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File photo of tourists in Beirut, Lebanon taken on Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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In this file picture taken on June 25, 2014 Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson leaves the Old Bailey in central London. (AFP/Justin Tallis)
UK PM’s ex-media chief Coulson jailed for Murdoch tabloid hacking
London, Reuters—British Prime Minister David Cameron’s former media chief Andy Coulson was jailed for 18 months on Friday for being complicit in widespread phone-hacking by journalists to obtain scoops at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid he edited. Coulson,...Caption:
Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY – Tags: POLITICS)
Opinion: Has Erdoğan Shot Himself in the Foot?
In politics, what is worse than making a mistake? According to the 18th-century French statesman, Charles Maurice Talleyrand, the answer is: doing something unnecessary. And yet this is what Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has decided to do in Turkey, by tinkering with the...Caption:
Government health workers are seen during the administration of blood tests for the Ebola virus in Kenema, Sierra Leone, June 25, 2014. (Reuters/Umaru Fofana)
West African authorities adopt common strategy to fight Ebola
Accra, Reuters—West African countries and international health organizations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has killed hundreds of people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. At a two-day meeting in the...Caption:
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara on July 3, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)