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Cihan News Agency latest on Friday, August 30, 2013



Here are the main Video News items Cihan News Agency aims to cover today.



TOP NEWS



EXPECTED



EGYPT UNREST: Developments regarding the Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's release and the wave of arrests targeting the Muslim Brotherhood leaders will be followed.



MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA: Developments regarding a possible military intervention in Syria will be followed. (Washington - New York - Moscow - London - Amman – Damascus)



SYRIA-TURKEY BORDER: Latest developments in the Turkish border region will be covered.



DELIVERED



VICTORY DAY CELEBRATION: Victory Day celebrations began with an official ceremony in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Friday, which top political leaders and military commanders attended.



OTHER DELIVERED



UK PARLIAMENT DISCUSS INTERVENTION: British Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament on Thursday that he was convinced the Syrian regime was behind a chemical weapons attack, but admitted there was no "100-percent certainty".



TURKEY SPENT 700$ MLN ON SYRIANS: Turkey has spent some $736 million sheltering refugees as Turkish authorities brace for a likely increase in the nearly half a million refugees who have already fled the country's civil war and sought refuge in Turkey.



MACHETE ATTACKER DETAINED: Sabri Çelebi, a shopkeeper who confessed to attacking Gezi Park protesters with a machete in early July, was taken into custody after entering into the country at İstanbul Atatürk Airport on Thursday morning.



HOLLANDE MEETS SYRIAN OPPOSITION: Western plans for retaliatory action against Syria for an alleged chemical weapons attack are "difficult to develop", the French government spokeswoman said Thursday.



REFUGEE EXODUS TO TURKEY: People, who are afraid of possible western military action to Syria, are continuing to flock to Turkey. Many people have crossed into Turkey's soil by leaving their country of Syria.



ISRAEL PREPARES ON FRONT: Israel was bolstering its defence systems on Wednesday, the army said, ahead of a possible US attack on Syria that could spill across the Jewish state's northern border.



MOST-WANTED MILITANT ARRESTED: India announced Thursday the arrest of Yasin Bhatkal, one of the nation's most-wanted men and the alleged co-founder of militant group the Indian Mujahideen, blamed for killing hundreds in a string of attacks.



INDIANS CELEBRATE DAHI HANDI: The charm of Dahi Handi was at its peak as several groups of Govinda players took part in the festivities at various mandals in Thane.



UN TEAM INSPECTS CHEMICALS: UN inspectors headed out Thursday to one of the sites near Damascus where Syria's regime allegedly attacked civilians with poisonous gas, an AFP photographer said.



MARTIN LUTHER KING ANNIVERSARY: President Barack Obama hailed Martin Luther King Jr Wednesday for saving America from oppression but said "constant vigilance" was needed to keep the civil rights icon's dream of equality alive.



EXPEDITION 3/39 CREW: NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin will launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in November 2013 to begin a 6-month mission aboard the International Space Station.



MONKEY SIEGE/THAILAND: In one Thai village homes are raided, property is pinched and locals are attacked by dastardly gangs operating beyond the law -- but the perpetrators are monkeys, not men.



CARDIOVASCULAR HEAT IN SPACE: NASA Public Affairs officer Lori Meggs talks with Michael Bungo, co-investigator for the Integrated Cardiovascular experiment taking place aboard the International Space Station.



CIHAN - LIVE POSITION



Slug: TURKEY SYRIA BORDER



Event: Covering latest developments from the Turkish province of Hatay along the Turkey Syria border.



Location 1: Hatay Yayladagi



Location 2: Gaziantep- Kilis



CAIRO, EGYPT (Mobile & Studio): Cihan's complete broadcasting and multi-camera studio with transport allows your firm to access developments in Cairo, the cultural capital of the Arab World.



WASHINGTON: (Mobile & Studio): Cihan's complete broadcasting and multi-camera studio with transport allows your firm to access developments in Washington, USA.



FRANKFURT: (Mobile) Mobile access to one of Germany's and Europe's largest cities and points.



PARIS-(Mobile& Studio): Cihan's complete broadcasting and multi-camera studio with transport allows your firm to access developments in Paris.



BEIRUT: (Mobile&Studio) Cihan's complete broadcasting and multi-camera studio with transport allows your firm to access developments in Lebanon's capital city of Beirut.



ISTANBUL, TURKEY - (Mobile): Follow the world from the middle of the world. Programming and TV access to Istanbul, a leading world city in art, culture, industry, media and transport.



ANKARA, TURKEY - (Mobile): Full programming access to one of the Asia's leading capital cities and the workings of the Turkish government.



IZMIR, TURKEY - (Mobile): TV and transport access to Izmir, a city on the Aegean Sea and an important regional leader in the fields of Tourism and Trade.



KIRKUK, IRAQ-(Mobile): Mobile access to one of Iraq's largest cities and a point of cultural dialog between Turkey, Iraq.



IRBIL, IRAQ - (Mobile): Mobile access to one of Iraq's largest cities and a point of cultural dialog between Turkey, Iraq and Iran.



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