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Iraq asks Turkey for time to take steps against PKK (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:58:47 GMT
Iraq urged Turkey on Saturday to give it time to implement measures aimed at restricting the movements of Kurdish separatist rebels, a day after Iraq's president said a Turkish incursion was now "almost inevitable."
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James Brown turkey giveaway to continue (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:16:01 GMT
A Thanksgiving tradition sponsored by soul legend James Brown will be continued the first year after his death by civil rights activist Al Sharpton. Brown's annual turkey giveaway will go on in his absence Monday at Dyess Park in Augusta, Brown's hometown. As Brown did, Sharpton will give away the first turkey. Brown founded the giveaway in 1991.
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Turkey's Sureyya Ayhan fails doping test, faces lifetime ban (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:08:00 GMT
ANKARA, Turkey - Former European 1,500-metre champion Sureyya Ayhan has tested positive for doping and faces a lifetime ban.
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Pipelines helps Greece and Turkey forget old rivalry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:40:34 GMT
A decade ago Greece and Turkey were nearly at war over an uninhabited island, now a shared gas pipeline to be officially inaugurated Sunday symbolises a new spirit of cooperation between the rivals.
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Georgian PM Nogaideli: We stand by Turkey in its anti-PKK struggle (Hürriyetim internetim)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:53:07 GMT
Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli, in Ankara yesterday for official talks, told Turkish officials that Georgians stood by Turkey in the fight against PKK-backed terror.
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Turkey urges Kurd rebels to disarm amid Iraq tension (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:11:02 GMT
Turkey will not send troops into northern Iraq against Kurdish separatists should the militants disarm, ruling AK Party members were quoted as saying on Friday, in an apparent change of tack aimed at ending the border crisis.
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Iraq asks Turkey for time to take steps against PKK (AlertNet)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:57:15 GMT
Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Iraq urged Turkey on Saturday to give it time to implement measures aimed at restricting the movements of Kurdish separatist rebels, a day after Iraq's president said a ...
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Kiwanis host Turkey Bingo (The Record-Courier)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:34:12 GMT
The Carson Valley Kiwanis Club hosts its annual Turkey Bingo Saturday at the CVIC Hall in Minden. This year there are two sessions - 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. Bingo cards are 25 cents each per game, no limit to the number of cards.
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Turkey frying tips to save firefighters a trip (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:46:16 GMT
By JOHN AUSTIN ARLINGTON -- It was fry day for a group of Arlington firefighters at the department's southwest Arlington training site. The occasion: a safe-turkey-frying video demonstration in advance of the holidays. On Thursday, a pair of firefighters in protective suits, gloves and helmets lowered a turkey into a vat of boiling oil. Deputy Fire Marshal Keith Ebel talked turkey. "We're gonna ...
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Turkey dinner gobbling up more cash (The Buffalo News)
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Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:51:32 GMT
A Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner with side dishes and dessert will be 11 percent more expensive this year, the biggest annual increase since 1990. Depleted frozen-turkey supplies and rising energy prices are being blamed for the hike.