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West Asia
Major news in Lebanon on June 27: Syria TV station attacked, 3 staffers killed
Major news in <The Daily Star>: Syria TV station attacked, 3 staffers killed Syria’s state-run news agency says gunmen have attacked the headquarters of a pro-government TV station, killing three employees. SANA says the attack on Ikhbariya TV in the town of Drousha, about 20 kilometers (14 miles) south of…
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Major news in Saudi Arabia on June 27: I’m not leaving KSA, says Mursi’s son
Major news in <Saudi Gazette>: I’m not leaving KSA, says Mursi’s son The son of Mohamed Mursi, the president-elect of Egypt, has been working as a doctor in Al-Ahsa for the past two years. He recently spoke to an Arabic daily and said he was not in a hurry to…
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Politics
Erdogan:Turkish Military Authorized Against Future Syrian Attacks
The growing conflict between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkish government and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime worsened on Friday following the shooting down of a Turkish jet by Syria. Erdogan stated that Turkey will no longer tolerate security threats from Syria along its border. Turkish PM Erdogan spoke to…
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Politics
NATO condemns Syria for shooting down Turkish jet
NATO member states condemned Syria on Tuesday for its shooting down of a Turkish military jet, calling it “unacceptable” and demanding that Damascus take steps to prevent further incidents. Ambassadors of NATO’s 28 member states met in Brussels on Tuesday to consult with Turkey on the incident. Turkey, a NATO…
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Society
311 counties to pilot China’s hospital reform
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — China has nominated 311 counties or county-level cities in a program to pilot reform of the country’s public healthcare facilities, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The national initiative includes 83 counties or county-level cities in east China, 136 in central China and 92…
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Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation Sold At $2 Mil.
This undated photo provided by Seth Kaller, Inc., shows a rare original copy of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation which sold Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at a New York auction for more than $2 million. It’s the second-highest price ever paid for a Lincoln-signed proclamation – after one owned by…
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South Asia
Major news in Nepal : SC recommends action against two appeal judges
Top news in <The Himalayan Times> : SC recommends action against two appeal judges Says granting bail to man accused of attempt-to-murder was wrong KATHMANDU: The Supreme Court has referred a case related to two appellate court judges, who had freed an attempt-to-murder accused by granting bail, to the Judicial…
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Ugandan Landslide Destroys Three Villages
A man cries for his relatives he lost in a landslide in Bududa about 250kms east of Uganda capital Kampala, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Massive landslides induced by torrential rains destroyed three villages in the mountainous district of Bududa in eastern Uganda Monday, killing scores of people but possibly hundreds,…
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People Fight Against Flooded Water In India
Flood affected people carry a gas cylinder on a makeshift banana raft as flood water is being pumped across a protective boom, in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, June 26, 2012. Flooding in the north eastern Assam state on Tuesday turned grim with most of the rivers breaching embankments and inundating new…
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South Asia
International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
A Pakistani man walks past a pile of burning drugs during an event marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, June 26, 2012. About 2,500 kilograms of drugs were burned during the ceremony organized by the anti-narcotics force in Islamabad on…
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