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Vodafone Client Growth Increases on Turkey Purchase (Update5) 
Bloomberg.com - Jul 24 10:03 AM
July 24 (Bloomberg) -- Vodafone Group Plc's mobile-phone customer growth accelerated to 9.5 percent in the most recent quarter, helped by the addition of 11.7 million subscribers through acquisitions in markets including Turkey.Over 9,000 Turkey Chicks Die On NWA Flight WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
About 9,300 turkey chicks died while being shipped via Northwest Airlines from a breeder in Canada to a Fresno farm, according to the Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. More Business News About 9,300 turkey chicks die on Northwest flight The San Francisco Examiner - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO - About 9,300 turkey chicks died while being shipped via Northwest Airlines from a breeder in Canada to a Fresno farm, according to the Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.Airline apologizes for death of turkey chicks Inside Bay Area - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
Northwest Airlines, in a statement released Monday, apologized for the mishandling of a shipment of commercial turkey chicks that resulted in their deaths in a flight bound for the Bay Area someMass evacuation to Cyprus is levelling off as Turkey steps in The Scotsman - Jul 24 5:15 PM
THOUSANDS more people fleeing Israel's aerial bombardment of Lebanon flooded into Cyprus and Turkey yesterday amid signs the mass evacuation may finally be levelling off.Turkey Cuts Withholding Tax On Domestic Securities, Investors Offshore - 33 minutes ago
A cut in withholding taxes on income from certain securities has taken effect for domestic investors in the Turkey's financial markets. A cabinet decree cutting the withholding tax to 10% from 15% was published in the government gazette on Sunday, and has now entered into effect.SPCA To File Charges Against Northwest Over Dead Turkey Chicks KTVU 2 San Francisco - Jul 24 5:44 PM
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Peninsula Humane Society and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals intends to file animal cruelty charges against Northwest Airlines after more than 9,000 turkey chicks died on two flights bound for the Bay Area.U.S. presses Turkey to delay incursion into northern Iraq World Tribune - Jul 24 12:28 PM
WASHINGTON The United States has appealed to Turkey to delay its invasion of Iraq in an effort to destroy Kurdish insurgency strongholds.Iran, Turkey review private sector cooperation Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 24 2:37 PM
Iran - Turkey - Trade An Iranian economic and trade delegation met here Monday with a group of Turkey's private sector representatives. The two groups discussed ways of expansion of bilateral trade ties in the fields of electricity, food and household items, pharmaceuticals and project management.Iran, Turkey review private sector cooperation IranMania.com - Jul 24 4:30 PM
LONDON, July 25 (IranMania) - An Iranian economic and trade delegation met with a group of Turkey's private sector representatives, IRNA reported. The two groups discussed ways of expansion of bilateral trade ties in the fields of electricity, food and household items, pharmaceuticals and project management.Nuclear Turkey? Al Jazeera - Jul 24 12:50 PM
The Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, signed between the United States and Turkey in 2000 and prohibits Turkey from exploiting cooperation for any purposes which would help her develop military nuclear capabilities, has recently been ratified by the Turkish government.Lebanon evacuees pour into Cyprus and Turkey Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 12:36 PM
Thousands of people fleeing Israel's 12 days of bombing in Lebanon poured into Cyprus and Turkey on Sunday as the United Nations appealed for aid for the many more staying behind.Terror Strikes Blow to Tourism in Southeastern Turkey Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:15 PM
The escalating terror activities in southeastern Turkey s have had an adverse impact on the economy of the region. The southeastern city of Mardin is most severely affected by the recent terror events.More evacuees reach Cyprus, Turkey; operation eases The Star Online - Jul 24 10:37 AM
LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) - Thousands more people fleeing Israel's aerial bombardment of Lebanon flooded into Cyprus and Turkey on Monday amid signs the mass evacuation may finally be levelling off.More evacuees reach Cyprus and Turkey Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jul 24 5:13 AM
