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AK Party Says 820 Party Members Investigated Over Gülen Links

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2017

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy chairman Erol Kaya said investigations launched against 820 party members over their links to faith-based Gülen movement that government accuse of being behind a failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016. Speaking to pro-government Sabah daily

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Six Afghan ICRC Workers ‘Killed By Islamic State’

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2017

Six Afghan international Red Cross workers have been killed by suspected Islamic State (IS) group gunmen in the province of Jowzjan, officials say. The workers were shot in the Qush Tepa area, the provincial governor said. Two others are unaccounted for, feared abducted by IS, he said. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) […]

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French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy Is To Stand Trial In An Illegal Campaign Finance Case.

Daily Dispatch February 7, 2017

  Mr Sarkozy faces accusations that his party falsified accounts in order to hide 18m euros (£15m; $20m) of campaign spending in 2012. Mr Sarkozy has repeatedly denied that he was aware of the overspending. He lost the 2012 race to Francois Hollande, and failed in his bid to run again in this year’s upcoming […]

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Restoring Travel Ban Will Unleash Chaos-Lawyers For Two US States Argue.

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2017

Restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven mainly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again”, lawyers for two US states argue. Counsel for Washington and Minnesota urged a federal appeals court in San Francisco to maintain its nationwide temporary restraining order. They are being backed by technology firms which say the travel ban

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Trump Immigration Ban In Limbo After Appeals Court Ruling

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2017

The Trump administration’s immigration order barring citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries and temporarily blocking refugees was in legal limbo on Sunday after an appeals court denied the Department of Justice’s request to restore the ban. The overnight ruling dealt a further setback to Trump, who has denounced the judge in Seattle who blocked his […]

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Trump Fumes, Vows To Act, After Judge Lifts Travel Ban

Daily Dispatch February 4, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday denounced a judge who lifted a travel ban for citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries, vowing that his government would reinstate it as affected travelers scrambled for tickets to try to quickly enter the United States. The federal judge in Seattle on Friday blocked Trump’s week-old order to stop […]