Eurasia Press & News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan and NATO-led troops have killed 34 Taliban insurgents in two days of fighting in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the provincial governor’s spokesman said on Monday.
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20 October
Turkish court starts hearing high-profile coup case
SILIVRI, Turkey (Reuters) – A shadowy right-wing group went on trial in Turkey on Monday on charges of trying to topple Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government.
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20 October
One dead as clashes escalate in eastern Turkey
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – One protester died of gunshot wounds on Monday after clashes with police in eastern Turkey at a demonstration in support of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, hospital sources said.
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20 October
Suicide bomb hits German troops in Afghanistan: police
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A suicide bomber hit a convoy of German troops in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing five children and seriously wounding at least two of the soldiers, a senior police official said.
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20 October
Georgia rebels accuse EU of ignoring violence
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Georgia’s separatist region of South Ossetia accused Tbilisi on Monday of breaching a ceasefire deal by firing at its villages from an EU-monitored area, and said its forces would not hesitate to retaliate.
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20 October
Libya seeks Russian arms worth $2 billion: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Libya may agree to buy more than $2 billion worth of Russian weapons during a visit by Muammar Gaddafi to Moscow this month, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified source in Russia’s arms industry.
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20 October
Pakistani judge extends detention of U.S. man
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani judge has extended the detention of a young American man of Pakistani descent for two weeks after he was caught trying to enter a known al Qaeda and Taliban militant sanctuary on the Afghan border.
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20 October
Olive harvest attacks anger Abbas
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has condemned violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians harvesting their olives as a “dangerous escalation”.
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20 October
Ultra-nationalist Turkish group on trial
A shadowy right-wing group has gone on trial in Istanbul, accused of trying to topple Turkey’s elected government. Spme 86 people, including retired army officers, politicians, lawyers and journalists are charged with membership of a group called Ergenekon, whose aim is said to be to foment unrest to force the …
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20 October
Iran Warns West against Talks with Taliban
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki warned the West on Sunday not to push for talks with the Taliban militia.
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