Coalitions not suitable for Turkey,’ AK Party open to all options – PM

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Thursday that coalition governments haven’t been suitable for Turkey. “However, with the current political picture… we’re open to any scenarios in Turkey based on the latest developments,” Reuters quoted him as saying at a meeting of local officials of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). The party lost its parliamentary majority in the latest elections.

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FIFA hands over more IT data to Swiss criminal investigation

World football’s governing body, FIFA, has handed more IT data over to Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG), Reuters reported on Wednesday. “I can confirm that FIFA handed over today seized IT data to the OAG,” a spokesman said in an emailed statement. “As already communicated, the OAG has opened criminal proceedings against persons unknown.” According to a source, close to the Swiss investigation, the data stored in computer systems at FIFA also included the records from the office of FIFA President Sepp Blatter.

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Magnitude-6.0 quake strikes northern Chile

A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck northern Chile on Wednesday at 10:52am local time (1352 GMT), AP reported. The epicenter was 57 kilometers northwest of San Pedro de Atacama, according to the US Geological Survey. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

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Myanmar operation has changed the mindset

Myanmar operation has changed the mindset of the full security scenario in the country, says Parrikar

Defense structure are made for eventualities ,adhere to strict and stringent discipline.Thus MSME needs to galvanize itself to cope up with the requirements of Defence  sector with vast  potential  at various levels of entry point.Shear mindset can bring abundant change as visible in army clinical operation in Myanmar border.  Talking on perception of the people at large while addressing at the inauguration of FISME   seminar on Make in India process in MSME shares in Defence sector. The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Thursday that Indian Army’s operation in Myanmar against Northeast militants shows a change in mindset. Taking a dig at Pakistan, the Defence minister said, “Those who fear India’s new posture have already started reacting.”
“If the thinking pattern changes, lot of things change. You have seen for the last two-three days. A simple action against insurgents has changed the mindset of the full security scenario in the country,” Parrikar said in Delhi.
Refusing to go into details of the operation, the minister said, “Those who fear India’s new posture have started reacting”. He also declined to take questions from the media on the military action.

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#SEAGames2015 Athletics: Thailand’s Wallapa Punsoongneun wins women’s 100m hurdles http://bit.ly/1QOawSH 

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India amongst top five economies with highest investment commitments in 2014 : World Bank According to World Bank’s ‘Private Participation in Infrastructure’ database, India is amongst the top five countries with the highest investment commitments in 2014 including Brazil , Turkey , Peru and Colombia . These five countries together have attracted US$78bn, representing 73% of the investment commitments in the developing world in 2014.The total infrastructure investments in 139 emerging economies  for projects with private participation in the energy, transport and water sectors , rose to US$107.5bn in 2014. The increase in the total global investment commitments is mainly due to increasing activity in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, which captured US$69.1bn, much of which is attributable to investment commitments in Brazil , Colombia and Peru , which together accounted for 55% of the global total. The database revealed that 2014 was the year with the fourth highest level of investment commitments ever recorded, exceeding only by levels seen from 2010 through 2012. In addition to noting the many increases in 2014, the data also revealed investment commitments declines in China and India . Investment commitments in India declined in 2014 to US$6.2bn and in China to US$2.5bn, its lowest level since 2010. At regional level, Latin American countries led the other regions, followed by Europe and Central Asia (ECA); East Asia and Pacific (EAP); South Asia (SAR); and the Middle East and North Africa (MNA). Sub-Saharan Africa (AFR) experienced the lowest amount of investment.  The Middle East and North Africa (MNA) region, which had a much smaller total of commitments of US$3.3bn, also saw increases compared to the previous year.