Thousands more people fleeing Israel's aerial bombardment of Lebanon flooded into Cyprus and Turkey on Monday amid signs the mass evacuation may finally have peaked.Analysis: Turkey eyes nuclear energy UPI - Jul 24 6:38 AM
Despite a recent visit to Turkey by Mohammed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the country's plans to add nuclear power are still in their earliest stages, IAEA officials said.U.S. URGES TURKEY TO DELAY ANTI-PKK OFFENSIVE Middle East Newsline - Jul 24 5:43 AM
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has appealed to Turkey to delay its invasion of Iraq in an effort to destroy Kurdish insurgency strongholds. Over the weekend, President George Bush telephoned Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan and urged a postponement of an invasion of Iraq.TURKEY: Mostly Former Turkish Citizens Purchase Land in Turkey seeurope.net - Jul 24 4:28 AM
A report prepared by the Turkish Land Registry General Directorate over the sale of property to foreigners has revealed new facts. According to the report, the majority of foreigners who have purchased property or homes in Turkey are former Turkish citizens.Winning the gender gap war in Turkey Asia Times - Jul 24 3:06 AM
FETHIYE, Turkey - The meeting was called for the early evening so that the men would not bake in the heat of the day. They gathered solemnly in the Guvecli village square and listened as the young father outlined his ideas to them.New Star's De Blonay Flees Turkey, Brazil to Buy European Banks Bloomberg.com - 41 minutes ago
July 25 (Bloomberg) -- New Star Asset Management's Guy de Blonay has been pulling money out of emerging markets since March to protect the U.K.'s best-performing financial stock fund from a free fall in equities.TURKEY: Social Security Black Hole Grows: YTL 578 bn in 11 Years seeurope.net - Jul 24 4:27 AM
The politicians who made early retirement possible due to election-time promises have turned social security gaps into Turkey s biggest economic black hole.Talabani: Iraq Shouldn't Be Launchpad For Turkey Attacks Kurdish Media - Jul 24 12:32 AM
7/23/2006 - News - AP President Jalal Talabani said Iraqi territory should not be used to launch attacks against Turkey but insisted that Iraq's sovereignty should be respected.Evacuees pour into Cyprus, Turkey AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 23 12:40 PM
Thousands of people fleeing Israel's 12 days of bombing in Lebanon have poured into Cyprus and Turkey as the UN appealed for aid for many more staying behind.Bush, Erdogan discuss Turkey's concerns over Kurdish rebels AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 22 2:45 PM
The United States, firmly in support of Israel's strikes in Lebanon, grappled with Turkey's warnings that it is losing patience in the face of attacks by Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.Lebanon evacuees pour into Cyprus and Turkey Stuff - Jul 23 4:41 PM
LARNACA: Thousands of people fleeing Israel's 12 days of bombing in Lebanon poured into Cyprus and Turkey overnight as the United Nations appealed for aid for the many more staying behind.Trouble brewing on Iraq-Turkey border New Kerala - Jul 23 10:00 PM
New York: Trouble is reportedly brewing on the Iraq-Turkey border with many Turkish leaders, encouraged by Israeli action against Hezbollah in Lebanon, are calling for cross border tactical strikes against separatist Kurds, suspected to have killed 15 Turkish soldiers last week.Turkey rocked by match-fixing scandal ESPN Soccernet.com - Jul 23 5:37 AM
Turkey rocked by match-fixing scandal by EuropeZDNet Editor-in-Chief Gets Put Off His Turkey By Linux.SYS-CON.com Blog Linux World - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
The editor in chief of ZDNet and VP of editorial at CNET Networks, Dan Farber, took time out from Thanksgiving Day to rebut what he interpreted to be a slight on his journalistic credentials, when in a Linux.SYS-CON.com blog SYS-CON Media's group publisher Jeremy Geelan had the temerity to suggest that blogs don't matter as much as Farber claims they do.Bush pledges US help to Turkey over Kurd rebels AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 22 11:51 AM
US President George W. Bush told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the United States will help Turkey in the face of attacks by Kurdish rebels, the White House said.Tensions mount at Iraq-Turkey border Kurdish Media - Jul 24 5:06 PM
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul last week summoned the U.S. and Iraqi ambassadors to warn them that his country would act in self-defense if effective measures were not taken to end the presence in northern Iraq of the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers Party.Global Economic Fluctuations Hit Turkey most Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:12 PM
