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Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey meet in Thessalonika

3 April, 2019

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Thursday, May 4, 2006 The Greek Premier Kostas Caramanlis and his counterpart of Turkey, Rejep Tayyip Erdogan, had a meeting, for 45 minutes, in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, in the sidelines of the Inter-Balkan Cooperation Summit. Caramanlis and Erdogan had the opportunity to discuss the bilateral issues between Greece and Turkey, such as the Cyprus Issue, […]

ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data

2 April, 2019

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Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their […]

Brazilian Vote Buying parliamentary commission present first joint preliminary report

1 April, 2019

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Wikipedia has more about this subject: Brazilian vote-for-cash scandal Monday, September 5, 2005 Brazil —The Post Office and Vote Buying parliamentary commissions of investigation unanimously approved on Thursday (1) their first joint preliminary report of activities. The text was prepared by their redactors, Osmar Serraglio (PMDB) and Ibrahim Abi-Ackel (PP), from Post Office and Vote […]

One year on, London remembers 7/7 victims

30 March, 2019

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Friday, July 7, 2006 Londoners are commemorating the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on its transport networks that claimed 52 lives. On this day last year, a series of coordinated suicide bombings struck London’s public transport system during the morning rush hour, with three bombs exploded within 50 seconds of each other on […]

Neville Chamberlain’s War Diaries go on display

30 March, 2019

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 File:Arthur-Neville-Chamberlain.jpg The personal diaries of British wartime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain are to go on display at the Imperial War Museum in London. Beginning on August 20, 2009, a free exhibition, marking the 70th anniversary of the declaration of WWII, will allow visitors to have an unprecedented insight into the mind […]

Steve Wright, killer of five women in Suffolk, England, sentenced to life imprisonment

30 March, 2019

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Friday, February 22, 2008 Steve Wright, yesterday convicted of the murder of five women in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, has today been sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court to life imprisonment. The bodies of the five women who worked as sex workers in Ipswich were found around the town in December 2006. The judge, Mr Justice Gross […]

27 reported dead in Iranian suicide bombings

29 March, 2019

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Saturday, July 17, 2010 Two suicide bombers detonated bombs at a mosque in southeastern Iran today, killing 27 and leaving several hundred more injured. The explosions occurred moments apart at a Shia mosque, killing both civilians and government officials from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. 27 people are confirmed dead, while reports of injuries totaled 270, and […]

Orville Moody, 1969 U.S open winner dies at age 74

29 March, 2019

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Saturday, August 9, 2008 American golfer Orville Moody died yesterday aged 74. He was the winner of the 1969 U.S open. A former U.S army sergeant Moody gave up the military in 1967 to play a trail run on the PGA Tour, he earned almost $300,000 in one year. After 15 months of joining Moody […]

Australian media focuses on Olympic prospects against US for women’s basketball

29 March, 2019

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Bruce, Canberra — On Monday, at a press conference at the Australian Institute of Sport on the first day of an Opals training camp, the media asked questions supporting this Olympic cycle’s storyline that the Australian team is going to the 2012 Summer Olympics for a gold medal rematch between Australia […]

News briefs:June 4, 2010

28 March, 2019

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