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Copycats take Turkish silent protester viral
TRT said 13 had been held in Eskisehir.Protests have frequently turned into fierce clashes between police firing tear gas and water cannons and masked demonstrators throwing bottles and other missiles, images that have dented Turkey's reputation for stability in a volatile Middle East.Western countries have expressed concern about the police's handling of the protests against Erdogan, ...
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Russia urges West to soften Iran sanctions
Russia Tuesday urged the West to consider relaxing sanctions against Iran, saying there was unprecedented hope of a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff ...
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World Cup 2014 qualifiers Iran and South Korea join Socceroos and Japan in Brazil
The Socceroos confirmed their qualification with a 1-0 win over Iraq in Sydney thanks to an 83rd minute goal from Josh Kennedy.Later Jordan's 1-0 win over Oman in Amman meant Australia would have qualified even with a draw to Iraq or a loss due to a superior goal difference to Jordan.Irate South Korean fans hurled water bottles and other debris after Iran booked their ticket with a 1-0 ...
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The ins and outs of G8 summit promises
The G8 leaders met Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan to discuss ways of supporting democracy in the country following the overthrow of the late dictator Moammar ...
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Iran president escapes attack
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday when a blast hit one of the vehicles of his cavalcade, a media report said. Iran's Press TV, however, denied the report. Al Arabiya TV reported the blast took place in the western city of Hamadan as the president was about to address a crowd. The attacker was arrested on the spot. The bomb hit a car carrying ...
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U.S. and Taliban to begin Afghanistan war talks at the movements new Qatar office
An Afghan police officer runs at the site of a blast near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. The large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police they have been training. (AP Photo/Ahmad ...
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Syria and the G8 lost in translation
Mr Putin's sympathy is with the despots, not their people. It should therefore come as no surprise that the G8 leaders had difficulty arriving at even the blandest of statements on ...
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AP EXCLUSIVE US supervises war games in Jordan amid fears of spillover from Syrian conflict
An Iraqi Counter Terrorist forces soldier participates in a rehearsal with forces from Jordan and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya ...
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FIFA World Cup Qualifying Wrap Ethopia Egypt top groups
They secured a 2-1 success at home to South Africa on Sunday, however, their place in the last phase is under threat following an announcement from FIFA that they are face an investigation for allegedly fielding an ineligible player in a fixture with Botswana on June ...
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Address by President Shimon Peres on his 90th birthday
" I know you have come to Jerusalem from around the world and from across the country to pay tribute, with me, to our people, to the State of Israel, and to Tikun Olam."(and at least in the instance of his good friend Bill Clinton, advance payment of half a million dollars plus expenses) Address by President Shimon Peres on the occasion of his 90th birthday Jerusalem, Tuesday 18th ...
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G-8 summit ends with semi-agreement on Syrias future
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, answers questions from the media at a concluding press conference at the G8 venue of Lough Erne on June 18, 2013 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. (Matt Cardy, Getty ...
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Defence Minister dodges question from McCain about Canadian military intervention in Syria
Minister of Defence Peter MacKay responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN ...
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The Standing Man Of Turkey Act Of Quiet Protest Goes Viral
Over the weekend , police removed their tent city and re-opened Istanbul's Taksim Square to traffic, while maintaining a strong presence in the area. This might have seemed like the end of it for many protesters, until a lone man decided to take a stand, literally, against the government. For more than six hours Monday night, Erdem Gunduz stood motionless in Taksim Square, passively ...
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Vladimir Putin may allow Assad to go if power vacuum in Syria is avoided
Vladimir Putin with G8 leaders. The Russian leader has agreed to let President Assad of Syria go on certain conditions. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/AFP/Getty ...
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Bahrain Delegation Meets Deputy Russian Foreign Minister
Moscow, June 18. (BNA) - A Bahrain parliamentary delegation led by Mp Abdulrahman Boumajeed today met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Russian President's Envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov and discussed regional and international developments. Talks focused on steps undertaken to implement the recommendations set by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), the ...