Recent fluctuations on international markets, which have continued since May after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates, reportedly affected the Turkish economy most, it has been revealed.Animal Cruelty Charges May Be Filed After Turkey Death NBC 11 Bay Area - Jul 24 12:58 PM
Northwest Airlines may be charged in the deaths of more than 9,000 turkeys.Shankar Acharya: Talking Turkey Business Standard India - Jul 24 11:44 AM
July has been the cruellest month. It started with another unseemly exercise of state power by the health minister against the director of the country s leading, government medical institution (and an outstanding cardiac surgeon).AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY INTERGOVERNMENTAL ECONOMIC COMMISSION TO HOLD NEXT METING IN BAKU AzerTag - Jul 23 5:54 AM
The Azerbaijan-Turkey intergovernmental economic commission will hold its next meeting in Baku July 27-28, according to press service of the Turkish Embassy in Baku.More foreigners leave Lebanon, operations wind down Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 2:44 AM
A mass evacuation of foreign nationals fleeing Israeli bombing of Lebanon began winding down on Monday as the latest of around 30,000 people to leave reached Cyprus and Turkey.Turkey Cuts Withholding Tax On Domestic Securities Tax-News.com - 36 minutes ago
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The Central Texas Hill Country is prime habitat for the wild turkey. But in an increasingly urban state, most Texans have never seen the bird at all, let alone inside the city limits.EU Education System on Turkey's Agenda Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:15 PM
EU education system will be studied by the Ensar Foundation in view of accession negotiations with the EU. The Ensar Foundation organized an week-long meeting to study EU education system.Turkey Creek school gets a Head Start The Biloxi Sun Herald - Jul 24 1:09 AM
A few weeks after Katrina, Head Start employees were passing out information and assistance fliers in Gulfport when they had a chance meeting that would lead to something amazing.TURKEY: Foreign Tourist Arrivals Drop 1.4% y/y in June seeurope.net - Jul 24 6:12 AM
The number of foreign tourists dropped by 1.4% y/y to 2.4 mln people in June, announced the statistic institute. In May, the decline was 16.7% y/y thus June figures suggest a partial recovery.Flow of evacuees to Turkey slows to a trickle as traffic shifts to Cyprus CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 22 11:44 AM
MERSIN, Turkey (CP) - Canadian evacuations to Turkey slowed to a smooth trickle Saturday as expected boatloads failed to materialize at the port of Mersin.ABDULHAMIT BILICI Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:17 PM
Putting pressure on Washington for some time along all civilian and military lines, Turkey wants precautions to be taken against terrorist elements in Northern Iraq.550 Canadian evacuees from Lebanon arrive in Turkey in 2 boats Saturday CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 22 7:54 AM
MERSIN, Turkey (AP) - Some 550 Canadians and about 450 Australians were among the latest evacuees from Lebanon to arrive at this Turkish Mediterranean port early Saturday, officials said.HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:14 PM
A further 353 Australians and 250 Canadians, who fled from Lebanon due to the ongoing Israeli attacks, arrived in Turkey early on Monday as the influx of evacuees from Lebanon to Turkey continues.FATIH URAZ Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:18 PM
After it became clear that Nicolas Anelka would leave Fenerbahce, the first thing to say is that Turkey can t keep the soccer stars that it hardly manages to bring in.Mass of evacuees pours into Cyprus and Turkey Gulf Times - Jul 24 2:34 AM
Thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombing in Lebanon poured into Cyprus yesterday in a flood of evacuees that showed no sign of slowing.Employment Package from World Bank Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:15 PM
The World Bank (WB) has been cooperating with the Turkish government on a new reform package to increase employment in Turkey. The only way to solve the unemployment problem in Turkey is to reform the education system, the WB advises.'Bush may Need more than a Phone Call for PKK' Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:14 PM
Although US President George Bush asked Turkey to be patient against escalating Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) attacks, a new front may be opened in the region , Newsweek magazine warned.Thieves break into four Turkey Creek businesses WBIR-TV - Jul 23 7:58 PM
Police say one of the workers discovered the crime when he went to open the store on Sunday morning.Murdoch invests $98m in Turkish TV India Daily - Jul 24 5:23 PM
