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  • Israeli PM heads to Turkey for talks on Palestinians, Iran Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 43 minutes ago
    Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is heading to Turkey, Israel's closest Muslim ally, for a two-day visit set to focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and fears about Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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  • Bird flu hits third village in southeast Turkey Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 11:17 AM
    Bird flu has been detected among poultry in a third village in southeastern Turkey after the presence of the potentially H5N1 virus was confirmed last week in the region, a local official said.
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  • Report: Turkey Plans Oil-Gas Exploration Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 13 11:29 AM
    Turkey will start oil-and-gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, the energy minister said, according to a TV station, weeks after Cyprus announced similar plans in deals with Egypt and Lebanon.
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  • Legislation would allow dog use in turkey season Open this result in new window
    The Patriot-News - 38 minutes ago
    With Friday's deadline for co-sponsorship fast approaching, Sen. Roger Madigan, R-Williamsport, is preparing to introduce legislation that would allow the use of dogs in the fall turkey hunting season.
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  • Turkey keen on cooperation with Iran on energy Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - 41 minutes ago
    LONDON, February 14 (IranMania) - Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler said that Turkey gave importance to cooperation with Iran on energy, IRNA reported.
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  • Watchdog blocks Matthews turkey Open this result in new window
    Evening Standard - Feb 13 4:21 PM
    Food watchdogs have stopped the sale of two large consignments of frozen turkey products from Bernard Matthews, the Daily Mail has learned.
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  • Britain lets turkey abattor re-open after bird flu outbreak Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 12:08 PM
    British scientists gave the all-clear to reopen a chicken slaughterhouse next to a turkey farm hit by an oubreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, a minister said.
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  • Turkey keen on cooperation with Iran on energy, minister Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 13 6:08 AM
    Iran - Turkey - Energy Turkey's minister of energy and natural resources Hilmi Guler said on Tuesday that Turkey gave importance to cooperation with Iran on energy.
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  • Bird flu hit turkey plant to resume production Open this result in new window
    Stuff - Feb 13 8:13 AM
    LONDON: Europe's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, will reopen the turkey slaughter house today that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak.
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  • Turkey plant to resume production Open this result in new window
    Reuters.co.uk - Feb 13 4:35 AM
    LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, will reopen the turkey slaughter house on Tuesday that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak.
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  • Game Commission Offers Update on Wild Turkey Banding Study Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 12:47 PM
    The Pennsylvania Game Commission and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), along with wildlife officials in Ohio and New York, are continuing their joint four-year study to estimate the harvest rates of spring gobblers in each of the three states.
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  • Turkey faces looming water shortage Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Feb 13 6:31 AM
    Turkey, with its rising population, may well become a "water poor" country by 2030 and may even be facing a very serious water crisis as early as 2050. As it stands, Turkey's per capita annual water consumption limits are actually below those of Iraq.
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  • Turkey's Petrol Ofisi says CEO leaves post Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 13 12:33 AM
    ISTANBUL, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Turkey's largest petrol distributor Petrol Ofisi said on Tuesday its CEO Jan Nahum had quit his post to give more time to personal pursuits.
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  • UK Turkey plant to resume production Open this result in new window
    TVNZ - Feb 13 1:29 AM
    Europe's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, will reopen the turkey slaughter house on Tuesday that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak. It was closed and 160,000 turkeys at a nearby farm were destroyed after the outbreak earlier this month.
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  • Orhan Pamuk may have emigrated from Turkey Open this result in new window
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Feb 13 7:00 AM
    Pamuks friends deny information he has emigrated from Turkey after receiving threats,
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  • Experts of Janes center offer Turkey to open border with Armenia Open this result in new window
    PanARMENIAN.Net - Feb 13 4:15 AM
    "The most efficient way to resist challenges in front of Turkey is economic development of districts populated by Kurds.
