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New Euro Design Shortchanges Turkey (New York Times)
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:04:41 GMT

European Union countries have struck Turkey off the map of Europe as represented on new euro coins, prompting protests from some members of the European Parliament about a bias against Turkey, which wants to join the union. The European Commission had proposed a standard map of Europe that would include Turkey and other countries on the European Union?s borders, for a new series of euro coins. ...


EU wipes Turkey from the euro map of Europe (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:54:12 GMT

European Union countries have struck Turkey off the map of Europe as represented on new euro coins, prompting protests from some lawmakers about a bias against the potential future EU member.


Dee Brown headed to Turkey (Sports Illustrated)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:40:16 GMT

Second-year player Dee Brown will spend next season in Turkey.


JT may try again for Turkey's Tekel (The Japan Times)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:43:24 GMT

Japan Tobacco Inc., the world's third-largest cigarette maker, declined Tuesday to comment on a newspaper report it was a potential bidder for Tekel, Turkey's state-owned cigarette maker. Read more ...


Turkey weighs security wall on border with Iraq (World Tribune)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:36:48 GMT

ANKARA — Turkey is looking at a multi-billion dollar proposal to erect a wall along the border with Iraq.


IIHF World U18 Championship to be held in Turkey (People's Daily)
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:42:28 GMT

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World U18 Championship will be held in Turkish northwestern province of Izmit between March 3 and 9 of next year, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday. Besides Turkey, tea ...


New euro coin map excludes Turkey (Daily Telegraph)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:05:00 GMT

European Union officials have been accused of "political geography" after Turkey, but not the Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, disappeared from a map of Europe designed for new euro coins.


Top level bilateral talks on Turkey's EU bid: French FM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:13:23 GMT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday that he would meet with his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan to discuss Ankara's contentious bid to join the European Union.


Bowling: Turkey trip down the gutter (New Straits Times)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:15:18 GMT

THE national men's team's hopes of competing in their third European Bowling Tour (EBT) event at the Ankara Open (Sept 19-23) in Turkey were dashed by the unavailability of return tickets for the Singapore Open (Sept 18-29).


Turkey cut out of new euro coins map (Euro Observer)
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Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:41:45 GMT

25.09.2007 - 17:34 CET | By Elitsa Vucheva EUOBSERVER/BRUSSELS – Member states have modified the original version of a new euro coin design - already in circulation - by cutting Turkey off the map aimed at representing larger Europe.