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Kurdish Gains in Syria Rattle Turkey - Voice of America Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:22:34 GMT

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Kurdish Gains in Syria Rattle Turkey
Voice of America
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey — Kurds in the north of Syria say they have taken control of most of the region's major towns and cities from government forces. Turkey fears the twin threats of the Syrian civil conflict spilling over the frontier along with a ...
Explosion in Turkey shuts down pipeline carrying oil from IraqFox News
Kurdish rebels attack troops in Turkey, 19 deadChicago Tribune
Pipeline blast stops Iraq oil flow to TurkeyReuters

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US women's volleyball beats Turkey in straight sets - Chicago Tribune Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:13:08 GMT

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US women's volleyball beats Turkey in straight sets
Chicago Tribune
LONDON — Across the board, from coaches to players, the U.S. women's volleyball team said resting starters or taking a look at different playing combinations was never a consideration Sunday night. That, despite already having clinched a quarterfinals ...
Lindsey Berg injured in US routESPN
Olympics update: US defeats Turkey despite Berg's injuryMinnesota Daily (blog)
US women defeat Turkey in volleyballAustin American-Statesman
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Obama's baseball bat draws criticism in Turkey - USA TODAY (blog) Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:31:57 GMT

USA TODAY (blog)
Obama's baseball bat draws criticism in Turkey
USA TODAY (blog)
Whoever thought a baseball bat would cause a diplomatic flap? Lawmakers in Turkey are criticizing President Obama over a recent White House photo showing him on the phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan while holding a baseball bat.
Obama baseball bat photo draws fire from parties in TurkeyThe Hill (blog)
Turkey upset over photo showing Obama holding a baseball bat while talking to ...NBCSports.com
Turkey's fury at 'insulting' picture of Obama holding baseball bat as he talks ...Daily Mail
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Turkey's Antakya a refuge for Syrians - The National Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:28:54 GMT

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Turkey's Antakya a refuge for Syrians
The National
ANTAKYA, TUKREY // Before the uprising against the government of the Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, hundreds of carloads of shoppers used to cross the border each weekend to shop in the sprawling bazaar of the ancient Turkish city of Antakya, also ...

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Christians, Muslims and even a 'vegan turkey' seek converts at London 2012 - NBCNews.com Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:53:49 GMT

Christians, Muslims and even a 'vegan turkey' seek converts at London 2012
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LONDON — As hundreds of Olympics fans milled around them, an Italian dressed in a turkey costume stood debating the rights and wrongs of eating meat with a man wearing a sports-themed T-shirt proclaiming he was a member of "Team Islam." With tens of ...

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Report: Syrian astronaut flees to Turkey - Washington Post Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:16:05 GMT

Report: Syrian astronaut flees to Turkey
Washington Post
ANKARA, Turkey — Syria's first man in space has fled to Turkey and joined opposition forces fighting President Bashar Assad's regime, the latest in a string of high-ranking defections from the conflict-stricken country, Turkey's state-run news agency ...

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Turkey-Israel ties expected on Clinton's agenda - Jerusalem Post Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:54:27 GMT

Turkey-Israel ties expected on Clinton's agenda
Jerusalem Post
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit Istanbul on Saturday for talks with Turkish leaders that will focus on the situation in Syria, but are also expected to touch on Israeli-Turkish relations. The US has long been pressing its two ...

Turkey's Two-Week Offensive Kills 115 Kurdish Rebels - Wall Street Journal Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:58:18 GMT

Turkey's Two-Week Offensive Kills 115 Kurdish Rebels
Wall Street Journal
ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey's security forces have killed as many as 115 Kurdish rebels during a major security offensive over the past two weeks, the country's interior minister said Sunday. Idris Naim Sahin said the rebels were killed in an airpower ...

How the Kurds Have Changed Turkey's Calculations on Syria - TIME Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:03:20 GMT

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How the Kurds Have Changed Turkey's Calculations on Syria
TIME
For many years, the Kurdish tragedy was poignantly illustrated by the gifts and sweets stuffed through gaps in a barbed-wire fence, the babies held high and the news shared across the closed Syria-Turkey border. Every religious holiday saw thousands of ...

Lawyer who defended suspected al Qaeda militants in Turkey killed in Aleppo - Long War Journal Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:29:39 GMT

Long War Journal
Lawyer who defended suspected al Qaeda militants in Turkey killed in Aleppo
Long War Journal
Osman Karahan, publicly known as the lawyer defending al Qaeda members in Turkey, has been killed in Aleppo, Syria. Turkish jihadist websites announced his "martyrdom" today, saying it had taken place three days earlier, on Aug. 3. Karahan's death was ...

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