 Turkey rounds up secularists over coup claim
ANKARA: Turkish authorities have detained at least 21 hardline nationalists, including two prominent retired generals, in a widening police investigation into a suspected coup plot. Police swooped... (photo: AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) The Australian
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 John McCain searches for votes and foreign policy credentials in Colombia
JOHN McCain showed the global reach of the US presidential election last night by flying to Colombia, where he will repeat his support for the free trade deals opposed by Barack Obama. The Republican... (photo: AP Photo / Tom Hood) The Australian
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 Al-Qa'ida moves to new bases for terror
AL-QA'IDA, driven out of Afghanistan and defeated in Iraq, is re-emerging in strength in three alternative safe havens for training, operational planning and recruiting - Pakistan, Somalia and Algeria... (photo: AP/Karel Prinsloo) The Australian
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 Turkish ruling party trial: Readers react
Turkey's chief prosecutor has put the country's governing party - the AKP - on trial, calling for it to be closed down. The party, founded by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta) BBC News
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 Deadliest month of attacks by Taliban in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON: June was the deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan since the war there began in late 2001, as emboldened insurgents stepped up attacks in an effort to seize control of the country.... (photo: AP / Rahmatullah Naikzad) The Australian
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 Hezbollah confirms prisoner swap
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group has said it will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah also said the group would... (photo: AP / Mohammed Zaatari) BBC News
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 Britain bans military wing of Hezbollah for reportedly supporting militants in Iraq
LONDON - Britain's Home Office banned the entire military wing of Hezbollah on Wednesday in a rebuke over the Lebanese Shiite group's alleged role supporting militants in Iraq. McNulty said the... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) Star Tribune
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 ISRAEL-OPT: Hamas enforces ceasefire in Gaza
web Photo: Tamar Dressler/IRIN JERUSALEM/GAZA, 2 July 2008 (IRIN) - The shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could relieve the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and benefit Hamas... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) IRINnews
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 Calm urged after Turkey arrests
A senior Turkish general has called for calm after a wave of arrests during a police investigation into a suspected anti-government plot. Two retired generals were among 20 people detained in arrests... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici, File) BBC News
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 Emirates starts six flights a week to Kozhikode
DUBAI: Emirates airline on Wednesday introduced six flights a week to Kozhikode in Kerala from Dubai, taking the number of weekly trips to... (photo: Creative Commons) The Times Of India
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