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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Erdogan threatens military response

BRUSSELS, June 26 (UPI) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday threatened a military response if Syrian forces approach Turkey's border. Speaking in Ankara, Erdogan said Turkey's military rules of engagement changed after Syria shot down a Turkish warplane, The New York Times... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Healthcare ruling may come Thursday

WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court didn't rule Monday on President Obama's signature healthcare law, one of its biggest rulings "in the last 50, 60 years." But the court said the justices would sit again Thursday, presumably to issue the healthcare decision and other remaining... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Egypt's Morsi balks at oath before court

CAIRO, June 24 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi was elected as Egypt's next president, the first Islamist head of state to emerge from the Arab Spring, officials said. But a conflict already emerged Sunday. Saad el-Husseini, of the executive bureau of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Greece, Turkey to hold high-level talks

ATHENS, Greece, June 23 (UPI) -- The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey agreed to revive high-level talks between the two countries in a phone call Saturday, officials said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey called Antonis Samara to wish him well as Samara prepared for eye surgery in an Athens... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Mountie chief to get more discipline power

OTTAWA, June 21 (UPI) -- Canada's Conservative government is working to give the Royal Canadian Mounted Police commissioner ultimate disciplinary authority for officers. Last month, Commissioner Bob Paulson issued a rare open letter to the country saying the current RCMP Act is antiquated and that... Sign in to see full entry.

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