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Drone with "minuscule" quantity of radiation lands on Japan PM's office: media
A drone marked with a radioactive sign landed on the roof of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office on April 22 and tested positive for a "minuscule" amount of radiation, media reported.
Police found the radiation to be low enough not to be harmful to humans, media said.
Indonesian Ambassador tours Prva Petoletka
KRALJEVO - Indonesian Ambassador to Serbia Harry Richard James Kandou visited on Monday Trstenik, where he talked with president of that municipality Miroslav Aleksic about the town's development, repair of the flood damage and possible investments in the company Prva Petoletka.
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Muslim-majority Indonesia cracks down on alcohol sales
Indonesia banned on April 16 small retailers from selling beer, despite an outcry from the booze industry and in tourism hotspots over the Muslim-majority country's latest offensive against drinking.
Indonesian Islamic parties seek ban on alcohol consumption
Two Islamic parties have proposed legislation that would ban all consumption of alcoholic drinks and bring jail terms of up to two years for offenders in Indonesia, home to the world's largest Muslim population.
Foreign Nationals Leave Strife-Hit Yemen on Board Russian Plane
About 150 nationals of Russia and other countries including Bulgaria have left war-torn Yemen on board a second Russian plane on Sunday, TASS reported.
The Il-62 passenger aircraft landed at Chkalovskiy Airport near Moscow early on Sunday. This was after the second evacuation flight of a Russian plane from Yemen over the past 24 hours and the seventh one over the past two weeks.
Turkish envoy rescued from ISIL appointed as ambassador to Dushanbe
Öztürk Y?lmaz, the former Turkish consul general to Mosul, who was taken hostage last year along with 48 others by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants for 101 days, has been appointed as an ambassador to Tajikistan's capital of Dushanbe.
Muslim world faces risk of disintegration, says President Erdo?an
The Islamic world faces the risk of disintegration amid sectarian tensions, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.
?The main thing for us is Islam, not Sunni nor Shiite,? Erdo?an told a group of journalists returning to Ankara following a one-day visit to Tehran on April 7.
UN's "right to work" tabled by 5 countries, including Greece
Greece, Mexico, Indonesia, Romania and Egypt have tabled a resolution, titled "Right to Work", that marks the start of a serises of initiatives in the employment sector.
Croatia Vote Fails to Halt Istria Power Plant
A total of 94.5 per cent of people who turned out to cast ballots in the referendum on Sunday expressed disapproval about the building of the power Plomin C plant near the town of Labin.
But the turnout at 36 per cent was not high enough to make the vote binding because it did not pass the 50 per cent legal threshold.
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Saving savings to save the lira
Now that the lira and other emerging market (EM) currencies have somewhat stabilized, at least for the moment, it may be useful to try to understand why some underperformed, while others overperformed, peers.
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