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Turkish clerics following the end of the holy celebrations of Ramazan Bayramı earlier this month in a speech at the Sultanahmet Camii or the Blue Mosque, made clear that they want the Byzantine cathedral of Saint Sophia or Haghia Sophia to be converted to a mosque.

 

It was ...

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London MEP Marina Yannakoudakis and other British Conservative MEP's have managed to achieve a "landmark decision" in the European Parliament, with plans to single out and regulate e-cigarettes as medicinal products rejected by European law-makers. 

 

The vote comes at the same time as the debate over the safety of ...

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The Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç has confirmed that Turkish jets were despatched to the Syrian border and shot down a helicopter that "violated Turkish airspace".

 

According to the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet "Turkish military aircraft taking off from a base in Malatya shot the M-17 helicopter after ...

- Multiple victims and potentially 2 other shooters not located by police

- White male and black male being searched by Washington police

 

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The capital in the United States Washington DC is in lock-down following a shooting by 2 men wearing fatigues, killing  six people and wounded ten others ...

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The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in a letter to The New York Times has told the American people that the "U.N. Rights Panel Cites Evidence of War Crimes by both sides in Syria".  

 

"Syria is not witnessing a battle for democracy, but an armed conflict between ...

Christians in Egypt are facing sustained attacks by the Muslim Brotherhood to the point where Christian leaders fear near annihilation, whilst the West is doing nothing to protect Christianity's oldest community.

 

Churches, monasteries, and religious institutions of Egypt's Christians are under attack by the ...

By John Kaponi

 

The Greek government has been condemned by over 50 European TV and radio broadcasters for closing its state TV and radio broadcaster ERT. 

 

Described as an "undemocratic and unprofessional" move by the BBC's director general, Tony Hall, the closure of the state broadcaster has sent a chill wind ...

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Turkish police have opened fire on a group of peaceful demonstrators in Taksim Square the centre of Istanbul, using tear gas and batons, sending hundreds of people, protesters and tourists into shops and luxury hotels and turning the centre of this city into a battle zone ...