Turkey's Erdogan Criticizes American Writer
- The Associated Press
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- February 01, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's prime minister has hit back at American writer Paul Auster who was quoted as saying that he would not visit the country to protest its jailing of journalists and writers...
Portugal Easily Raises $2 Billion in New Debt
- Barry Hatton - The Associated Press
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- February 01, 2012
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal comfortably raised €1.5 billion ($1.97 billion) in a short-term debt auction Wednesday despite recent market jitters about its fiscal soundness.
Portugal has one of...
IMF Chief Presses for More Cash to Fight Crisis
- Pan Pylas - The Associated Press
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- January 28, 2012
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund appeared to making headway Saturday in her drive to boost the institution's financial firepower so that it can help Europe prevent...
Clinton Sidesteps Dispute over French Genocide Law
- Desmond Butler - The Associated Press
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- January 27, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday sidestepped a delicate dispute between two allies over the World War I-era killing of Armenians in Turkey.
Clinton was asked ...
Finance Chiefs Reassure Business Leaders at Davos
- The Associated Press
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- January 27, 2012
NIKO PRICE,Associated Press
PAN PYLAS,Associated Press
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading finance chiefs sought to reassure anxious global business leaders on Friday that Europe is on track to so...
Turkey Makes News Again for Violence, Murder
- The Associated Press
- •
- January 25, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run news agency says authorities have unearthed four more skulls at a suspected mass grave in the country's Kurdish-dominated southeast, bringing the total of the ...
Davos Elite: Capitalism Has Widened Income Gap
- Pan Pylas - The Associated Press
- •
- January 25, 2012
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — A four-year economic crisis has left societies battered and widened the gap between the haves and have-nots, financial leaders conceded Wednesday — with one suggesting that W...
Turkey Slams France over Armenian 'Genocide' Bill
- Selcan Hacaoglu - The Associated Press
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- January 24, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey warned the French president on Tuesday against signing a law that makes it a crime to deny that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constituted...
French Parliament Passes Armenian 'Genocide' Bill
- Sarah DiLorenzo - The Associated Press
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- January 23, 2012
PARIS (AP) — France's parliament voted Monday to make it a crime to deny that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constituted a genocide, risking more sanctions from Turkey...
EU Formally Adopts Iran Oil Embargo
- Don Melvin - The Associated Press
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- January 23, 2012
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union imposed an oil embargo against Iran on Monday and froze the assets of its central bank, part of sanctions to pressure Iranian officials into resuming talks on the co...
French Senate Eyes Genocide Bill; Turkey Bristles
- The Associated Press
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- January 23, 2012
PARIS (AP) — The French Senate has begun debating a bill that would make it a crime to deny the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide — prompting Turkish threats of reprisal.
At least 1...
Turkey: 10,000 Mark Journalist's Death 5 Yrs On
- Selcan Hacaoglu - The Associated Press
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- January 19, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than 10,000 protesters marked the fifth anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder on Thursday as outrage continues to grow over a trial which failed to shed ligh...
Russia Vows to Block Western Intervention in Syria
- The Associated Press
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- January 19, 2012
ZEINA KARAM,Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's powerful allies in Russia are vowing to block any Western attempts to intervene militarily in Syria as Damascus fights off an increasingly chaot...
Seafarers Outraged That Captain Could Jump Ship
- The Associated Press
- •
- January 19, 2012
KARL RITTER,Associated Press
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Seafaring tradition holds that the captain should be last to leave a sinking ship. But is it realistic to expect skippers — only human after all — to...
Turkey Reacts to Rick Perry's Terrorist Accusation
- Suzan Fraser - The Associated Press
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- January 18, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — U.S. Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry drew Turkey's ire on Tuesday after suggesting the country is ruled by Islamic terrorists and questioning its NATO membership.
...
Russia: New Sanctions Against Iran Too Stifling
- The Associated Press
- •
- January 18, 2012
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV,Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — A military attack on Iran would trigger a "chain reaction" that destabilizes the world, while new sanctions against Tehran over its disputed nuc...
Turkish Military Jet Missing in Aegean
- The Associated Press
- •
- January 17, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish Air Force says one of its small jets is missing in the Aegean Sea.
The air force says in a statement on its website that the T-37C light-attack aircraft, with two ...
3rd Survivor Found on Stricken Cruise Ship
- The Associated Press
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- January 15, 2012
GREGORIO BORGIA,Associated Press
NICOLE WINFIELD,Associated Press
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Firefighters worked Sunday to rescue a crew member with a suspected broken leg from the overturned hulk of ...
Turkish Court Charges Sarah Ferguson on Orphanages
- The Associated Press
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- January 12, 2012
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish court has pressed charges against Britain's Duchess of York for secretly filming orphanages in Turkey.
The court on Thursday accused Ferguson in absentia of going "a...
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