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. | The PAD say they are ready for a prolonged siege, with their “security guards” armed with clubs, sticks and golf clubs, and dug in behind a series of barricades of fire trucks, razor wire, car tyres and luggage trolleys.
Chamlong Srimuang, PAD co-leader and a retired general, told supporters on Saturday not to go to Suvarnabhumi |
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. | The police used pepper gas to disperse the crowd, ANKA news agency reported. Tens of thousands of people attended the rally.
Around 500 buses would bring workers to Ankara as some demonstrators have already started their protests in the Sihhiye Square |
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. | The projects, ranging from street art to music festivals, are dedicated to the ancient philosophy of Aristotle who said everything is made up of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water.
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. | About 100 people blocked the road near the place where the incident occurred on Friday, throwing rocks at the police while shouting anti-US slogans.
“This morning a convoy of British troops were passing here and |
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. | Mrs. Golami is one of female activists who is in prison with no trial or any charge. She was in prison for her activities before and been threatened by Iranian intelligent officers. Her young daughter is experiencing physical and moral difficulties because of that. |
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. | One injured armed man remained at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel after three others were killed in gunfights with government troops and commandos, Indian officials said.
“We are fully in control of the situation. I am |
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. | Mrs. Maryam Singeri who teaches Architecture in Tebriz Open University has asked her students, mainly those Turkish speakers whom are resident of Turkish city of Tebriz, to talk in Farsi! Farsi is been forced to be the first language of Turkish speaking Southern Azerbaijan. |
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. | Under the deal, US forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by June 30, 2009 and leave the entire country by January 1, 2012.
The vote in favour of the pact was backed by the ruling coalition’s Shia and Kurdish blocs, as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc |
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. | At least 80 people are reported to have been killed and 250 wounded in a series of gun and grenade attacks across the Indian city of Mumbai.
“It seems to be a terrorist attack, many places are under siege by gunmen,” A.K. Sharma, a government |
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. | A department on Armenian language and literature is expected to be launched next year at Nevşehir University. “At least three professors who can teach the subject are required before the department is operational. We are talking with professors in Turkey who wrote about Armenian literature,” Nevşehir University Rector Filiz Kılıç told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review yesterday. |
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. | Iranian Azerbaijani activists Alireza Sarrafi, Hasan Rashidi, Sa’id Mohammadi Mughanli and Mehdi Naimi were released on 8 November on US$250,000 bail each pending trial. Before being released on bail, they were charged with “acting against national security.” No date for their trial has been set. |
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. | A second explosion took place less than an hour later, when a female suicide bomber blew herself up at a checkpoint leading into Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone. Five people, including two members of the Iraqi army, were killed in the blast. Officials say at least 12 people were wounded. |
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. | Allies of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, have won a majority in state elections for governors and mayors.
With more than 95 per cent of votes counted, Venezuela’s electoral agency said Chavez’s allies have won 17 states |
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. | The former army chief told the paper he has long seen Iran as the source of regional terrorism and was surprised the United States chosen to invade Iraq in its stead.
“I was chief of staff during Operation Iraqi Freedom and I was surprised the U.S. decided to go into Iraq instead of Iran,” The Herald quoted him as saying. “Unfortunately |
