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Jailed Leader of the Kurds Offers a Truce With Turkey - New York Times Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:15:48 GMT

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Jailed Leader of the Kurds Offers a Truce With Turkey
New York Times
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey — The jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on Thursday called for a cease-fire and ordered all his fighters off Turkish soil, in a landmark moment for a newly energized effort to end three decades of armed conflict with the ...
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Turkey may challenge Cypriot use of gas reserves in bailout - Reuters Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:57:11 GMT

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Turkey may challenge Cypriot use of gas reserves in bailout
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ANKARA, March 21 (Reuters) - Turkey could challenge any move by Cyprus to speed up offshore natural gas exploration as a way of attracting desperately needed investment to save its teetering economy, senior Turkish officials said on Thursday.
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Thieves Steal Entire Bridge in Western Turkey - TIME Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:50:02 GMT

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Thieves Steal Entire Bridge in Western Turkey
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Earlier this month, the inhabitants of a small village in the Gölçük district of the Turkish province of Kocaeli awoke to find something different. The village's main bridge over a local creek — all 22 tons of it — was gone. According to the Turkish ...

Turkey Kurds: PKK chief Ocalan calls for ceasefire - BBC News Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:29:27 GMT

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Turkey Kurds: PKK chief Ocalan calls for ceasefire
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The jailed leader of Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for a truce after years of war. Ocalan also urged the fighters of his PKK organisation to withdraw from Turkey, in a message read out to cheers during Kurdish New Year ...

Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan declares ceasefire with Turkey - The Guardian Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:59:14 GMT

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Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan declares ceasefire with Turkey
The Guardian
Kurdish separatists in Turkey are poised today to take the most critical step yet in efforts to end a 30-year conflict with the Turkish state when they call a ceasefire. Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK), is due ...

Kurdish rebel to call ceasefire in Turkey - Aljazeera.com Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:01:24 GMT

Kurdish rebel to call ceasefire in Turkey
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Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is expected to issue a "historic" and long-awaited cease-fire declaration that would be a major step towards ending a 30-year conflict that has cost tens of thousands of lives in Turkey. The expected ...

Turkey, Dutch Leaders Spar Over Boy's Foster Case - ABC News Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:04:37 GMT

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Turkey, Dutch Leaders Spar Over Boy's Foster Case
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte bluntly rejected an appeal Thursday by his Turkish counterpart for ministerial-level talks over the case of a boy taken from his Turkish parents in the Netherlands and placed in the foster care of a lesbian couple ...
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Cyprus: Turkey to the rescue? - Financial Times (blog) Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:41:39 GMT

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Cyprus: Turkey to the rescue?
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In return for its cash, Turkey would get agreement on the peace plan it backed back in 2004 and which was supported then by two thirds of Turkish Cypriots in an island-wide referendum. Admittedly, it was rejected by three quarters of Greek Cypriots but ...
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Nikko Bets on Malaysia, Turkey Debt Amid Currency War Concern - Businessweek Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:50:02 GMT

Nikko Bets on Malaysia, Turkey Debt Amid Currency War Concern
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Nikko Asset Management Europe Ltd. is buying emerging-market debt from nations including Turkey and Malaysia, betting their growth prospects outweigh the risk of competitive currency devaluations. The asset manager holds a greater proportion of debt ...

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Kurdish leader Ocalan calls ceasefire in Turkey conflict - Channel 4 News Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:09:43 GMT

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Kurdish leader Ocalan calls ceasefire in Turkey conflict
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Kurdish leader Ocalan calls ceasefire in Turkey conflict. Tweet. Imprisoned leader of the Kurdish rebels in Turkey, Abdullah Ocalan, calls for a cease fire - bringing hopes of an end to a bloody 30-year conflict. Please wait while this video loads. If ...