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Turkey wants safe haven for refugees in Syria. Will UN – or NATO – oblige? - Christian Science Monitor Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:51:20 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Turkey wants safe haven for refugees in Syria. Will UN – or NATO – oblige? Christian Science Monitor With Turkey already at the threshold of 100,000 Syrian refugees, which Turkish officials have suggested could be their country's limit, Syria's neighbors will be looking to a high-level United Nations meeting this week to find ways to address Syria's ... 10000 Syrian refugees stuck at Turkish borderUSA TODAY Turkey says world must share Syrian refugee burdenReuters Struggling to cope, Turkey stops refugees on Syrian borderChicago Tribune all 887 news articles »

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Basci Signals Rate Cuts as Growth Outlook Worsens: Turkey Credit - Businessweek Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:23:04 GMT

Basci Signals Rate Cuts as Growth Outlook Worsens: Turkey Credit Businessweek Turkey's central bank is lending at the cheapest rates in nine months after saying the economy may be slow to recover from the lowest growth rate in three years. Borrowing costs for the country's banks were 6.43 percent yesterday, the lowest since Nov. DIARY - Turkey - to Nov 20Reuters Africa all 6 news articles »

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Turkey says world must share Syrian refugee burden - Chicago Tribune Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:11:49 GMT

Turkey says world must share Syrian refugee burden Chicago Tribune ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday called for more help from other countries with a growing Syrian refugee crisis and said Ankara would stress this at a U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria later this week.

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Turkey's TAV aims to buy rest of its Havas unit soon - Reuters Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:49:47 GMT

Turkey's TAV aims to buy rest of its Havas unit soon Reuters L) and Turkey's Is Girisim Sermayesi Yatirim Ortakligi (ISGSY.IS) in 2009, when the unit was valued at 180 million euros ($225 million). TAV said on August 24 it had begun talks with HSBC and Is Girisim about buying their stake in Havas. "Falling ... and more »

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Fire shuts Iraqi crude oil pipeline to Turkey - Reuters Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:01:43 GMT

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Fire shuts Iraqi crude oil pipeline to Turkey Reuters (Adds details, background, quote). By Seyhmus Cakan. DIYARBAKIR, Turkey Aug 27 (Reuters) - A fire on a pipeline carrying about a quarter of Iraq's oil exports forced the closure of the link on Monday and halted loading at Turkey's Ceyhan export ... Blast halts oil flow from Turkey-Iraq pipeline: sourcesAFP all 45 news articles »

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Researchers identify present day Turkey as origin of Indo-European languages - Washington Post Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:32:06 GMT

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Researchers identify present day Turkey as origin of Indo-European languages Washington Post By using novel methods developed for tracing the origins of virus outbreaks, researchers say they have identified present-day Turkey as the homeland of the Indo-European language family. The international team, led by Quentin Atkinson, a senior ... Hindi originated in Turkey?Zee News Tower of Babel? Why Groundbreaking New Finds Have Scientists Saying the ...iScienceTimes.com Is Turkey the birthplace of the English language?Times of Malta Voice of America -Christian Science Monitor all 78 news articles »

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Turkey - Factors to Watch on Aug 27 - Reuters Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:01:41 GMT

Turkey - Factors to Watch on Aug 27 Reuters ISTANBUL Aug 27 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Monday. The lira was at 1.7980 against the dollar at 0530 GMT, little changed from 1.7975 late on Friday. The yield on Turkey's two-year ... and more »

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Al-Qaida marching into Syria – through Turkey - WND.com Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:47:50 GMT

Al-Qaida marching into Syria – through Turkey WND.com WASHINGTON – Al-Qaida is moving through Turkey into Syria to join the effort to oust the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but Turkish officials reportedly are ignoring this influx of Islamist militants, reinforcing claims by the al-Assad ... and more »

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Turkey Industrial Confidence Falls to Lowest Since January - Businessweek Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:50:57 GMT

Turkey Industrial Confidence Falls to Lowest Since January Businessweek Economic data show Turkey's economy is cooling and the central bank will gradually lower borrowing costs to stimulate demand, central bank Governor Erdem Basci told reporters on Aug. 25. Business conditions deteriorated in July, when the purchasing ...

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Turkey peculiarly absent from Tehran - Asia Times Online Mon, 27 Aug 2012 08:15:54 GMT

Turkey peculiarly absent from Tehran Asia Times Online Tehran has called for a serious discussion of the Syrian conflict on the summit's sideline, in light of the participation of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi, who has proposed a Syria contact group consisting of Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran ... and more »