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| Thai activist's mother charged under royal insult laws over Facebook post |
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 The mother of a leading activist against the military junta in Thailand was charged on Monday with insulting the country's monarchy in a one-word Facebook post. According to her lawyer, Patnaree was charged with violating Thailand's royal insult laws for writing the word "ja" - which means "yeah" in Thai - in response to a private Facebook message critical of the royals. "The court accepted the case from the attorney general and freed Patnaree on bail," said Anon Numpa, her lawyer.
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| Turkish Deputy PM says restructuring of intelligence units "on the agenda" |
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| Turkey is considering the restructuring of its intelligence services, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday after the government announced sweeping changes to the structure of the military over the weekend following a failed coup. "The restructuring of intelligence units is on the agenda, just like it was for the armed forces," Kurtulmus told a news conference after a cabinet meeting. President Tayyip Erdogan wants to bring the national intelligence agency (MIT) and the military General Staff directly under the control of the presidency, Turkish officials have said, though this would require a constitutional amendment for which he would need the support of opposition parties. |
| Turkey aims to prevent military from staging another coup - Deputy PM |
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| Turkey aims to prevent its armed forces from again being used to stage a coup, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday, after the government announced sweeping changes to the structure of the military over the weekend. Kurtulmus, speaking at a news conference following a cabinet meeting, also criticised Germany's decision to prevent Erdogan addressing an anti-coup rally in the city of Cologne by video link on Sunday, saying it smacked of "double standards". |
| Dutch police detain man who yelled "Bomb!" on bus but find no threat |
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| Dutch police, on alert for a security threat to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, on Monday detained a confused man who yelled "Bomb!" on a bus, but found no evidence of a serious threat, a spokeswoman said. Police have been conducting vehicle searches near the airport, one of Europe's largest, since last week after receiving intelligence about a possible threat. |
| Turkey summons German diplomat over ban on Erdogan speech at Cologne rally - senior source |
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 ANKARA (Reuters) - The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the charge d'affaires at the German Embassy on Monday after German authorities prevented Turkey's president from addressing by video link a pro-democracy rally in Cologne, a senior source in Ankara said. President Tayyip Erdogan had wanted to address via video conference thousands of his supporters who gathered in Cologne on Sunday to protest against a failed military coup on July 15 that killed more than 240 people. ...
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| Government seeks parliament's approval for $15.4 billion extra spending |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government on Monday sought parliament's approval to spend an extra 1.03 trillion rupees ($15.43 billion) in the fiscal year ending in March 2017. In a supplementary demand for grants laid before parliament by the finance ministry, the government said net cash outgo would be 209.48 billion rupees. The additional expenditure includes 50 billion rupees for a rural jobs programme, about 42 billion for road construction and 20 billion rupees for disaster management. ($1 = 66. ...
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| Meet Nigeria's curious Cupid - matchmaking for HIV patients looking for love |
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| By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, August 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in his dimly-lit office in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, surrounded by files and boxes of condoms, matchmaker Ugochukwu Michael talks passionately about the part he has played in the marriages of around 100 couples in recent years. While the popularity of dating apps and websites may make Michael's efforts to play Cupid seem old-fashioned, his matchmaking service stands out from the rest. All of his clients are living with HIV. |
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