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Prayers, Flowers and Vigils for Police Shot in Baton Rouge
Gavin Eugene Long, a 29-year-old African American widely identified as the shooter by United States media, turned his gun on police amid a spate of race-tinged violence involving law enforcement. The governor calls them "heroes in the truest sense of the word". Earlier this month, flags were lowered for the five police officers shot to death in Texas.
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Obama speaks with Turkish leader, offers help after failed coup - White House
Erdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, told reporters Monday that the paperwork for an extradition request was being prepared. Gulen dismissed the allegations he was involved in what he called "treason, a betrayal of the Turkish nation", and said he was not concerned by the extradition move.
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No newspapers for 6th day, owners demand assurance from govt
Streets were mostly deserted otherwise, and with shops still closed, people were trying to cope with shortages of food and other necessities. In a statement, they said that on Monday Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's senior adviser Amitabh Mattoo approached them "insisting that it was a "mistake" for which he apologized".
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India should hold plebiscite in Kashmir: Sharif
They said that the BJP government in India was advancing the agenda of the RSS as they wanted to alter the Muslim character of the Jammu and Kashmir besides destabilising Pakistan through terrorism and interference. No newspaper will come out here on Wednesday after Srinagar-based editors and publishers on Tuesday decided not to go to print in protest against the government's "propaganda blitzkrieg that there was no ban" on the media in the restive Kashmir Valley.
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Philippines refuses bilateral talks with China following South China Sea ruling
China on Monday (July 18) said in a statement that it would close a part of the South China Sea between Tuesday (July 19) and Thursday (July 21) for military exercises, EFE news reported. Zhao Qizheng speaks at the Think-Tank Seminar on South China Sea and Regional Cooperation and Development in Singapore. China joined UNCLOS in 1996, but argued that the Hague tribunal had no jurisdiction over the Spratly dispute because it was implicitly ruling on the question of Chinese sovereignty ...
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German train attack: Afghan knifeman 'wanted revenge' for friend's death
But inside the Afghan's room, police said they found a hand-drawn flag resembling the one used by ISIS. German authorities said they had authenticated the video. The assailant had arrived as an unaccompanied minor in Germany in June 2015 and had been staying with a foster family in the region for the last two weeks, Herrmann said.