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China rejects Trump claim it stole drone

China on Dec. 19 rejected U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's claim that it had "stolen" an American research drone, as state media said his diplomatic inexperience could spark a confrontation between the two nations.

Beijing's seizure of the marine probe in international waters in the South China Sea raised already heightened tensions between the world's two largest military powers.

'Wishing you life'

It is not easy to be an intellectual in Turkey. It is even more difficult to be a diva. Like her or not, Demet Akbağ has become synonymous with extraordinarily good performance not only on the theater stage, but at every moment of her life.

The PKK has shot itself

The tragic terrorist attack last Saturday in Istanbul was claimed by the outlawed Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a subgroup responsible for organizing the suicide attacks of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). As such, the PKK is the true perpetrator. 

The timing of this suicide attack is quite meaningful, and was mainly determined by the transition period in the U.S.

Argentina: Released Files Show Washington Knew of Impending Coup

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Within the text of some 500 pages of documents freshly declassified by the Obama administration, it has become known that the United States clearly knew that a right-wing military coup was going to take place in Argentina in 1976, a change of power that resulted in grave human rights violations and 30,000 deaths.

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