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Iohannis to call consultations with parties over funding Army 2 pct of GDP from 2017

President Klaus Iohannis announced on Tuesday he will call consultations with the parliamentary parties with a view to forging an agreement meant to provide 2 percent of gross domestic product to defence starting 2017 and keeping such goal for at least ten years.

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Iohannis: CSM, Judicial Inspection must take action whenever information is illegally leaked

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that justice is no superpower and should not be "showcased" in media, stressing that the Superior Council of the Magistrates (CSM) and the Judicial Inspection should take action whenever information is illegally leaked to the press.

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Boston bombing trial set to open

The trial of the only suspect in the Boston bombings begins Monday with jury selection, 20 months after the attack that turned the city's annual marathon into a scene of carnage.
      
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 21, a young Muslim of Chechen origin, faces the death penalty for the bombing that was the worst act of terror on US soil since the September 11 attacks in 2001.
      

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