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| Ankara launches new air and artillery strikes on PKK in Iraqi Kurdistan (The Daily Star Lebannon) Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebels in neighboring northern Iraq, killing an unknown number of militants in the latest in a series of air strikes in the region, the Turkish military said Sunday. The "intensive" bombing in the Avasin-Basyan region on Saturday targeted a group of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants. |
| Ruling AKP Still Most Popular Turkish Party (Angus Reid) (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Turkey’s governing party draws the support of two-in-five voters, according to a poll by ANDY-AR Social Research Center. 41.1 per cent of respondents would vote for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the next legislative election. |
| Bomb joke doesn't go down well (Independent Online) A retired Turkish colonel has been detained after a little incident on a domestic flight. |
| American sites, cuisine impress Turkish professionals (Worcester Telegram & Gazette) GARDNER - Leftovers have been a problem for Osman Irtel. |
| Dispatches From The Edge: Syria and the Neo-Cons; J Street Launches (Berkeley Daily Planet) A “very odd affair” is how the Financial Times (FT) characterized the Bush Administration’s release of intelligence charging that the Syrian building bombed by the Israelis last Sept. 6 was a North Korean-designed nuclear reactor just weeks from being operational. |
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| UPDATE: South Koreans Protest U.S. Beef SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Protestors gathered Friday night in various cities across South Korea to denounce their government's decision to ease restrictions on U.S. beef amid widespread fears the meat could be contaminated with mad cow disease. In |
| UN nuclear watchdog to visit Iran for further nuke talks May 12 TEHRAN. May 12. KAZINFORM A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive in Tehran May 12 to continue negotiations on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, Iran's permanent representative at the IAEA said Sunday. 'The IAEA |
| South Koreans protest importation of U.S. beef SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Protestors gathered Friday night in various cities across South Korea to denounce their government's decision to ease restrictions on U.S. beef amid widespread fears the meat could be contaminated with mad cow disease. In |
| The Arab League has decided to send a delegation to Beirut to try to mediate to end the fighting between Hezbollah Movement and Government forces in Lebanon. The Arab League has decided to send a delegation to Beirut to mediate to end the fighting between Hezbollah Movement and government forces in Lebanon. This was decided at the Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting in Cairo yesterday. The delegation will |
| Lobbyist defends work in run for Senate WASHINGTON (AP) -- The revolving door between former members of Congress and lucrative lobbying firms usually leads one way. But Jim Slattery is trying to make a U-turn.... |
| Clinton spends Mother's Day campaigning in W.Va. GRAFTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton toured the birthplace of Mother's Day in rural West Virginia, offering Democrats a subtle reminder Sunday that her fading candidacy remains strong among women and blue-collar, white voters.... |
| Clinton goes from inevitable nominee to on the ropes WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hillary Rodham Clinton began her presidential quest armed with talent, tenacity, fame, money, connections and a team that knew how to win.... |
| Confusing ballot designs still plague elections The solution should have been a no-brainer, voting experts say. After all, it was a badly designed ballot that enflamed the 2000 election meltdown and introduced the vagaries of chads to the political lexicon - pregnant, hanging and otherwise.... |
| Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.... |
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