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  • Bernard Matthews resumes turkey slaughter after H5N1 FWi Open this result in new window
    Farmers Weekly Interactive - Feb 13 2:33 AM
    Slaughtering has resumed at the Bernard Matthews plant at Holton, Suffolk, 10 days after the site was put under restriction following confirmation of H5N1 avian flu in one of the turkey houses.
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  • Accidental find alerted bird flu inspectors to suspect turkey imports Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 13 12:55 AM
    Britain was preparing last night to send a team of vets to Hungary to help pinpoint the source of the Bernard Matthews bird flu outbreak, as it emerged that inspectors only found out about the suspect turkey imports by accident.
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  • Industrial Nanotech Receives Major Order from Their International Distributor in Turkey Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 13 6:00 AM
    NAPLES, Fla.----Industrial Nanotech, Inc. , an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced an order from their international distributor in Turkey for more than 4,000 gallons of Nansulate, the company's patented nanotechnology-based coating with advanced thermal insulation and anti-corrosive properties.
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  • Cooked turkey from UK 'was safe' Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Feb 12 3:38 AM
    Cooked turkey products exported from the UK presented no risk, the government says.
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  • Special youth turkey hunts in spring Open this result in new window
    Crookston Daily Times - Feb 12 10:28 PM
    Thanks to the reduction of age barriers, hundreds of young hunters in Minnesota will get the opportunity to hunt wild turkeys this spring. For the 2007 spring wild turkey season, nearly 1,200 hunters under the age of 12 applied for a turkey hunting permit, with nearly 600 being selected.
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  • Allen, Turkey's Okur named NBA All-Star replacements Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 3:52 PM
    Turkish forward Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz and Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen were selected as injury replacements for Sunday's National Basketball Association All-Star Game.
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  • U.S. warns of rising terror threat to Westerners throughout Turkey Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Feb 12 1:58 PM
    WASHINGTON The United States has warned Americans to be on guard against terror attacks by Islamist, and leftist terror groups in Turkey. A State Department report said the Islamic insurgency has been emerging throughout Turkey including in Istanbul, the largest city in the country.
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  • FSA: No turkey product recall Open this result in new window
    Publican - Feb 13 12:59 AM
    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed that it has no current plans to recall any Bernard Matthews turkey products in the wake of the bird flu outbreak in Suffolk.
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  • Miliband defends turkey imports Open this result in new window
    ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 12 11:46 AM
    Secretary David Miliband has defended his decision to allow imports of turkey meat from Hungary to continue.
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  • Project can feed many: Canning project will switch to processing boneless turkey today Open this result in new window
    The Sentinel - Feb 12 9:18 PM
    BARRVILLE The Central Pennsylvania World Hunger Associations 2007 meat canning project switches to processing boneless turkey today and turkey will...
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  • Turkey says tough law hurts image, must be changed Open this result in new window
    Gulf Times - Feb 12 9:21 PM
    ANKARA: Turkey needs to amend a controversial law used to prosecute writers and journalists because it is hurting the European Union candidate countrys image abroad, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday.
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  • Erdogan Gets Little Support in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Angus Reid - Feb 12 10:25 PM
    (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Public support for a presidential bid by Turkey's current prime minister is low, according to a poll by Selcuk University.
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  • Turkey plant permitted to reopen Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 12 10:57 AM
    The Environment Ministry gave permission on Monday for a turkey processing plant shut down after a bird flu outbreak to resume operations.
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  • Did Matthews try to hide turkey imports? Open this result in new window
    Evening Standard - Feb 12 3:42 PM
    Details of suspect turkey imports from Hungary only emerged by accident after a delivery wrapper was found in a bin, leaks from an official investigation into the bird flu outbreak has revealed.
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  • Turkey plant can restart after bird flu Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 12 10:33 AM
    The government allowed a turkey processing plant that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak to resume operations on Monday, a spokeswoman for the environment ministry said.