Rupert Murdoch s News Corp said on Monday it would acquire a television station in Turkey in partnership with the music entrepreneur Ahmet Ertegun in a deal that could spark a fresh attempt to liberalise the country s media ownership laws.Sunset Tourism, Income Source of Municipalities Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:12 PM
Tourists coming to watch the sunset at one of Turkey s most popular tourist stops, Capadoccia, provide local municipalities with their major source of income.HOT NEWS Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:14 PM
Twelve hundred Turkish citizens left stranded in Lebanon due to the ongoing Israel attacks, will be evacuated from Beirut on Monday in Turkey's biggest ever evacuation operation.RANDOM THOUGHTS: Do you prefer your eagle in hawk's feathers or dove's down? Crossville Chronicle - Jul 24 6:15 PM
Ben Franklin may have been right when he argued for the turkey as the bird for our national emblem. He described the eagle as a "bird of bad moral character." I can't argue the merits of his argument because my only association with eagles is their prominence in Early American decorating schemes.American in Lebanon is headed to Turkey The Buffalo News - Jul 22 6:06 AM
Hamburg resident Ann Marie Williams, trapped in Lebanon during the outbreak of fighting, is finally on her way home. Williams boarded a U.S. Navy ship out of Beirut on Friday evening, headed for Turkey, according to her mother.Iran on Turkish - PKK forces movement on Iraq's border ArabicNews.com - Jul 24 1:11 PM
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi yesterday said replying to a question about Iran-Turkey border cooperation that what is brought up under the framework of border control and safeguard is related to collaboration between the two countries on border issues.Bosphorous Bridges will Bring YTL 400 Million in Revenues Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:16 PM
The bridges over the Bosphorous in Istanbul, linking Europe and Asia, and major turnpike roads in Turkey have been bringing the state hefty revenues, despite escalating oil prices.Subaru: We are Known for Racing, we'll Lower the Cost and Become Passenger Car Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:15 PM
Japanese automobile manufacturer Subaru, best known for its four-wheel drive niche models and its success in rallies, plans to market it s passenger cars in Turkey.Bush pledges US help to Turkey over Kurd rebels Khaleej Times - Jul 22 10:28 AM
CRAWFORD, Texas - US President George W. Bush told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday that the United States will help Turkey in the face of attacks by Kurdish rebels, the White House said.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Jul 24 10:09 AM
July 24 (Reuters) - Here are some facts on the evacuation from Lebanon. Around 30,000 people have gone to Cyprus and Turkey. UNITED NATIONS - 981 people evacuated on U.N. chartered ship from Tyre to Cyprus.Lebanon evacuees pour into Cyprus Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 23 11:35 AM
Thousands of people fleeing Israel's 12-day bombing in Lebanon poured into Cyprus and Turkey on Sunday in a flood that showed no sign of slowing.Iraq: Turkey Threatens Military Incursion Payvand Iran News - Jul 22 7:08 AM
Turkey has said it was taking steps this week to prepare for a cross-border incursion into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters holed up in the Qandil Mountain range. The announcement came following a series of PKK attacks on Turkish troops in recent days that left more than a dozen soldiers dead. -RFEVodafone Reports Q1 Unstrung.com - Jul 24 1:06 PM
4.5 million proportionate organic net additions, with a further 11.7 million from the acquisition of Telsim in Turkey. Total proportionate customer base now at 186.8 millionLens: Solution to Color Blindness Zaman Online - Jul 24 2:13 PM
Recent breakthroughs in eye treatment methods come as good news to sufferers of color blindness. A corrective contact lens used on color blind patients for the past three months in Turkey, improved the color vision of 97.5 percent of those treated.Turkey deaths prompt query San Jose Mercury News - Jul 22 3:17 AM
Peninsula Humane Society officials are fuming after thousands of turkey chicks died on several recent flights to San Francisco International Airport.Hunters take record number of wild turkeys WRGB - Jul 24 10:27 AM
(Waterbury, VT - AP) - Vermont turkey hunters had another record season this spring. Despite the rain, hunters took four-thousand-600-and-77 wild turkeys in May. That's up from last year's record of four-thousand-600-and-49 birds.Ben Levene RA at Royal Academy of Arts Art Daily - Jul 24 3:13 PM
