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    Many Still Trapped After 7.2-Magnitude Quake in Turkey

    Oct 24, 2011 12:28 PM EST

    A 16-year-old earthquake survivor is carried by rescue workers from a collapsed building in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on Monday. Photo by Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey Sunday killing at least 270 people, injuring more than ...

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    Erdogan Navigates Turkey's Rapidly Rising World Profile

    Sep 22, 2011 10:25 PM EST

    ... in this august assembly as a member of the U.N. RAY SUAREZ: It was Erdogan's latest move in a growing effort to bolster Turkey's standing in the Middle East. And it's gotten Washington's attention. Henri Barkey is a specialist in Turkish affairs and a former ...

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    Greece Moves to Avert Default, Car Bomb Kills 3 in Ankara, Turkey

    Sep 20, 2011 11:29 AM EST

    ... the explosion, though her role was unknown. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, Kurdish separatist rebels have carried out recent attacks within Turkey. Yemeni Forces Attack Protesters, Kill 9 Yemeni government forces fired on protesters with rockets and small arms in Sanaa in a third day of ...

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    Panetta to Address Defense Cuts; Salmonella Sparks Turkey Recall

    Aug 04, 2011 01:48 PM EST

    ... trillion in spending cuts, with half hitting the Pentagon. Meantime, two NATO soldiers were killed in separate insurgent attacks in eastern Afghanistan. Salmonella Outbreak Sparks Turkey Meat Recall Meat producer Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey because of a salmonella outbreak linked to 76 illnesses and one death ...

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    News International CEO Brooks Resigns, Turkey Hosts Libya Talks

    Jul 15, 2011 12:29 PM EST

    News International CEO Rebekah Brooks, the former editor of British tabloid News of the World, announced her resignation Friday after weeks of mounting pressure. Brooks oversaw the now-shuttered newspaper from 2000 to 2003, when it allegedly hacked into subjects' cellphones. Brooks expressed a feeling of "deep responsibility for the people we have hurt" in a...

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    Syrians Flee to Turkey to Find Shelter, Food

    Jun 14, 2011 07:45 PM EST

    Thousands of Syrians have fled to neighboring Turkey to escape the fighting between anti-government protesters and Syrian security forces, with more crossing the border every day. As of Tuesday, an estimated 8,500 refugees have taken up residence in tent cities in the southern Turkish border province of Hatay ...

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    Syrians Escape to Turkey

    Jun 14, 2011 07:22 PM EST

    An estimated 8,500 refugees from Syria had entered tent cities in southern Turkey by mid-June, and thousands more have fled to Lebanon, to escape the Syrian government's crackdown on the opposition.

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    Turkey Faces Constitution Overhaul, Syrian Refugees

    Jun 13, 2011 08:23 PM EST

    ... actively engage in the region, according to Barkey. But the region's instability is now impacting Turkey directly, with thousands of Syrians having fled to Turkey to escape the fighting in their country between anti-government protesters and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. For Turkey, that was a ...

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    New Wave of Bloodshed Hits Syria as Refugee Exodus to Turkey Continues

    Jun 10, 2011 04:00 AM EST

    JEFFREY BROWN: Turkey's former justice minister visited the camps today, and said his nation would continue its open-border policy. SADULLAH ERGIN, former Turkish justice minister (through translator): We are doing every humanitarian thing that is necessary for the people who have sought asylum here and had to come ...

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    President Obama Pardons Turkeys Named Apple, Cider

    Nov 24, 2010 03:25 PM EST

    ... here for some history on the event. Here's footage of last year's event. Apple and alternate Cider, both 21-week old, 45-pound turkeys were pardoned. The turkeys' names were selected from submissions from California schoolchildren. They will live out their days on George Washington's Mount Vernon ...