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Ugandan Politician Arrested as Threat to Stability

Date: 2013-06-26 10:20:29 GMT - Uganda - International - SN:14 - ID:173288

KAMPALA (MENA) - Uganda's leading opposition politician has been arrested by police for the second time in less than a week for trying to destabilize the country, the latest in a series of actions seen as aimed at silencing dissent, Voice of America ....

8 killed in Indian helicopter crash

Date: 2013-06-26 09:58:38 GMT - India - International - SN:8 - ID:173255

NEW DELHI (MENA) - Eight people have been killed in northern India when a rescue helicopter involved in flood relief efforts crashed near a pilgrimage site, the BBC News reported. The Indian Air Force said Tuesday five crew members and three ....

Putin confirms Snowden arrival to Russia

Date: 2013-06-26 09:50:17 GMT - Russia - International - SN:5 - ID:173237

Moscow (MENA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Tuesday that US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden had arrived in Moscow, RIA Novosti reported. The Russian president added that Snowden remained in the airport’s transit area had ....

Myanmar bans time magazine for story about monk

Date: 2013-06-26 09:40:42 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - International - SN:3 - ID:173217

NAYPYIDAW (MENA) - Myanmar's government has banned this week's issue of Time magazine because of a cover story about a Buddhist monk accused of fueling recent religious violence in the country, ABC News reported. State television announced ....

Operation on Turkish economy via Gezi protests failed, Turkish PM says

Date: 2013-06-25 14:19:33 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:35 - ID:172098

ANKARA (MENA) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that a serious operation on Turkey's economy with protests focused on Gezi Park has failed, Hürriyet reported online. "Radical reforms that we have made in 10,5 years ....

Taliban attack presidential palace in Afghanistan

Date: 2013-06-25 14:17:42 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:34 - ID:172095

KABUL (MENA) - Suicide attackers set up a car bomb and battled security forces outside Afghanistan's presidential palace Tuesday after infiltrating one of the most secure areas of the capital, ABC News reported. All the attackers were killed ....

Hague praises power transfer in Qatar

Date: 2013-06-25 11:43:43 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:20 - ID:171747

LONDON (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague has welcomed news of Qatar's new leader as a "historic day", The Independent reported. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani announced that he has transferred power to British-educated crown ....

Iran's president-elect praises ties with Russia

Date: 2013-06-25 11:31:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:171720

WASHINGTON (MENA) - Iran's president-elect says Tehran's relations with Russia will take high importance during his term in office, ABC News reported on Tuesday. The statement carried late Monday on the official website of Hasan Rouhani is the ....

Police, protesters clash in Ankara

Date: 2013-06-24 11:23:08 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:4 - ID:170083

ANKARA (MENA) - Clashes broke out Sunday between policemen and protesters in Ankara's Dikmen Valley as demonstrators insisted to proceed with their anti-premier march to to Ankara's Kizilay Square, Turkish NTV channel reported. Police used ....

Iran's Rohani dismisses foreign military intervention in Syria

Date: 2013-06-24 11:15:58 GMT - Iran - International - SN:2 - ID:170061

TEHRAN (MENA) - Iran’s President-elect Dr. Hassan Rohani has rejected foreign military intervention in the crisis-hit Syria, calling for an end to the unrest in the Arab country, Press TV reported Monday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s ....