaire kidnapped by gunmen from luxury hotel
Date: 2018-10-11 22:38:45 GMT - Tanzania - International - SN:8 - ID:7617827
Gunmen have kidnapped an African billionaire from a luxury hotel in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania, police said. Mohammed Dewji, 43, was taken by the men who waylaid him as he left the hotel gym after his early morning workout at around ....
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Putin signs law restricting entry into Russia for certain foreign citizens
Date: 2018-10-11 21:02:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:7617791
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the Federal Law On Amendments to Article 26 of the Federal Law On the Procedure for Exit from and Entry into the Russian Federation. According to the Kremlin website, "the updated Federal Law restricts ....
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Policing Trump's UK visit cost nearly £18m
Date: 2018-10-11 14:47:52 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:7617280
The police operation for US President Donald Trump's visit to the UK in July cost nearly £18m, the BBC reported. Nearly 10,000 officers from across the country were needed to cover the US president's four-day trip in what was the largest ....
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Ivanka Trump tweets she Won't replace Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador
Date: 2018-10-10 12:43:08 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7615370
Daughter of US President Donald Trump Ivanka said she won’t take Nikki Haley’s place as ambassador to the United Nations, the US TIME magazine reported on Wednesday. “I know that the President will nominate a formidable replacement for Ambassador ....
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Missing Interpol chief Meng Hongwei under investigation, China says
Date: 2018-10-07 20:10:55 GMT - China - International - SN:6 - ID:7610909
China's anti-graft watchdog said Sunday the country's authorities are investigating Meng Hongwei, who heads the global law enforcement organization Interpol, for suspected violations of the law, ABC News reported. Meng, who is also Vice-Minister ....
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US Senate approves Supreme Court nomination of Kavanaugh
Date: 2018-10-06 22:20:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7609728
The US Senate officially confirmed Brett Kavanaugh Saturday as the next Supreme Court justice -- but the vote, like the controversial confirmation process, was anything but smooth. US President Donald Trump tweeted shortly after the vote, ....
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Trump's nominee for Supreme Court passes initial Senate vote
Date: 2018-10-05 22:36:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:7608480
US President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh passed on Friday an initial vote at the Senate. The step set the stage for a final vote in the chamber Saturday evening, where the White House now believes it has the ....
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Congolese surgeon, Yazidi human right activist win Nobel peace prize 2018
Date: 2018-10-05 16:12:53 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:4 - ID:7608225
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict, CNN reported on Friday. Mukwege, a gynecologist and surgeon, has long worked ....
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UN, int'l community hail awarding Yazidi human rights activist, Congolese surgeon Nobel Peace prize
Date: 2018-10-05 15:59:57 GMT - all over the world - International - SN:3 - ID:7608209
A UN spokeswoman said that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their work in combating the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war is a "fantastic announcement." Alessandra Velluci told reporters in Geneva ....
