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Clashes break out in Ankara
Date: 2013-06-12 10:46:56 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:8 - ID:151555
ANKARA (MENA) - Clashes took place between police forces and demonstrators in several parts of the Turkish capital Ankara. Policemen fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protestors. Turkey's NTV news network said security ....
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Greece suspends state broadcaster ERT to save money
Date: 2013-06-12 10:31:25 GMT - Greece - International - SN:7 - ID:151527
ATHENA (MENA) - The Greek government has announced that it will shut down the radio and TV services of the state broadcaster ERT, the BBC reported Tuesday. A government spokesman said transmissions would cease early on Wednesday. All ....
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Obama urges action on immigration reform
Date: 2013-06-12 10:14:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:151494
WASHINGTON (MENA) – US President Barack Obama says the moment to reform the broken US immigration system is now. Speaking shortly before the Senate was to take its first votes on the legislation, Obama said overhauling America’s dysfunctional ....
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16 killed in Kabul Supreme Court bombing
Date: 2013-06-12 09:57:49 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:151448
KABUL (MENA) - Afghan police said a suicide bomb attack in Kabul has killed at least 16 people and injured more than 40 others outside the Supreme Court, the BBC reported Tuesday. The attacker drove a car packed with explosives at buses that ....
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Obama again dismisses restrictions by Congress on military aid to Egypt --newspaper
Date: 2013-06-11 18:12:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:49 - ID:150810
WASHINGTON (MENA) - The administration of President Barack Obama has again waived restrictions on US military aid to Egypt, the World Tribune reported on Tuesday. For the second straight year, the administration employed a waiver to overcome ....
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Turkish president approves controversial bill restricting alcohol
Date: 2013-06-11 11:28:10 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:15 - ID:149942
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has approved the controversial bill restricting the sale and advertising of alcohol. The 15 day limit allocated for the president’s decision was set to end as of June 11. "If I see constitutional problems ....
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Nelson Mandela, 94, in intensive care
Date: 2013-06-11 10:41:52 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:12 - ID:149831
Nelson Mandela is in intensive care as he recovers from a recurring lung infection. The 94-year-old former president and civil rights leader remains in serious but stable condition, according to President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson Mac ....
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Venezuela says it foiled plot to assassinate President Maduro
Date: 2013-06-11 10:37:05 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:10 - ID:149819
Venezuela has thwarted a plan by two paramilitary groups to kill President Nicolas Maduro. Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said members of the groups, made up of nine Colombian citizens, were arrested Sunday in the country's ....
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Istanbul governor pledges not to interfere in protests
Date: 2013-06-11 10:18:23 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:9 - ID:149799
Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu pledged not to interfere in the anti-government protests or tents set up by the protesters in Istanbul's Taksim Square after a large number of Turkish riot police seized them on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, ....
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Turkish riot police fire tear gas at Taksim Square to disperse protesters
Date: 2013-06-11 10:15:33 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:8 - ID:149798
The Turkish riot police fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in Taksim Square to disperse them. Satellite channels quoted Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu as saying that this move aims at removing the barricades erected by ....
