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US troops arrive in Turkey; rebels battle for airport in Syria - CNN Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:01:35 GMT

Voice of America
US troops arrive in Turkey; rebels battle for airport in Syria
CNN
(CNN) -- U.S. troops arrived in Turkey on Friday to man Patriot missile defense batteries near the Syrian border, Turkish state media said. The move was made after Syria launched Scud missiles at cities near the Turkish border. In response, the U.S ...
NATO Deploys Missiles to Turkey-Syria BorderVoice of America
US Troops Arrive in Turkey for Patriot MissilesABC News
US missile teams in Turkey, missiles come laterReuters
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Alawite Anxiety in Turkey - PBS Fri, 04 Jan 2013 23:07:02 GMT

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Alawite Anxiety in Turkey
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FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: Turkey is predominantly Muslim, but residents of the southern Hatay region like to tout its rich, historic, religious mosaic. Christ's apostles, Peter and Paul, spent time in Hatay's main city, Antakya, the biblical ...

Turkey: Military will keep fighting rebel Kurds - Yahoo! News (blog) Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:59:08 GMT

Haaretz
Turkey: Military will keep fighting rebel Kurds
Yahoo! News (blog)
Last week, the government confirmed that Turkey's intelligence agency was talking to rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan with the aim of convincing the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, to disarm. Ocalan has been serving a life sentence on a prison island off ...
Turkey ruling party sees progress in Kurd rebel talksReuters
Turkey Can Use Ocalan to Deal With PKKAl-Monitor
Official: Turkey to keep fighting Kurdish rebels even as talks to disarm PKK ...Calgary Herald
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Poulter hopeful of shaking off 'turkey' rust - Yahoo! Sports Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:25:56 GMT

Poulter hopeful of shaking off 'turkey' rust
Yahoo! Sports
''I figured I might as well knock some of the turkey rust off me and come and play for a few days,'' Poulter said Thursday before his pro-am round. ''I might be a little rusty, but I'm going to play and see how we go.'' With only a 30-man field, he ...

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SocGen to Resume Turkey Commentary as New Law Triggers Reviews - Bloomberg Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:43:05 GMT

Business Insider
SocGen to Resume Turkey Commentary as New Law Triggers Reviews
Bloomberg
Turkey's Capital Markets Law enacted on Dec. 31 stipulates punishment for “those who provide untruthful, wrong or misleading information, start rumors, or provide news, commentary, or prepare reports with the intention of influencing prices, values of ...
Now You Could Go To Jail In Turkey For Negative Commentary About Its MarketsBusiness Insider
Financial punditry reportedly criminalised in TurkeyFT Alphaville

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Singapore, Turkey reaffirm excellent bilateral ties - Channel News Asia Sat, 05 Jan 2013 02:58:44 GMT

Singapore, Turkey reaffirm excellent bilateral ties
Channel News Asia
ANKARA: The foreign ministers of Singapore and Turkey reaffirmed the excellent state of relations between their countries during talks in the Turkish capital, Ankara on January 4. Singapore's Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam and his Turkish ...
Singapore keen to begin exploratory talks on FTA with Turkey: reportShanghai Daily (subscription)

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US troops arrive in Turkey to man Patriot missile batteries on Syria border - NBCNews.com (blog) Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:10:03 GMT

US troops arrive in Turkey to man Patriot missile batteries on Syria border
NBCNews.com (blog)
The officials said that 27 out of an eventual total of 400 American service members tasked with operating and supporting two Patriot missile batteries were already in Turkey. The Patriots are a defensive weapon used to intercept and shoot down incoming ...

Turkey's Energy Challenges - CounterPunch Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:39:54 GMT

Public Radio of Armenia
Turkey's Energy Challenges
CounterPunch
Ankara will soon be confronted with some difficult foreign policy decisions that could affect its long-term energy interests. The discovery of vast reserves of natural gas off the coasts of Cyprus and Israel could oblige Turkey to resolve longstanding ...
Senate does not approve free frigates for TurkeyPublic Radio of Armenia

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US Patriot missile battery crews arrive in Turkey - RT Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:11:58 GMT

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US Patriot missile battery crews arrive in Turkey
RT
A group of 27 US troops has arrived in Turkey to operate NATO Patriot surface-to-air (SAM) missile batteries. At least six of those will be deployed along the country's border with Syria. The troops arrived in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on ...

Turkey breaks record in trade gap with China: Boss - Hurriyet Daily News Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:10:53 GMT

Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey breaks record in trade gap with China: Boss
Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey recorded a trade deficit of $76.7 billion between January and November last year, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute. During the same period, Turkey's exports to China were $2.5 million, while imports from China were ...