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  • Turkey plant permitted to restart after bird flu Open this result in new window
    Reuters.co.uk - Feb 12 11:50 AM
    LONDON (Reuters) - The environment ministry granted permission on Monday to reopen a turkey slaughter house in Eastern England that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak.
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  • UK says turkey plant can restart after bird flu Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Feb 12 11:06 AM
    Source: Reuters By Peter Graff LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Britain granted permission on Monday to reopen a turkey slaughter house in Eastern England that was shut down after a bird flu outbreak. Europe's largest ...
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  • Hungary, Britain turkey trade investigated Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Feb 12 6:15 AM
    LONDON/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - British agriculture officials were investigating reports on Monday that turkey meat imported from Hungary was processed near a British farm which was contaminated by bird flu and then exported back to Hungary.
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  • Hungary-Britain turkey trade investigated Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 12 6:04 AM
    Agriculture officials were investigating reports on Monday that turkey meat imported from Hungary was processed near a British farm which was contaminated by bird flu and then exported back to Hungary.
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  • Nu-Train's Recipe of the Month: Touchdown Turkey Chili Open this result in new window
    CBS 46 News Atlanta - Feb 12 11:31 AM
    In this chili recipe we bench the fattier sausage or ground beef and send in the lean ground turkey instead. The result is sure to score a touchdown with any crowd!
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  • Turkey Foreign Min: Law Curbing Free Speech Should Be Amended Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Feb 12 4:54 AM
    ANKARA (AP)--Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul Monday expressed support for amending the country's controversial article 301 of the penal code, which has been used to prosecute intellectuals and has been blamed for the killing of a journalist.
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  • British plant hit by bird flu reopens Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 1:27 PM
    A British turkey processing plant which was closed due to an outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu reopened, despite continuing mystery over the source of the disease.
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  • Israeli Prime Minister Olmert Due In Turkey Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Feb 12 9:34 AM
    ANKARA - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will arrive in Turkey on February 14th on a two-day official visit. Olmert is scheduled to meet Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
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  • A.K.P. Will Rule A Second Term In Turkey, Merrill Lynch Report Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Feb 12 9:39 AM
    ISTANBUL - Presidential election in Turkey will be free of problems and concerns (that the election would cause a political crisis) are groundless, said a report made public on Monday by Merrill Lynch, a management and advisory company.
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  • Britain lets turkey abattor re-open after bird flu oubreak Open this result in new window
    Eu Business - Feb 12 12:30 PM
    (LONDON ) - British scientists gave the all-clear Monday to re-open a chicken slaughterhouse next to a turkey farm hit by an oubreak of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, a minister said.
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  • Iran-Turkey economic cooperation commission meeting due in Ankara Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Feb 12 5:49 AM
    Iran - Cooperation - Turkey Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, heading a high-ranking delegation is scheduled to attend the 19th Iran-Turkey economic cooperation commission meeting in Ankara next week.
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  • Turkey from bird flu farm exported last week Open this result in new window
    Daily Telegraph - Feb 12 2:19 AM
    Turkey meat from the Suffolk farm at the centre of last week's bird flu outbreak was exported to Hungary after the virus was discovered, it has been confirmed.
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  • Hungarian turkey not source of bird flu - minister Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Feb 12 1:36 AM
    Source: Reuters By Andras Gergely BUDAPEST, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Turkey meat from a plant near the site of a Hungarian bird flu outbreak was sold to various parts of Europe besides Britain, but cannot have ...
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  • Plant hit by bird flu reopens Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 6:43 AM
    A turkey processing plant closed due to an outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu has reopened, despite mystery over the source of the disease.
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  • Turkish premiere of the new Conecto low-floor from Mercedes-Benz at Busworld Turkey Open this result in new window
    The Auto Channel - Feb 11 10:30 PM
    Stuttgart, Feb 09, 2007 Mercedes-Benz Turk presents its current bus and coach portfolio at the first international bus fair to be held in Turkey, Busworld 2007. As well as a brand new product, the new Conecto low-floor, Travego, Tourismo and Sprinter are on display at the Mercedes-Benz stand in Hall 9. Mercedes-Benz Turk is the undisputed leader of the Turkish bus and coach market.