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G8 wraps up with few concrete steps on war-torn Syria
Northern Ireland G8 leaders have called for a Syrian peace conference to be held as soon as possible, but deep divisions remain as Russia stands by its embattled Middle East ally.The tranquil summit setting at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, belied the meeting's bitter divide over the Syrian issue, which two days of talks have done little to resolve.The war in the country overshadowed a ...
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Syrian tensions spillover into Lebanon as Sunni and Shia militias clash
It was one of the most serious outbreaks of violence in Sidon, a mostly Sunni city whose population largely sympathises with the Sunni-led insurgency ...
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Cameron says morning swim helped with G8 Syria talks
British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a press conference at the end of the G8 summit at Lough Erne resort, Northern Ireland, June 18, 2013. A dip in the icy waters of a Northern Irish lake proved the ideal tonic before a day of tough talks with G8 leaders on tax evasion and the Syria crisis, Cameron said on ...
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Iran Hassan Rohani the pragmatic president
Lawyer, cleric, academic. Iran’s new president Hassan Rohani was playing the role of the diplomat as he met his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran on Tuesday. The pair discussed the economic and political problems the country faces, especially after years of sanctions imposed by the West over Iran’s nuclear stance. ';The next government aims to make use of experiences ...
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First Italian jihadi killed in Syria
An Italian fighting with rebels in Syria has been killed. 20 year-old Giuliano Ibrahim Delnevo from Genoa was a convert to Islam from a Catholic family, and is believed to be the first Italian jihadi to die in combat. He was under investigation for terrorist recruitment in Genoa at the time of his ...
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Suspected Islamic terrorist among newly appointed governors in Egypt
Among the 17 provincial governors appointed by Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on June 16, at least 7 are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and one is affiliated with a suspected Islamic terrorist group. The appointments by Morsi show that the Egyptian president is feeling pressure from Islamic groups, notes the AsiaNewes service. The appointment of Adel Asaad el Khayat as governor ...
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Egypt and Ethiopia try to roll back threats of war
CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's foreign minister is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today to diffuse a diplomatic standoff over access to the Nile River that had led President Mohamed Morsi to threaten his Ethiopian counterparts with the prospect of "war." Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr's visit comes a week after Ethiopia's parliament voted to strip Egypt of its right to ...
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G8 leaders fail to reach agreement on ending conflict in Syria
World leaders attending the G8 summit have failed to reach agreement on ending the conflict in Syria.Instead they are backing a future conference examining how to bring about peace.Also discussed in Co Fermanagh was David Cameron's "three Ts" - tax, trade, and transparency.There are plans to close international tax loopholes, and improve trade links between the US and ...
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Searching for Monsters to Destroy in Syria
Such is the case with the Syrian imbroglio. That Syria has degenerated into crisis is clear. That the violence on the ground is atrocious, and horrifying, goes without saying. But the notion that the Syrian mess is an American problem, or that the United States can or should choose a favorite in the fight, is highly debatable. There is no defense for the actions of the Syria government, but only ...
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U.N. sees huge need for helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon
A United Nations official says more needs to be done to support the estimated 1 million Syrian refugees who will have fled to Lebanon by year's end. The worsening violence in Syria has prompted an estimated 1.5 million people to flee to neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey with refugee camps already filled beyond capacity in the countries. U.N. High Commissioner for ...
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Iran will have men in space within ten years
Iran will have astronauts in space within the next ten years, according to government officials who recently revealed to Iran news media the Iranian Space Agency’s long-term space objectives.
Iran has pursued an ambitious space program in recent years, entering the so-called ‘Asian Space Race’ and launching the country’s first rocket in 2004, followed in 2009 by the launch of an entirely domestically-built satellite, thereby becoming the 9th country in the world to have achieved orbital-launch capability. Read more
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