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Silent Protesters Arrested in Turkey
Turkey has seen violent anti-government protests in several cities across the country for nearly three weeks. The government said Monday it may use the army to help stop the protests, if police power is not enough. Two major Turkish trade unions held a nationwide strike Monday against the police crackdown on Gezi Park demonstrators. The unions, which together represent hundreds of thousands ...
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Obama Skeptical About Syria No-Fly Zone Potential
In a television interview broadcast late Monday, Mr. Obama said if there was a move to restrict flights by the Syrian air force, that "may not be actually solving the problem." The president also said he will "preserve every option" available to him, and that the U.S. will be involved in a "careful, calibrated way." The White House has not completely ruled out a ...
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Turkish minister threatens to mobilize the army against protests
In a further escalation of the state repression of ongoing protests, the Turkish government threatened on Monday to mobilize the army against demonstrators. The Turkish police "will use all their powers" to end social unrest, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc declared in a televised interview. "If this is not enough we can even utilize the Turkish armed forces in cities," he ...
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Sweden return excites Spains Ainhoa
Explaining that being among the top teams in Europe is like "a prize," goalkeeper Ainhoa insisted thatSpain were going to Sweden determined to compete with the ...
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Comment Why didnt anyone help Nigella
photographs . No-one called the police and no-one attempted to help her. When asked to comment on the incident a spokesperson for the restaurant ...
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Events continue as part of Days of Azerbaijan in France
Another event as part of the Days of Azerbaijan in France has taken place in Beauvais. The Days of Azerbaijan are held under the Heydar Aliyev Foundation`s "Cultural Treasures of Azerbaijan – the Pearl of Caucasus" ...
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The European Azerbaijan Society organized conference in France
Bordeaux hosts "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France" conference. The French city of Bordeaux has hosted "Islam and Secularism: The Azerbaijani experience and its reflection in France" international conference. The conference was organized by The European Azerbaijan Society ...
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Seven things that could derail a US-European free trade agreement
agreed to kick off long-awaited free trade talks on July 8. So, what's going to kill the deal? It may be cynical to assume no agreement will be reached, but after all, this is a process that ultimately needs to be approved by two of the world's least effective institutions: the United States Senate and the EuropeanParliament. While there are countless reasons a deal is in the interest ...
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Europe Seen Lower Ahead of Fed Meeting
European shares are expected to open lower on Tuesday as investors look ahead to a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting for clues on when the central bank could start tapering monetary stimulus. ...
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Obama and Putin at Odds on Syria but Want Talks
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland ...
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Should Russia be prepared to cyberwar
Social networks have become one of the methods of cyber warfare, including against Russia, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said speaking at "Civil University" in ...
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European Solidarity Brigade to Arrive Cuba Soon
Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) More than one hundred members of the Jose Marti European Solidarity Brigade will soon arrive in Cuba, to complete an intensive program to promote awareness of the reality of this country, the ICAP announced. According to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the 43 contingent of the group, whose agenda will run from July 1 to 19, is composed of ...
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Gardai in bid to trace Berlusconi €100000
Gardai said last night that the lodgment had been listed as a suspicious financial transaction and, under legislation, these must all be fully checked to establish if there has been any attempt at money laundering."We get a lot of these transactions to check out and most of them eventually turn out to be genuine," said a source. "But because this particular account belongs to Mr ...
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Moors murderer Brady says killings are petty
Ian Brady believes the Moors murders to be "petty" compared with the behaviour of "politicians and soldiers", a judge was told as the child killer made his first courtroom appearance for 47 ...
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BBC star Hall jailed over sex assaults on young girls
Hall (83) had initially issued an impassioned public denial of any wrongdoing before he finally admitted his guilt at Preston Crown Court in April.The disgraced former 'It's A Knockout' presenter was labelled an "opportunistic predator" of his victims, who he targeted between 1967 and 1987.Sentencing him, ...
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It was a playful tiff says Saatchi as he accepts police caution
The millionaire art collector was interviewed yesterday by police about the incident after attending a police station voluntarily yesterday.He has, however, sought to quell the growing furore about pictures, claiming the couple were just having a "playful tiff".The millionaire art collector admitted that photographs of the argument outside a fashionable London restaurant looked ...
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Czech premiers lover told me to tail wife says spy
A former head of Czech military intelligence has admitted following the wife of the country's prime minister on the orders of a female aide at the centre of a sex and corruption scandal that threatens to bring down the ...
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Turkey too harsh on protesters says Merkel
Despite the German chancellor's strong criticism, Bulent Arinc, Turkey's deputy prime minister, said "elements of the armed forces" could be deployed to quell the anti-government protests. Mrs Merkel said yesterday she was "appalled, like many others" at the tough response to the protests by Turkey, a candidate ...
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Turkish leaders may call on army to subdue protests
ISTANBUL - Turkey’s deputy prime minister Monday raised the possibility that the army could be called in to help quell continuing civil unrest, the latest sign of the government’s impatience and officials’ hardening stance against a nearly 3-week-old protest movement. The comments by the deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc, followed days of intensifying street violence and ...
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France We havent mentally departed NZ
video The French rugby team insists it hasn't mentally departed New Zealand, after returning to the training field in Auckland today two-nil down in the three test series. The final test in New Plymouth on Saturday marks the end of a lengthy season, with reserve flanker Antonie Claassen estimating he's clocked up around 35 appearances alone. Claassen says it'd be too easy to ...
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Abbas praises Russias progressive stance
"The destination of my first international trip was to Russia because the country has historically maintained since the time of the Soviet Union, cordial relations with Palestine and has always defended our interests," said Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian National Authority, on the eve of his visit to Moscow. Palestinian Authority president, Mahmoud Abbas, appreciated the ...
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Theft from S. Sudan Presidents Office Inside Job
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- A spate of alleged thefts from the office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir may have been an inside job, officials investigating how tens of thousands of dollars went missing from Kiir's office said Monday. Some $70,000 U.S. that was kept in the president's office to pay staff who do not have bank accounts, along with two laptops, went missing from ...
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G8 leaders look for consensus on Syria
British Prime Minister David Cameron is hoping to forge a consensus on Syria as the US and Russian leaders acknowledged sharp differences on the ...
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Jet pact with European carriers
India's domestic carrier Jet Airways yesterday announced that it has entered into codeshare agreements with European carriers Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to enhance connectivity between India and Europe. Jet Air has already started selling tickets from today under the new arrangement to passengers for travel with effect from June 19, it said. The codeshare agreement will ...
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Russia US agree to push for Syria talks
/enpproperty--> LOUGH ERNE, Britain - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama on Monday held face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain. At a press conference after their two-hour talks, the two leaders admitted they had big differences on Syria, but they agreed to push for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland. "Our positions ...
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Italy heavily involved in multi billion euro South Stream project
Italy’s natural gas company ENI is a major investor in the South Stream natural gas pipeline project, but the infrastructure development is being held up by a number of trans-national issues, which the Italian government believes is detrimental to the country’s energy security.
South Stream is the name of the transit pipeline that is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Southern Europe, bypassing Belarus and the Ukraine. It has been highlighted by Prime Minister Berlusconi as important for the energy needs of Italy as it will eliminate the so-called ‘middle man’ and enhance the security of our energy supply, an issue that was underscored in 2005 when ongoing business disputes between Russia and the Ukraine spilled over into trans-national political issues. Read more
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