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  • Israeli spy's widow hopes Turkey can help return body Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Feb 13 8:36 AM
    Source: Reuters By Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The widow of an Israeli spy who was executed in Damascus over 40 years ago said on Tuesday Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had pledged to seek ...
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  • Turkey meat from bird flu-hit farm in Suffolk being exported to Hungary Open this result in new window
    EARTHtimes.org - Feb 12 4:25 AM
    Turkey meat from the bird flu hit Bernard Matthews poultry farm in Suffolk has been exported to Hungary even after the virus was discovered, it was revealed Sunday. The department of environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) is investigating into the matter.
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  • Miliband defends turkey imports Open this result in new window
    ITV.com - Feb 11 11:07 PM
    Environment Secretary David Miliband has defended his decision to allow imports of turkey meat from Hungary to continue, even after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the UK.
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  • British bird-flu hit plant re-opens Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 13 2:11 AM
    A British turkey processing plant closed due to an outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu has reopened, despite mystery over the source of the disease.
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  • Britain is powerless to stop turkey imports Open this result in new window
    Daily Telegraph - Feb 11 6:49 PM
    The Government has been forced to defend its decision not to ban imports of turkey from Hungary as farmers' leaders demanded an urgent review of the movement of meat into Britain.
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  • Supermarkets alert for mass turkey recall Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 12 12:40 AM
    The government's chief scientist said yesterday that packaged turkey meat might have to be removed from supermarket shelves in a mass product recall, as the official inquiry into a bird flu outbreak at a Suffolk farm widened.
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  • Accident alerted inspectors to suspect turkey imports Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 13 1:51 AM
    Discarded wrapper exposed meat's origins at farm.
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  • Turkey condemns terrorist attack in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Feb 13 5:30 PM
    Turkish Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Beirut, in which at least three people were killed and some 20 others injured.
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  • Turkey import ban 'against EU rules' Open this result in new window
    The Scotsman - Feb 11 4:15 PM
    DAVID Miliband, the Environment Secretary, yesterday defended the decision to allow continued imports of turkey meat from Hungary, even after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in the UK.
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  • CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-Citigroup Venture to buy into Turkey's Boyner Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 13 12:35 AM
    (Corrects company name to Boyner Department Stores from Boyner Holding in paragraph 6) ISTANBUL, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Turkish retail group Boyner Holding said on Tuesday it has signed a letter of intent to sell stakes in two of the country's top department store chains to Citigroup Venture Capital International.
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  • Citigroup Venture to buy into Turkey's Boyner Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 13 12:13 AM
    ISTANBUL, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Turkish retail group Boyner Holding said on Tuesday it has signed a letter of intent to sell stakes in two of the country's top department store chains to Citigroup Venture Capital International.
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  • Australia, Turkey in security agreement Open this result in new window
    News Interactive - Feb 11 2:39 PM
    AUSTRALIA will sign a security agreement with Turkey later today.
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  • Minister backs decision over turkey imports Open this result in new window
    Gulf Times - Feb 11 10:25 PM
    LONDON: The government yesterday defended a decision to allow imported turkey meat from Hungary, despite a suspected link between the east European country and a recent outbreak of H5N1 bird flu.
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  • UK defends turkey meat imports Open this result in new window
    TVNZ - Feb 11 1:56 PM
    The British government on Monday defended a decision to allow the import of turkey meat from Hungary after an outbreak of bird flu at an English farm that may be linked to an infection in the East European country.
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  • Disaster averted Open this result in new window
    Pocono Record - 3 minutes ago
    The driver of this heating oil truck wasn't hurt when the truck rolled onto it's side at Clubhouse Drive and Turkey Ridge Road at Winona Lakes Tuesday evening. The truck was carrying about 1500 gallons of heating oil but no leaks were reported.
