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Prince Charles tours ancient Greek city in Turkey (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:37:50 GMT
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla on Tuesday toured the ancient Greek-Roman city of Ephesus on the second leg of a five-day visit to Turkey.

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Merkel's CDU Toughens Opposition to Turkey's EU Membership Bid (Bloomberg.com)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:26 GMT
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats are stiffening their opposition to Turkey's bid to join the European Union to reassure core voters before four state elections next year, a senior lawmaker said.

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European Rts Court: Turkey Police Custody Length "Abusive" -AFP (Nasdaq)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:26:26 GMT
STRASBOURG (AFP)--The European Court of Human Rights Tuesday condemned Turkey in two rulings for its "abusive" length of police custody for Turks suspected of supporting a Kurdish separatist party.

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Turkey's TAV, India firms to bid in Noida project (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:23:44 GMT
ISTANBUL, Nov 27 - Turkey's TAV Holding has signed a preliminary agreement with India's IL&FS Transport Network Ltd. and Parsvnath Developers to bid in the Greater Noida Airport project, TAV said on Tuesday.

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Vodafone Turkey Deploys Tektronix’ Unified Assurance (BillingWorld)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:11:43 GMT
Tektronix Inc. said it is deploying its GeoProbe network assurance platform and Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) product by Vodafone Turkey. Both GeoProbe and APM are part of Tektronix’ Unified Assurance suite of applications for management of next generation converged networks.

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Turkey's TAV, Indian firms to bid in Noida project (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:45:27 GMT
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's TAV Holding has signed a preliminary agreement with India's IL&FS Transport Network Ltd. and Parsvnath Developers to bid for the Greater Noida Airport project near Delhi, TAV said on Tuesday.

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Turkey Sets House Ablaze (WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:54:03 GMT
Firefighters said they responded to a big house fire in Washington County Monday night -- all because of a turkey.

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Turkey Tournament: Tornadoes storm past Sesser for title (Benton Evening News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:08:15 GMT
CHRISTOPHER - In the first of what could be five meetings between the two teams in 2007-08, Zeigler-Royalton defeated Sesser-Valier 70-57 Saturday night in the final of the 33rd annual Christopher Turkey Tournament.

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Turkey fryer indoors led to Washington Co. fire (Centre Daily Times)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:32:49 GMT
Washington County authorities say a man trying to deep-fry a turkey instead wound up destroying his home.

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Turkey Broadened Fundamental Rights, Freedom While Combatting Terrorism, Gul (TurkishPress.com)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:29:24 GMT
PARIS - Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Tuesday that Turkey has never weakened democracy while fighting terrorism and added that Turkey has broadened fundamental rights and freedom while several countries restrained them in the name of fight against terrorism.