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West Asia
Egyptian military arrests Muslim Brotherhood’s senior leaders
Egypt’s military moved swiftly Thursday against senior figures of the Muslim Brotherhood, targeting the backbone of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi. In the most dramatic step, authorities arrested the group’s revered leader from a seaside villa and flew him by helicopter to detention in the capital. With a top…
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South East Asia
Filippinos denounce gov’t plan to grant US military more access to Philippines
A protester holds a placard calling for the junking of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in front of policemen during a rally in observance of the Filipino-American Friendship Day in Manila, the Philippines, July 4, 2013. The protesters denounce the plans of the Philippine government to grant the US military…
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East Asia
China-Russia joint naval drills held in the East Sea or the Sea of Japan
The destroyer Shenyang and comprehensive supply ship Hongze Lake are seen during Sino-Russian joint naval drills held in the sea of Japan, July 4, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Dongming> The soldiers from destroyer Shenyang observe the distance between two vessels during Sino-Russian joint naval drills held in the sea of Japan, July…
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West Asia
Egypt: The tale of two revolutions
For most Egyptians, the past year was just a nightmare, and the worst, compared with any bad ruling authorities in the history of Egypt. The country was under occupation of the Muslim Brotherhood ruling, embodied by the ousted Ex-President Mohammed Morsi Al-Ayat, who acted, for a year as a dictator…
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South Asia
Armed militants attack security checkpoint in Pakistan, 6 soldiers dead
An injured policeman receives medical treatment at a hospital in northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar on July 3, 2013. At least six troops were killed, ten others injured and three went missing when a large group of militants stormed a checkpost in Pakistan’s northwest city of Peshawar early Wednesday morning, reported local…
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West Asia
Egyptian President Morsi ousted by military after barely a year in office
Egypt’s first democratically elected president was ousted Wednesday by the military after barely a year in office, felled by the same kind of popular revolt that first brought him to power in the Arab Spring. The armed forces announced it would install a temporary civilian government to replace Islamist President…
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West Asia
Turkish court rules cancellation of Gezi Park demolition plan in question
The controversial demolition plan of Gezi Park in Istanbul’s Taksim Square had been cancelled by a Turkish court on June 8, Turkish Today’s Zaman revealed Wednesday. According to the report, Istanbul First Regional Court ruled that the plan to redevelop the Taksim Square had violated preservation rules, the square’s identity…
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West Asia
Relatives of Palestinian youth killed by Israeli army jeep mourn during funeral
Palestinians carry the body of Mo’taz Sharawneh during his funeral in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 2, 2013. Sharawneh, 19, was killed on Tuesday morning after an Israeli army jeep ran over him in Hebron, medical sources and witnesses said. Witnesses said that the incident happened during…
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West Asia
Series of attacks in Iraq kills 56, raising concern over sectarian bloodshed
Insurgents unleashed a new wave of attacks on Tuesday in Iraq, killing at least 49 people, officials said, the latest in a surge in violence across the country that has raised concerns over a return to sectarian bloodshed. Also, seven militants were killed. There was no claim of responsibility for…
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South East Asia
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills 22 people in northern Sumatra, Indonesia
Powerful and shallow quake in Aceh of Indonesia on Tuesday has killed 22 people, injured 218 others and damaged thousands of houses, official said here on Wednesday. Most of the casualty were found in Benermeriah district, about 1,500 houses, government office buildings and mosques were damaged by the quake measuring…
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