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  • Birth rate goes down in Turkey Open this result in new window
    Turks.US - Feb 13 6:31 AM
    State Minister Nimet Cubukçu provided information on infant mortality, birth rates and maternal health in response to a motion from Republican People's Party (CHP) Aydın deputy Özlem Cercioglu.
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  • Bernard Matthews loses sales Open this result in new window
    Daily Telegraph - Feb 13 6:28 PM
    Bernard Matthews has experienced a "disastrous" slump in sales, following the bird flu outbreak at its turkey farm in Suffolk.
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  • Allen, Turkey's Okur named NBA All-Star replacements Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Feb 13 3:54 PM
    NEW YORK - Turkish forward Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz and Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen were selected Tuesday as injury replacements for Sunday's National Basketball Association All-Star Game.
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  • Ministers didn't stop imports of turkey from area hit by bird flu Open this result in new window
    Evening Standard - Feb 11 3:27 PM
    Turkey from Hungary was still allowed into Britain even though it was suspected to be the source of the bird flu outbreak.
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  • Bird flu farm resumes turkey processing Open this result in new window
    Evening Standard - Feb 13 12:42 AM
    A consignment of turkeys arrived at the Bernard Matthews plant in Suffolk this morning, hours after the Government gave the go-ahead to restart operations.
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  • Three hospitalised in Turkey over bird flu scare Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 10 12:24 PM
    Two women and a three year-old boy were admitted to hospital in Turkey after coming into contact with birds that could have avian flu, local health authorities were quoted as saying.
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  • Millionaire who built a 'bootiful' brand must move fast to save its public image Open this result in new window
    The Scotsman - Feb 13 4:20 PM
    HE SURVIVED the scorn of middle-class mothers when Jamie Oliver waged a war on his Turkey Twizzlers and he has shrugged off dissent from anti-GM and animal welfare campaigners.
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  • Polyplex Expects 15% Rise in Revenue With Full Operations Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Feb 13 6:22 PM
    By Krissana Parnsoonthorn, Bangkok Post, Thailand Feb. 12--The listed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film producer Polyplex (Thailand) Plc expects its revenue to rise 15 percent this year as its thin PET film plant in Turkey is operating at full capacity.
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  • Production back at turkey farm Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Feb 12 6:10 PM
    Turkeys are being slaughtered and processed again at the Bernard Matthews farm where bird flu was discovered.
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  • Australia, Turkey in security agreement Open this result in new window
    Northern Territory News - Feb 11 2:34 PM
    AUSTRALIA will sign a security agreement with Turkey later today. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, in Ankara for the signing, said the agreement would bring increased counter-terrorism cooperation between Australian and the secular Islamic democracy which straddles Europe and the Middle East.
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  • UK defends turkey meat import after bird flu scare Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Feb 11 8:50 AM
    Source: Reuters (Adds Hungarian Agriculture Ministry plan to file report) By Adrian Croft LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The British government on Sunday defended a decision to allow the import of turkey meat from ...
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  • Bernard Matthews turkey farm hit by birdflu restarts meat production. Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 13 4:05 AM
    Meat production back on at Suffolk Bernard Matthews plant.
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  • UK defends turkey meat import after bird flu scare Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Feb 11 8:06 AM
    Source: Reuters By Adrian Croft LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The British government on Sunday defended a decision to allow the import of turkey meat from Hungary after an outbreak of bird flu at an English farm that ...
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  • U.S. WARNS OF INSURGENCY THREAT IN TURKEY Open this result in new window
    Middle East Newsline - Feb 11 10:48 AM
    WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has warned its nationals of an insurgency threat in Turkey. A State Department report said the Islamic insurgency has been emerging throughout Turkey. The report said this has included Istanbul, regarded as the largest city in the country.
