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S. Korea activists plan protest against navy base

2012-05-28T14:50:00.000+03:00

Seoul (AFP) Sept 3, 2011 South Korean activists gathered Saturday on a southern holiday island to protest against the construction of a navy base, a day after hundreds of riot police dispersed demonstrators blocking the work. About 300 activists and opposition party members flew to Jeju island to join protesters already there, Yonhap news agency...

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Opposition calls for Japan defense minister to go

2012-05-28T14:47:00.000+03:00

Tokyo (AFP) Sept 3, 2011 Japan's main opposition party called for the new defense minister to resign on Saturday for referring to himself as an amateur shortly before he took office, but there was a poll boost for the new premier. Yasuo Ichikawa told Japanese media just before his formal appointment to the defense brief: "I am an amateur...

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India postpones latest Agni missile launch

2012-05-28T14:42:00.000+03:00

New Delhi (UPI) Sep 2, 2011 India postponed until next week a test-firing of its indigenously built Agni II ballistic nuclear capable missile due to a technical glitch. The two-stage surface-to-surface missile was to be tested by its Strategic Forces Command from Wheeler Island off the Bay of Bengal on Monday, a report in the Indian Express...

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Turkey to host radar for NATO missile defense

2012-05-28T14:30:00.000+03:00

Ankara (AFP) Sept 2, 2011 Turkey plans to deploy an early warning radar by the end of the year as part of NATO's missile defense system for Europe, officials said Friday. Leaders of the 28-member NATO alliance endorsed plans in Lisbon last year to launch a Europe-wide ballistic missile shield, which US officials say is aimed at thwarting missile...

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Russia successfully tests veteran missile with new warhead

2012-05-28T14:26:00.000+03:00

Moscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2011 Russia on Saturday successfully tested its Topol strategic missile with a new warhead designed to breach missile shields, Russian news agencies reported, citing the defense ministry. "The experimental warhead of the missile hit the designated target with high precision at the testing site on Kamchatka peninsula," a...

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Arab film festival honors Tunisian revolution

2012-05-28T14:24:00.000+03:00

2011-09-04 Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian credited with launching the Arab Spring, is featured on the poster for the 2011 Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam, TAP reported on Friday (September 2nd). The event opens September 7th with Tunisian director Mongi Farhani's "Al-Charara". Forty films from 20 Arab and European countries will be presented at...

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Tunisia, NTC hold bilateral talks

2012-05-28T13:55:00.000+03:00

2011-09-04 Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) foreign emissary Mahmoud Jibril on Saturday (September 3rd) led a delegation to Tunisia for bilateral talks with Interim President Foued Mebazaa and Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi, TAP reported. Discussions reportedly focused on the protection of national security. Tunisia will "spare no...

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Tunisia clashes spur curfews

2012-05-28T13:52:00.000+03:00

2011-09-04 Tunisia on Friday (September 2nd) imposed an overnight curfew on Sbeïtla, TAP reported. According to the defense ministry, a row that started at a wedding led to clashes between security services and young people. A 17-year-old girl was killed by a stray bullet. Another curfew was imposed Friday on the Kebilie town of Douz, after...

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UN begins Tripoli operations

2012-05-28T13:49:00.000+03:00

2011-09-04 The United Nations Secretary-General's special adviser for post-conflict planning in Libya arrived in Tripoli on Saturday (September 3rd) to meet with the transitional government. Ian Martin's visit follows the "Friends of Libya" conference in Paris last Thursday, when Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon vowed to send a UN mission to help...

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Libyan rebels besiege Bani Walid, Sirte

2012-05-28T13:40:00.000+03:00

2011-09-04 Libyan rebels on Saturday (September 3rd) encircled the Kadhafi stronghold of Bani Walid and besieged Sirte, Jufra and Sabha, BBC reported. National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil said that the cities under siege were being given humanitarian aid but had one week to surrender "to avoid further bloodshed"....

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Space Agencies Meet To Discuss A Global Exploration Roadmap

2012-05-28T13:36:00.000+03:00

Washington DC (SPX) Sep 05, 2011 Senior managers representing 10 space agencies from around the world met in Kyoto, Japan to advance the Global Exploration Roadmap for coordinated space exploration. During the past year, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG) has developed a long-range human exploration strategy. It...

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Rare martian lake delta spotted by Mars Express

2012-05-28T13:34:00.001+03:00

Paris (ESA) Sep 05, 2011 ESA's Mars Express has spotted a rare case of a crater once filled by a lake, revealed by the presence of a delta. The delta is an ancient fan-shaped deposit of dark sediments, laid down in water. It is a reminder of Mars' past, wetter climate. The delta is in the Eberswalde crater, in the southern highlands of Mars. The...

