Debt row, Greece feed anti-EU fire in Iceland
(Reuters) - In the eyes of Icelanders, it seems Brussels can do no right. When it comes to fish, European Union bureaucrats intervene too much. When it comes to debt crises like Icesave or Greece, EU ...
Turkey warns US genocide vote will harm relations
ANKARA — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday slammed as "parody" a US Congress panel's reference to Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians as genocide and warned it would harm relations.
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Karadzic says Muslims at fault
By Arthur Max - The Associated Press
THE HAGUE – Wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, defending himself against charges of Europe’s worst genocide since the Holocaust, told judges yesterda...
Turkey warns US against passing ‘genocide’ bill
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey yesterday warned that relations with its ally the United States would be damaged if a US congressional panel votes this week to label a World War I-era massacre of Armenians ...
Obama maintains silence on Armenian genocide
- Desmond Butler - The Associated Press
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- March 01, 2010
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is in a bind as a congressional panel prepares to vote next week on a resolution that would recognize as genocide the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottom...
Pirates release Greek-owned cargo ship
- The Associated Press
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- March 01, 2010
ATHENS, Greece - Officials say Somalia pirates have released a Greek-owned cargo ship and its 19-member crew after holding them for two months.
A spokeswoman at the Greek maritime ministry says the...
Somali pirates get ransom for Greek-owned freighter
BRUSSELS — A ransom was paid to Somali pirates Saturday to try to secure the release of a Greek-owned freighter and its crew of 19 being held off the Seychelles, the EU's naval mission in the region s...
Trial exposes Turkey's 'deep state'
- Anita McNaught - Al Jazeera
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- February 26, 2010
Turkey has always been a country haunted by conspiracy theories – and not without reason.
Western powers nearly succeeded in dividing Turkey between themselves at the end of the Ottoman Empire ... ...
In Hungary, Potential Lessons for Greece
- Judy Dempsey - The New York Times
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- February 20, 2010
BUDAPEST — Despite the fiscal crisis engulfing Greece and some other Southern European nations, Hungary is more committed than ever to adopting the euro as soon as possible, its caretaker prime minist...
Kurds clash with police across Turkey
DIYARBAKIR (AFP) – Hundreds of Kurdish demonstrators clashed with police across Turkey yesterday in protests marking the anniversary of the capture of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.
About 3,...
The Turkish army: Coups away
- The Economist
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- February 11, 2010
Bombs target the faithful in Istanbul’s busiest mosques; a Turkish air force jet is shot down over the Aegean, provoking a war with Greece. Chaos descends over Turkey. The army steps in, overthrows th...
Trouble In Turkey
- Emre Deliveli - Forbes
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- February 11, 2010
ISTANBUL - Hopes of a Greek bailout by the European Union may have tempered worries about the fiscally challenged Mediterranean region, including Portugal and Spain, but that’s also drawn attention aw...
Aid arrives in Haiti
- ANA- MPA
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- February 10, 2010
The Greek humanitarian mission arrived in the capital of Haiti on Monday morning for the victims of the disastrous earthquake.
The mission set out from Athens on Sunday night with 50 tons of pha...
Bosnian police officers raid radical Muslim village
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian police yesterday launched a major raid on a village that is home to followers of the radical Wahabbi branch of Islam, targeting people whom authorities suspect of destabil...
Military no longer calling the shots in Turkey
By Selcan Hacaoglu - The Associated Press
AKSAZ NAVY BASE, Turkey – With a crash of cymbals from a navy band, the Turkish military this week sent off a frigate to a counter-piracy mission off Somal...
IMF to set up eco fund
DAVOS (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is planning a 100-billion-dollar fund to help countries mitigate the effects of climate change, the agency’s head said.
“The new growth model wil...
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