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Arrests in Turkey as US embassy shuts down due to the ‘threat’

Turkish police have arrested 12 people in the capital, Ankara, in an investigation of an armed group, state media reported. The arrests came hours after the US embassy in Ankara said it would remain closed for the day due to a « security threat ».  The 12 suspects were among 20 people for whom detention warrants were…

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US authorities shuts down for 2d time this year

As a partial US government shutdown went into effect on Friday, the Senate passed a massive two-year spending bill that would keep the government open through March 23 if passed by the House.  The Senate vote came in the early hours of Friday morning after Congress missed a midnight deadline to pass the measure and…