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US drone shot down in Somalia

2012-05-28T11:48:00.000+03:00

Sun Sep 4, 2011 Local fighters say they have shot down a suspected United States operated aerial vehicle in the south of Somalia near the capital, Mogadishu. Press TV reported. Al-Shabaab fighters say the drone crashed into the sea after it was hit near the lower Shabelle region in Merka town, located south of the capital. The fighters say six...

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Gazans hold rally in support of Turkey

2012-05-28T11:45:00.000+03:00

Sun Sep 4, 2011 Dozens of supporters of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas have rallied in the streets of Gaza to show support of Turkey's decision to cut its diplomatic relations with Israel. Chanting slogans in support of Ankara and against Tel Aviv, the demonstrators condemned the recent UN-leaked report on the deadly Israeli raid on...

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Turkey to challenge Israel's Gaza siege

2012-05-28T11:37:00.000+03:00

Sun Sep 4, 2011 Turkey says it plans to challenge Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip at the International Court of Justice, amid rising tensions between Ankara and Tel Aviv. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced the decision on Saturday, one day after the release of a United Nations report on Israel's May 31, 2010 attack on a...

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Sudan declares state of emergency in Blue Nile state

2012-05-28T11:31:00.000+03:00

KHARTOUM (BNO NEWS) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a state of emergency in the Blue Nile State following heavy fighting in the region, the Sudan Tribune reported on Saturday. Bashir has also dismissed Blue Nile state governor Malik Agar, who is also chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N), amid reports...

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Iran hails expulsion of Israeli ambassador from Turkey

2012-05-28T11:27:00.000+03:00

TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday hailed the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and other senior diplomats from Turkey following the publication of a UN report about the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry called for the prevention of Israeli influence on changing the results of the...

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Iranian sniper fires across the border, killing Iraqi civilian

2012-05-28T11:23:00.000+03:00

BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) — An Iraqi civilian was killed on Saturday when an Iranian sniper opened fire from across the border, according to the Aswat al-Iraq news agency. Few details were immediately released. The report, citing sources, said the shooting happened along the border line near the town of Haj Omran in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan, resulting...

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White House protest against oil pipeline ends with hundreds arrested

2012-05-28T11:12:00.000+03:00

WASHINGTON (BNO NEWS) — A two-week demonstration outside the White House against a planned pipeline stretching from Canada through East Texas wrapped up on Saturday after hundreds of arrests. Tar Sands Action, the group organizing the protest, said in a statement that over the course of the two-week sit-in, 1,252 Americans were arrested. Among...

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أردنيون يدعون للتضامن مع البحرين ويستنكرون مشاركة قواتهم بقمع الاحتجاجات

2012-05-27T14:51:00.000+03:00

الجمعة 02-09-2011 قال الحراك الشبابي الاردني أنه سينظم إعتصاماً مساء الاحد امام السفارة البحرينية في عمان للتضامن مع الشعب البحريني المطالب بالحرية - على حد وصف بيان صدر عنهم الخميس -. وعبر التحرك عن رفضه للتدخل الأمني الاردني في الخارج. ووجه الناشطون دعوة للاعتصام أمام السفارة البحرينية الكائنة في الشميساني عند الساعة السادسة من مساء الأحد...

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Bahrain uprising will be victorious: Leader

2012-05-27T14:45:00.000+03:00

02 September 2011 TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the divinely inspired movement of the Bahraini people will definitely achieve victory. The Leader made the remarks in a sermon during Eid ul-Fitr prayers at the campus of the University of Tehran on August 31. The Leader said,...

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Turkey Expels Israeli Ambassador Over Leaked UN Report

2012-05-27T14:39:00.000+03:00

By Jack Phillips September 2, 2011 The Turkish Foreign Minister’s office on Friday said that it expelled the Israeli ambassador to the country and suspended all military ties after a leaked United Nations report foisted the blame on Israel for the deaths of nine activists in last year’s flotilla raid. The Turkish government has insisted that...

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Japan's new premier vows to speed up reconstruction efforts

2012-05-27T14:25:00.000+03:00

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Friday said his top priorities are to speed up recovery from the earthquake and tsunami, and work to contain the nuclear accident in Fukushima, NHK Television reported. Noda told reporters that the biggest mission of his Cabinet, which was launched on Friday, will be to speed up...

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Six cities to compete for the 2020 Olympic Games

2012-05-27T14:23:00.000+03:00

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday announced the six countries which will compete to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. Among the six are Spain and Japan who lost their bid to host the 2016 Games. The announcement was made after a deadline expired. National Olympic Committees were required to notify...

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Dried plums shown to be effective against fractures and osteoporosis

2012-05-27T14:20:00.000+03:00

Friday, September 02, 2011 by: Michelle Bosmier (NaturalNews) A study recently conducted by a team of researchers at Florida State and Oklahoma University, and featured in the esteemed British Journal of Nutrition, reveals that consuming a handful of natural, dried plums every day will help prevent fractures and osteoporosis in the elderly. This...

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