Ben Levene RA, Self-portrait with Mirror and Turkey Rug, c. 1974. Oil on gesso ground. © The artist. LONDON, ENGLAND.-More evacuees escape as operation peaks Stuff - Jul 24 10:12 AM
LARNACA: Thousands more people fleeing Israel's aerial bombardment of Lebanon have flooded into Cyprus and Turkey amid signs the mass evacuation may finally have peaked. New Turkish government wins vote Turks.US - Jul 24 12:38 PM
ANKARA, Turkey The new government founded under Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has won a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary General Assembly.The cutting edge of cold turkey The Burlington Free Press - Jul 24 1:20 AM
In the coming months, smokers will find it more difficult to locate a hotel in Vermont that will allow them to light up.Turkish football federation launches match-fixing probe Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - Jul 24 3:18 AM
ISTANBUL, July 24 (Reuters) - Turkey's Football Federation was set on Monday to appoint former chairman Levent Bicacki to lead an investigation into match-fixing allegations in the domestic football league.Turkey-Mango Pockets Kansas City InfoZine - Jul 22 3:04 AM
The following recipe pairs turkey with mango in a light curried mayonnaise and, for a change, uses a pita pocket rather than a tortilla.Football: Turkey FA probe fixing BBC News - Jul 23 7:14 AM
The Turkish Football Federation opens an investigation into claims that Denizlispor offered to pay opponents to help them avoid relegation.Mass of Lebanon evacuees pours into Cyprus, Turkey (updated 01:01 a.m.) Chinapost.com.tw - Jul 23 10:09 AM
Thousands of people fleeing Israeli bombing in Lebanon poured into Cyprus on Sunday in a flood of evacuees that showed no sign of slowing.Turks Massing on Iraq Border Kurdish Media - Jul 24 6:52 AM
July 24, 2006: It appears Turkey is preparing to conduct a larger anti-PKK operation in northern Iraq. The Turkish government told the US that (paraphrasing) "Turkey will decide (not the US)" if Turkish troops enter Iraq in force."Iraq to restart northern oil pipeline MSNBC - Jul 23 4:20 PM
Iraq has completed repairs to one of two sabotaged oil pipelines that export crude from its northern fields to Turkey and aims to restart the flow this week, Iraq s oil minister said on Sunday.Our Corner of Iraq New York Times - 28 minutes ago
While the Bush administration professes a commitment to Iraq s unity, it has no intention of undertaking the major effort required to put the country together again.Match-fixing scandal hits Turkey Soccer Way - Jul 24 1:57 AM
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has opened an investigation into possible match-fixing after reports surfaced that Denizlispor had paid players in an attempt to avoid relegation.Precious war medal sets world record price Independent Online - Jul 24 8:08 AM
Australia's last privately owned Victoria Cross medal awarded at the First World War battle of Gallipoli in Turkey has been sold to the highest bidder.Iran Khodro To Export Peugeot 206SDs To 39 Countries Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 24 12:28 AM
The managing director of Iran Khodro, a leading auto manufacturing group, announced on Saturday that the new model of Peugeot 206SD sedans will be exported to 39 countries including Russia, Turkey and Algeria.IRAN KHODRO TO EXPORT PEUGEOT 206SDS TO 39 COUNTRIES Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - Jul 24 12:28 AM
Trade / foreign investment The managing director of Iran Khodro, a leading auto manufacturing group, announced on Saturday that the new model of Peugeot 206SD sedans will be exported to 39 countries including Russia, Turkey and Algeria.Building for future, Turkey stumbles on its past Boston Globe - Jul 23 1:23 AM
ISTANBUL -- It seems a typical scene of urban decay: abandoned buildings, crumbling walls, trash, and broken wine bottles. Yet it's more than 1,500 years old. Engineers uncovered these ruins of an ancient Byzantine port during drilling for a huge underground rail tunnel.An arm and a leg for street food Baltimore Sun - Jul 24 5:35 AM
At first, the food court at Artscape seemed like a cornucopia of great international street food. Booth after booth offered such seductive delights as lamb shawarma, curried goat, funnel cake, shrimp on a stick, teriyaki chicken, hand-dipped frozen cheesecake and jumbo turkey legs. Search for purpose in life leads couple home - to Turkey The Daily Sentinel - Jul 21 10:15 PM
Chana Garrett is a long way from home. Her home in Turkey, that is. This Nacogdoches native, daughter of Bert and Charlene Rees, and her husband, Joshua Garrett, are here for the summer.Fletcher to the fore as Scots under-19s make semis Edinburgh Evening News - Jul 24 4:43 AM