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  • Turkey says U.S. Armenian bill would hurt ties Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 10 8:35 AM
    Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Saturday a planned U.S. bill branding the mass killings of Armenians during World War One as genocide would set back Turkish-American ties and hurt U.S. interests.
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  • TURKEY PROJECTS CRUCIAL Open this result in new window
    New York Post - Feb 11 2:45 AM
    THE New York State Depart ment of Enviromental Conser vation is preparing for the second field season of two large-scale wild turkey research projects. The first project is a turkey banding program; the second is a statewide winter flock survey...
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  • What It Means To be A Writer In Turkey Open this result in new window
    Arts Journal - Feb 11 12:41 PM
    "A writer is always more than a writer in Turkey, much more so than in America. We don't discuss the writing, but we discuss the writer herself. Eventually, every writer has to face the question -- are you ready to be a public intellectual?"
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  • Meat plant hit by flu reopens Open this result in new window
    Gulf Daily News - Feb 13 6:18 PM
    LONDON: A British turkey processing plant closed due to an outbreak of potentially lethal bird flu reopened yesterday, despite mystery over the source of the disease.
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  • Turkey imports found accidentally Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - Feb 12 5:50 PM
    UK to send vets to Hungary to help identify source of bird flu outbreak.
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  • Preliminary tests detect bird flu in one more Turkish village Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 10:22 AM
    Preliminary tests have detected bird flu among poultry in another village in southeastern Turkey after the presence of the potentially H5N1 virus was confirmed last week in the region, the agriculture ministry said.
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  • Across the divide Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Feb 13 1:18 AM
    Turkish novelist Elif Shafak, 34, has published six novels, her last two in English. The newest, "The Bastard of Istanbul," was a success in Turkey, but ultranationalist lawyers brought her to court under the notorious Article 301, which makes it a crime to "insult Turkishness." Her crime: One of the characters mentions the Turkish massacre of Armenians in 1915. The ...
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  • Other cell-phone bans Open this result in new window
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
    Partial list of countries and cities that ban use of cell phones while driving (except hands free): Australia Brazil Chile Egypt Europe (many countries) Hong Kong India (some locations) Israel Japan Jordan Kenya Malaysia Mexico (Mexico City) Pakistan (Islamabad) Philippines Russia Singapore South Africa South Korea Taiwan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan ...
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  • Fredericksburg Standard Online Open this result in new window
    Fredericksburg Standard Radio Post - Feb 13 12:27 PM
    FREDERICKSBURG Band Boosters turkey dinner Sunday drew music lovers and food fans to the Gillespie County Fair Grounds Exhibition Hall where thousands of plates were loaded with turkey and all the trimmings for take-out or for eating here.
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  • Four Turkish villages quarantined over bird flu fear Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 7:01 AM
    Four more villages in southeastern Turkey have been quarantined over bird flu fears after the presence of the potentially lethal H5N1 virus was confirmed last week in the region.
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  • Tony Jackson: Transatlantic lessons to be learned Open this result in new window
    FT.com via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 9:14 AM
    In one of the first pieces I wrote as a financial journalist some 25 years ago, I wondered why UK takeovers of US companies so often proved disastrous. Of the many examples to prove the point, the most obvious - the grand turkey, as it were - was Midland Bank's purchase of Crocker Bank in 1980.
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  • Hunting Heritage Banquet Dinner set for March 10 in Mt. Vernon Open this result in new window
    Morning Sentinel - Feb 13 11:19 AM
    The Big Muddy Longbeards, the Mt. Vernon area chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, will have their 16th Annual Hunting Heritage Banquet Dinner and Auction on March 10 at the Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon. The doors will open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 p.m.
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  • Supermarkets braced for turkey recall Open this result in new window
    ITV.com - Feb 11 2:23 AM
    Supermarkets are facing a possible nationwide recall of processed turkey products in an attempt to halt the spread of bird flu.
