Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Abu Bakar Bashir says he was supporting Palestine not terrrorism and other top stories.

  • Abu Bakar Bashir says he was supporting Palestine not terrrorism

    Abu Bakar Bashir says he was supporting Palestine not terrrorism
    Video will begin in5seconds.Abu Bakar Bashir seeks review on convictionThe founder of Jemaah Islamiah, the group behind the 2002 Bali bombings and other terror attacks in Indonesia, radical muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir appears in court seeking a review of his conviction for terrorism.PT0M17S620349Cilacap:Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir has claimed he was wrongly jailed for 15 years on terrorism charges when he was merely donating money to support the Palestinian cause in Gaza.The e..
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  • Taiwan election: Generational shift sets scene for a third democratic transfer ...

    Taiwan election: Generational shift sets scene for a third democratic transfer ...
    Taiwan election: Generational shift sets scene for a third democratic transfer of powerPostedJanuary 13, 2016 06:23:01 It is the final week of typically boisterous campaigning leading to Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, where the embattled ruling Kuomintang is expected to be defeated in both, sparking its third democratic handover of power.Tsai Ing-wen of the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is forecast by every poll and pundit to take the leader..
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  • President Obama's final State of the Union address

    President Obama's final State of the Union address
    While President Barack Obama was widely expected to focus on gun control in his final State of the Union address, the word "gun" appeared just once in the prepared text of his speech when he quickly summarized several proposals he's already made.Obama symbolically had a chair left empty in the box where First Lady Michelle Obama was sitting in honor of those who have died from gun violence. The hashtag #EmptySeat was trending heavily on Twitter in response to the gesture.The single reference to ..
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  • Iran detains US sailors in Persian Gulf after boats reportedly stray into ...

    Iran detains US sailors in Persian Gulf after boats reportedly stray into ...
    Iran detains US sailors in Persian Gulf after boats reportedly stray into territorial watersUpdatedJanuary 13, 2016 13:12:09 Iran says it has detained 10 US sailors in the Persian Gulf after their boats reportedly entered Iranian territorial waters.A Pentagon official said plans were in place for Iran to return the sailors to a US Navy vessel in international waters later tonight.Both US and Iranian officials described the sailors, whose boats may have inadvertently drifted into Iranian wate..
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  • Putin won't rule out granting Syrian president Assad asylum in Russia

    Putin won't rule out granting Syrian president Assad asylum in Russia
    Roland Oliphant in MoscowPublished13/01/2016|02:30Vladimir PutinRussian leader Putin has not ruled out the prospect of granting political asylum to his long-time ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.When asked by a German newspaper if he would grant asylum to Assad, the Russian president said it was too early to consider the issue.However, Mr Putin noted that Russia had given asylum to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, "which was far more difficult than to do the same for Mr Assad".The Russian l..
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  • 4-nation talks on Afghan peace process raises hopes among Afghans

    4-nation talks on Afghan peace process raises hopes among Afghans
    ISLAMABAD, Jan. 11, 2016 (Xinhua) --Pakistani journalists wait outside Pakistan's Foreign Ministry where a conference for Afghan peace process is going on in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, Jan. 11, 2016. Senior officials fromAfghanistan, theUnited States, China and Pakistan started consultations here on Monday to push forward the peace process in Afghanistan. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal) by Haleem KABUL, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and C..
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  • North Korea Turns More Erratic as Kim's Inner Circle Shrinks

    North Korea Turns More Erratic as Kim's Inner Circle Shrinks
    Days after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, its official television network showed the regime’s No. 2, sixty-something general Hwang Pyong So, kneeling and covering his mouth to address leader Kim Jong Un, who nodded in his seat as he turned his face away.The scene illustrated the absolute obedience Kim demands from his aides. That insistence on reverence also shows why one of the world’s most unpredictable regimes has become even more erratic. Just days before conducting thenuclea..
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  • UN Relief Official Calls for 'Immediate' End to Blockades in Syria

    UN Relief Official Calls for 'Immediate' End to Blockades in Syria
    PhotoCivilians trying to leave the besieged town of Madaya, Syria, on Monday.CreditAssociated PressUNITED NATIONS — The head of theUnited Nations’ relief efforts forSyriapleaded with all warring parties on Tuesday to lift their sieges on key towns and let aid agencies deliver food and medical care to people stuck behind front lines.“The immediate thing to be done is to lift sieges everywhere,” the humanitarian coordinator forSyria, Yacoub El Hillo, told reporters by phone from Damascus, the Syr..
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  • German police arrest 211 as far-Right goes on rampage

    German police arrest 211 as far-Right goes on rampage
    Vin Shahrestani in ColognePublished13/01/2016|02:30Mohamad from Lebanon, left, and Nabil from Morocco in Cologne. Their banner reads: “We stand in solidarity in our hearts with you, we refuse violence and hope you accept our apologies”.German police say they have arrested 211 far-Right extremists who went on a rampage on the sidelines of a xenophobic rally in Leipzig, setting cars on fire and smashing windows.Germany has recorded a sharp jump in crime attributed to the far-Right in tandem with t..
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  • Istanbul explosion: Islamic State blamed for attack killing 10 tourists in ...

    Istanbul explosion: Islamic State blamed for attack killing 10 tourists in ...
    Istanbul explosion: Islamic State blamed for attack killing 10 tourists in historic Sultanahmet squareUpdatedJanuary 13, 2016 13:30:45 The Islamic State group is being blamed for a suicide attack which killed 10 tourists, eight of them Germans, in the ancient centre of Istanbul.Key points:A 27yo suicide bomber believed to be responsible for Istanbul blastHistoric Sultanahmet tourist district targeted; mostly Germans killedTurkish President Erodogan calls bombing "a terror attack"Turkey impos..
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