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Turkey Hill heads west (Lancaster Online)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:03:16 GMT

Lancaster County-based Turkey Hill Dairy continued its westward expansion Thursday as the company's ice cream and iced tea marked their first months of sales in more than 600 stores in Detroit, Indianapolis and Cincinnati.The move comes less than two years after Turkey Hill products fi...


Elections in Turkey: A Vote for Continuity (Scoop.co.nz)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:34:37 GMT

In Turkey's recent elections, almost half the voters opted for continuity and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won an impressive parliamentary majority (340 out of 550 seats in parliament) that will enable it to govern without coalition partners.


UN Body Says Turkey Forcibly Returning Iraqi Refugees (Nasdaq)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:17:22 GMT

ANKARA (AP)--Turkey forcibly returned 135 people to Iraq, the U.N. organization that protects refugees charged Thursday in a statement expressing concern for the returnees' safety.


Vizrt Election Graphics Sweep The Board In Turkey (Broadcast Newsroom)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:27:36 GMT

DMN Newswire--2007-7-26--Vizrt Ltd. (Frankfurt Prime Standard, Oslo Main List: VIZ), the leading provider of TV broadcast graphics, maps and asset management systems, announced today that its graphics has played a dominant role in the Turkey elections held this week.


Secular Turkey trounced (Al-Ahram Weekly)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:21:43 GMT

The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (JDP) was returned to power on 22 July in Turkey's general elections in a landslide victory that was as much a rebuff to the warnings of the country's secular establishment as it was an endorsement of the JDP's nearly five years in power.


UN concerned at reports Turkey deported 135 Iraqis (AlertNet)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:25:13 GMT

Source: Reuters GENEVA, July 26 (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency voiced concern on Thursday over reports that Turkey had forcibly deported 135 Iraqis to their homeland, including some who had claimed ...


Greece hails gas pipeline agreement with Italy, Turkey (Gulf Times)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:29:42 GMT

ATHENS: Greece yesterday hailed the signature of a tripartite agreement with Italy and Turkey on a pipeline that would give EU countries access to natural gas from the Caspian Sea region by 2011.


Iraq: UN refugee agency slams Turkey's 'forced return' of 135 Iraqis (Adnkronos)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:25:48 GMT

Iraq: UN refugee agency slams Turkey's 'forced return' of 135 Iraqis (AKI) - The United Nations refugee agency on Thursday expressed consternation at reports that the Turkish authorities forcibly returned 135 Iraqis to their home country earlier this week - despite some reportedly having claimed asylum in Turkey. "Given the current situation in Iraq, UNHCR is extremely concerned for ...


Turkey: Progress on national IDP policy paves way for further reforms (AlertNet)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:25:21 GMT

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre news Turkey’s internally displaced people (IDPs) face uncertain prospects as a recent upsurge in violence in the south-eastern provinces threatens to undermine the positive impact of major human rights reforms which have been adopted since Turkey became a candidate for EU membership in 1999.


Turkey may cut spending in Sept - senior official (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:34:14 GMT

ANKARA, July 26 - Turkey may take extra fiscal steps such as cutting or freezing some expenditure after reviewing the August budget results and after talks with the IMF, a senior economic official told Reuters on Thursday.