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  • Wild-turkey fundraiser set March 30 Open this result in new window
    Lawrence Journal-World - Feb 10 11:59 PM
    The Hunting Heritage Super Fund Auction and Dinner, hosted by the Kaw Valley Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, will be held March 30 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2206 E. 23rd. The ninth annual fundraising banquet supports wild-turkey conservation.
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  • Valimo's Mobile Signature Solution Has Been Selected by Turkcell Open this result in new window
    SYS-CON Media - Feb 13 4:38 AM
    Turkcell , the leading mobile operator in Turkey with 31.8 million customers, announced that it has selected to work with Valimo Wireless in its Mobile Signature project. As a latest innovation in mobile technologies, mobile signatures will soon bring added convenience and enrich people's lives with enhanced security and convenient features in Turkey.
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  • Iraq Plans to Suspend Checkpoints at Syria, Iran Borders Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 42 minutes ago
    BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.
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  • Oil law vetoed despite precedent in mining law Open this result in new window
    Kavkaz Center - Feb 13 6:16 AM
    Petroleum reserves in Turkey are frequently brought into the limelight through statements that we have oil but it's not being used, foreigners are filling wells with concrete or our neighbors have it, so we should, too.
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  • Ankara Meeting Considers Ways to Confront Nuclear Terrorism Open this result in new window
    U.S. Department of State - Feb 13 7:55 AM
    A group of partner nations is meeting in Ankara, Turkey, to sketch out an agenda of future counterterrorism and nonproliferation activities to prevent and reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism. The February 12-13 gathering will be the second held under the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, a U.S.-Russian initiative announced in July 2006.
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  • Group gives teen scholarship Open this result in new window
    Neosho Daily News - Feb 13 7:44 AM
    Neosho High School senior Adriana Jones received some good news on Saturday during the fourth annual Indian Creek Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) banquet.
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  • Dindons Farouche chapter prepares for turkey fun Open this result in new window
    Opelousas Daily World - Feb 11 12:50 AM
    PORT BARRE - Verbis Lafleur of Port Barre and his son, Pat, remember turkey hunting when it wasn't fashionable. "There were very few places that had birds back in the '70s," recalled Verbis. "And around here, it was the northern Atchafalaya Basin. And there were very few hunters back then as well.
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  • Bernard Matthews farm cleared after bird flu outbreak - extended Open this result in new window
    Budapest Business Journal - Feb 13 6:00 AM
    Bernard Matthews Holdings Ltd., Europe's largest poultry producer, said the UK turkey farm where bird flu was found earlier this month will be fully operational today after clearance from authorities.
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  • Turkish bourse seen flat, retailer Boyner in focus Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 12 11:27 PM
    ISTANBUL, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Turkish shares are expected to trade steady on Tuesday after sliding in the previous session on weak foreign markets, although a deal to sell a large chunk of Turkey's leading department store Boyner may spark interest.
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  • Vodafone's Passage to India Open this result in new window
    BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News - Feb 12 5:08 AM
    Since taking over as chief executive of the British Vodafone Group in 2003, Arun Sarin has tried to refocus the giant mobile wireless operator toward emerging markets, where industry revenues are expected to grow at annualized rates of about 12% vs. just one-third of that pace in handset-saturated Europe. That's why over the past couple of years, the India-born Sarin has done deals in Turkey, ...
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  • More Iraqi Refugees Are Headed to U.S. Open this result in new window
    New York Times - 2 hours, 17 minutes ago
    The Bush administration and the U.N. have developed a plan that would bring several thousand refugees to the U.S. over the next 10 months, officials said.
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  • Ghost's of Turkey's past Open this result in new window
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Feb 11 1:11 AM
    A stranger has arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, an American college student who has come to the Kazanci family home -- a "high-ceilinged Ottoman konak that looked out of place amid five times as tall modern apartment buildings on either side."
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