S. Korean ex-president Lee Myung-bak home after marathon interrogation Seoul, (MILLAT ONLINE):Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak returned home Thursday after a marathon interrogation by prosecutors over corruption, the last of the country’s living ex-leaders to be embroiled in a criminal inquiry. Allegations of graft involving the conservative 76-year-old’s relatives and aides during his term […]
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S. Korean ex-president Lee Myung-bak home after marathon interrogation
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Italy remembers Moro as Cold War-style tensions rise in UK
Italy remembers Moro as Cold War-style tensions rise in UK Rome, (MILLAT ONLINE):While Great Britain reels from the nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal that echoes the espionage brinkmanship of the Cold War, on Thursday Italy remembers its highest-profile victim of the ideological battle between East and West. On March 16, 1978, two-time […]
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US state says it will use nitrogen gas for executions
US state says it will use nitrogen gas for executions Chicago, (MILLAT ONLINE):The US state of Oklahoma plans to become the first in the country to use nitrogen gas to execute condemned prisoners, law enforcement officials announced Wednesday. The state intends to adopt the new execution method as prison officials are unable to acquire the […]
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Two killed as Guinea teachers call off month-long strike
Two killed as Guinea teachers call off month-long strike Conakry, (MILLAT ONLINE):Two men were reportedly shot dead Wednesday during protests in the Guinean capital as the powerful teachers’ union called off a month-long strike after reaching agreement with the government on pay. The strikes have paralysed the country’s education system and fractured relations between teachers, […]
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Six dead, 14 hurt in Senegal military helicopter crash
Six dead, 14 hurt in Senegal military helicopter crash Dakar, (MILLAT ONLINE):Six people were killed and 14 others injured when a Senegalese military helicopter crashed late Wednesday, according to a government statement giving an updated toll from the incident in the south of the country. The helicopter, which went down in a mangrove forest in […]
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Twitter diplomacy: Russia, UK spar online over spy death
Twitter diplomacy: Russia, UK spar online over spy death London, (MILLAT ONLINE):Meeting sarcasm with slick animated videos, Britain’s foreign ministry and the Russian embassy in London have been doing battle on social media over the death of ex-double agent Sergei Skripal. The embassy’s Twitter account is well-known for its pithy reactions to global events, once […]