S. Korea prosecutors seek 25 years for ex-president’s friend Seoul, (MILLAT ONLINE):South Korean prosecutors on Thursday demanded a 25-year prison sentence for the powerful secret confidante of ousted president Park Geun-Hye, who was at the centre of the sprawling corruption scandal that brought down the head of state. Choi Soon-Sil was “the alpha and omega […]
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S. Korea prosecutors seek 25 years for ex-president’s friend
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Tokyo stocks close lower on strong yen
Tokyo stocks close lower on strong yen Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tokyo stocks fell Thursday on a stronger yen as investors shifted their focus to the US tax cut plan after digesting the latest US rate hike. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.28 percent, or 63.62 points, to close at 22,694.45, while the broader Topix index […]
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Plane crashes in western Canada, no fatalities: police
Plane crashes in western Canada, no fatalities: police Montreal, (MILLAT ONLINE):A small airliner carrying 25 people crashed after takeoff Wednesday in the western Canadian province of Saskatchewan, causing multiple injuries but no fatalities, police said. The West Wind Aviation ATR-42 went down about a kilometre from the Fond-du-Lac airport at around 6:15 pm local time […]
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Casualties as bomber attacks Somalia police academy: officer
Casualties as bomber attacks Somalia police academy: officer Mogadishu, (MILLAT ONLINE):A suicide bomber blew himself up inside the main police academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday with several people feared dead, police said. Witnesses said the police were gathering for their early morning parade, and were crowded in an open square when the bomber […]
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Cancer-battling US Senator John McCain hospitalized
Cancer-battling US Senator John McCain hospitalized Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):US Senator John McCain, who is fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer, was in a military hospital Wednesday to treat “normal side effects” of his therapy, his office said. The 81-year-old former prisoner of war and 2008 Republican presidential nominee was diagnosed in July with a […]
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Indonesia’s asbestos ‘time bomb’
Indonesia’s asbestos ‘time bomb’ Jakarta, (MILLAT ONLINE):The symptoms were mild and seemingly innocuous at first: mostly coughing and fatigue. But it wasn’t long before Sriyono got a grim diagnosis — he had asbestosis — an incurable scarring of the lungs that often leads to cancer. It was caused by decades of inhaling asbestos fibres at […]