HIBS young gun Steven Fletcher starred as Scotland's under-19s booked a place in the semi-finals of the European Championships, thanks to a 3-2 defeat of Turkey.Things Fall Apart The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 6:35 PM
DamascusTHE CABARET GIRLS ARE RUSSIAN, but the singer is pure Syrian--and also, says my friend Ibrahim embarrassedly, very gay.Mass exodus out of Lebanon winding down Independent Online - Jul 24 6:09 AM
The large-scale evacuation of foreign nationals fleeing the Israeli bombing of Lebanon has started to wind down as the latest group of 30 000 people reached Cyprus and Turkey.U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 2:34 PM
As of July 24, 2006, at least 257 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department.Evacuees say food in Lebanon scarce as UN aid begins Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 3:56 PM
Evacuees fleeing Israeli bombing in Lebanon said on Tuesday they feared family and friends they left behind were running out of food as the United Nations announced the start of a major relief operation.Match-fixing scandal hits Turkey TeamTalk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport - Jul 23 2:15 AM
European football could be facing a fresh match-fixing scandal after the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) opened an investigation.A report in Friday's Hurriyet newspaper claimed officials from relegation-threatened Denizlispor offered to pay three Malatyaspor players to throw a crucial match against Gaziantepspor on the final day of the season.It s two races for Spencer Times Leader - Jul 24 12:10 AM
LONG POND -- Jimmy Spencer emerged from the trailer, one race finished and another just beginning. Fresh clothes replacing his race suit, roast beef and turkey sandwich in hand, Spencer was quickly summoned by a SPEED Channel official to hurry to his now-familiar spot on the network s Victory Lane show.Humane Society accuses airline San Mateo County Times - Jul 24 2:57 AM
SAN MATEO The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA said Friday it will pursue animal cruelty charges against Northwest Airlines after thousands of turkey chicks died on flights to San FranciscoBrazilian Air Force jet evacuates 150 from Lebanon CNN.com - Jul 24 9:25 AM
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A Brazilian Air Force jet carrying 150 people fleeing Lebanon arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, part of a drive to help nearly 500 Brazilians escape violence in Lebanon this week, the government said.Canadian evacuees pour from ferry in Turkey after gruelling trip from Lebanon CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 21 12:59 PM
MERSIN, Turkey (CP) - Scores of Canadian evacuees from the Lebanon battle zone poured off a ferry Friday after a gruelling 24 hours at sea, many of them lamenting the chaotic co-ordination behind rescue efforts.Kerry Stokes Pays Record A$1.2 Million for Military Medals Bloomberg.com - 2 minutes ago
July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Kerry Stokes, who controls Australia's most-watched television network, paid a record A$1.2 million ($900,000) for a collection of military medals, including the highest British awards for valor.Celebrating Thanksgiving symbol Selma Times-Journal - Jul 23 10:30 PM
On Thursday, Nov. 24, most of the families in Selma, indeed, in America, will sit down to a festive meal with its main course - TURKEY, the species Meleagris gallopavo!US military to deliver relief supplies to Lebanon in mission shift AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 9:59 AM
The US military is winding down the evacuation of US nationals from Lebanon and will shift its mission to deliveries of relief supplies to non-governmental groups, a Pentagon spokesman said.Oil at $75 on Middle East violence Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 10:59 AM
Oil rose to $75 a barrel on Monday after the United States said an immediate ceasefire in the violence between Israel and Hizbollah is "unenforceable."T-Mobile Waives Call Charges for American Evacuees Cellular-News.com - Jul 23 10:34 PM
T-Mobile USA has announced that it is providing relief to Americans who are being evacuated from Lebanon to Cyprus and Turkey.Nations say many foreigners trapped in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 9:56 AM
Nations have struggled to reach citizens feared stranded by the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon as tens of thousands of evacuees swamped the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.Canada to attempt rescue in volatile southern Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 24 8:04 AM
Ottawa will send a ship to rescue as many as 1,000 stranded Canadians in southern Lebanon, the most dangerous zone in the war-torn country, according to a spokesman for Foreign Minister Peter MacKay.