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. | Japanese voters swept to power an untested centre-left party on Sunday in an electoral avalanche that ended more than half a century of almost unbroken conservative rule, according to exit polls.
The win by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ends a half-century of almost unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and breaks a |
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. | The indictment focuses on three investigations against Olmert for which he was questioned by police: the Talansky Affair, Rishon Tours, and the Investment Center. The charges also refer to false declarations made to the State Comptroller regarding funds he received from a U.S. citizen and an assessment of the value of his pen collection.
Olmert’s former bureau |
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. | Gubadli, the region with 826 square km territory, was occupied by the Armenians on August 31, 1993, APA reports.
54 people were killed in the battles for Gubadli. 232 residents of Gubadli Region were killed and 146 became invalid during Karabakh war. Armenians burned and looted 94 villages and settlements, 205 cultural and social facilities and 12 historical monuments in Gubadli |
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. | The British government has denied that the release of Abdel Basset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, had any connection to trade ties with Libya.
A report in The Sunday Times, a British newspaper, alleged that an oil deal had influenced the decision to transfer al-Megrahi from prison in Scotland to his home in Libya last week |
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. | The Battle of Dumlupınar began on August 26 1922 and ended with a decisive Turkish victory under Mustafa Kemal’s leadership on August 30. This date became one of the greatest turning points in Turkish history, symbolizing one of the foundational moments of the Turkish Republic.
The Turkish victory of August 30 not only prompted the reversal of the invasion by imperialist forces that had started in 1919, but also paved the way |
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. | Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that Turkey desired Balkans to turn into an area of stability, security and prosperity.
Davutoglu and Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni met in capital Ankara. The two ministers held a joint press conference following their |
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. | While there are many, many things that can be said negatively about Misha the Tie Eater: demagogue, liar, thief, mass murderer and coward, a positive can be given: he spends other people’s money well.
Evidence of this can be seen all over Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. The streets are clean and paved, the traffic lights are working. All the police have new uniforms and new, modern police cars. There is actual regular garbage collection and garbage cans on |
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. | A Paris swimming pool recently refused entry to a young Muslim woman wearing a so-called “burqini,” which resembles a wetsuit with built-in hood.
Officials cited hygiene rules, adding to tensions over Muslim dress in France and sparking a threat by the woman of a lawsuit. |
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. | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has seized a cargo of North Korean weapons being shipped to Iran, which would have violated a UN embargo on arms exports from the communist state, Western diplomats have said.
The UAE reported the incident, which occurred two weeks ago, to the Security Council sanctions committee on North Korea, Diplomats said on |
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. | Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin left for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on Thursday.
It will be his first visit to a foreign country after getting elected |
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. | President Barack Obama’s administration denied Thursday a report it was giving up on building American anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech Republic, plans strongly opposed by Russia.
“I would call that report inaccurate,†State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters. “Our review of our missile defense strategy is ongoing and |
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. | A diplomatic argument between Sweden and Israel is growing after a Swedish newspaper published an article detailing allegations that Israeli soldiers stole the organs of dead Palestinians |
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. | Allegations of prison authorities’ use of rape as a means of punishment or intimidation in the Islamic republic are nothing new.
But for the first time, a high-profile figure in the Islamic establishment has acknowledged the apparent rise in the practice, and is calling for an investigation. |
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. | test was funded largely by the U.S. but conducted by Israeli scientists. Israel says 81 tons of explosives were set off above ground.
The impact was monitored in various countries in Europe. |
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. | Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leader of one of Iraq’s most powerful Shia Muslim political groups, has died, his party has said.
Al-Hakim died on Wednesday after being hospitalised in Tehran, the Iranian capital, after a fight against lung cancer, Humam Hamoudi and Jalaleddin al-Saghir, two senior officials from al-Hakim’s political party, said. |
