US Missiles And Troops To Protect Turkey

The US is deploying two Patriot missile units along with 400 troops to Turkey as part of a Nato force to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian attack. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta signed a deployment order on Friday on his way to Turkey...

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Russia Journalist Murder: Ex-Policeman Jailed

A former policeman has been jailed for 11 years in a prison camp over the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov admitted tracking Ms Politkovskaya so that she could be assassinated in 2006 and providing the gun to shoot...

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School Shooting: Calls For Stricter Gun Laws

The husband of the US politician Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in Arizona, has called for action on America's gun laws following the latest mass shooting. As America deals with the aftermath of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Captain...

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Egyptians Vote In Constitution Referendum

Queues have formed at polling stations in Egypt as the country votes on a constitution many hope will lead to long-term stability. The referendum, which is taking place over two days, asks Egyptians to accept or reject the charter, which must be in...

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Emotional Obama Responds To School Shooting

Barack Obama wept as he addressed the nation in the aftermath of the school shootings in Connecticut. And a day after the shooting, the US President used his weekly address to call for solidarity in the wake of the massacre, where 20 children and seven...

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Immigrants Killed As Boat Capsizes Off Greece

By Anthee Carassava, in Athens Greek coastguards have retrieved the bodies of at least 18 immigrants who drowned in the northeast Aegean Sea after their boat capsized in choppy waters. Their rubber raft had set off from Turkey's western shores,...

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Newtown Principal Dawn Hochsprung Among Dead

A headteacher and a school psychologist went to the aid of their pupils after hearing gunshots at a Connecticut school, according to reports. Therapist Diane Day was in a meeting with head Dawn Hochsprung and the school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary...

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Golden Dawn Party: Protests Held In Athens

By Anthee Carassava, in Athens Activists from 20 countries are preparing to pour onto the streets of Athens to demonstrate against rising attacks by a neo-Nazi movement critics call the most dangerous in Europe. The protest is backed by scores...

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Mandela Recovering After Gallstones Removed

Nelson Mandela is recovering from a successful operation to have gallstones removed, the South African government has confirmed. The 94-year-old former president, who has been in hospital for a week with a lung infection, had the procedure this morning....

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US Shooting: Gunman Forced His Way Into School

The gunman who massacred 26 children and adults in America's worst school shooting forced his way into the building, police say. Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference that the suspect was not voluntarily let into Sandy Hook Elementary School...

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