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Car Bomb Attack Targeting Police Kills 11 People in Istanbul
Date: 2016-06-07 09:35:03 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:13 - ID:5055710
ISTANBUL, June 7 (MENA) - A rush-hour car bomb attack targeting a bus carrying riot police killed 11 people and wounded 36 others Tuesday, Istanbul's governor said. Speaking at the scene of the blast in the district of Beyazit, Istanbul Governor ....
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Myanmar court sentences BBC reporter to jail, hard labor
Date: 2016-06-07 07:32:10 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:9 - ID:5055302
NAYPYIDAW, June 7 (MENA) - A BBC reporter in Myanmar has been jailed for three months with hard labor after being convicted of assaulting a police officer while covering a student protest, his lawyer said Tuesday. The ruling marks the first time ....
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At least 5 injured in bomb attack on police bus in Istanbul
Date: 2016-06-07 07:31:55 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:8 - ID:5055298
ANKARA, June 7 (MENA) - An explosion hit Istanbul's Beyazit district at the Vezneciler metro station as a riot police shuttle bus was passing on Tuesday morning. The explosion took place at the metro station close to Istanbul University at around ....
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Russia’s NATO diplomat warns of providing military, political answer to NATO’s actions
Date: 2016-06-06 21:52:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:97 - ID:5054685
MOSCOW, June 6 (MENA) - Russia’s NATO Ambassador Alexander Grushko warned that Russia will provide a military technical and political answer to NATO’s actions at its eastern borders, Tass news agency reported on Monday. "Russia, as is known, can ....
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Merkel to visit China next week
Date: 2016-06-06 21:48:43 GMT - China - World - SN:96 - ID:5054537
BEIJING, June 6 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit China on Sunday and co-chair a bilateral intergovernmental consultation with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Monday. At a news briefing, ....
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Afghani president visits Helmand province to review security situation
Date: 2016-06-06 21:37:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:95 - ID:5054561
KABUL, June 6 (MENA) – Afghani President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani visited the restive southern Helmand province on Monday to review the security situation of the province which has been witnessing heavy clashes during the past several weeks, Khaama ....
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Erdogan, King Abdullah to speak at Muhammad Ali's service Friday
Date: 2016-06-06 21:29:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:5054677
WASHINGTON, June 6 (MENA) – Various political and religious leaders will come together to pay their last respects to Muhammad Ali — a testament, even after his death, to how the "People's Champion" lived his life, ABC News reported on ....
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Russia to give strongest air support to Syrian army in Aleppo area - Lavrov
Date: 2016-06-06 20:40:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:5054285
MOSCOW, June 6 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Russia will provide "the most active" air support for Syrian ground troops in and around the city of Aleppo to prevent terrorists from seizing it, ABC News reported on ....
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Russia refutes report on alleged Russian air strikes on Syrian Al-Asharah
Date: 2016-06-06 20:09:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:89 - ID:5054329
MOSCOW, June 6 (MENA) – Russia’s defense ministry on Monday refuted allegations about Russian air strikes on a market place in the Syrian city of Al-Asharah, Tass reported. "The Russian defense ministry has refuted a report that cited the Syrian ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London down
Date: 2016-06-06 19:54:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:5054297
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) traded on London Stock Exchange were down on Monday, the first trading session. The GDRs of the Commercial International Bank (CIB), EFG Hermes dropped 3.66 percent and 1.71 ....