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Last year, President Obama pardoned a turkey named Courage, above, who got a trip to Disneyland. This year's turkey will go to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images. This holiday week seems to be regular fare for President Obama and ...
... with the accession criteria," said EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fuele in a statement. President Obama called Erdogan on Sunday, and "acknowledged the vibrancy of Turkey's democracy as reflected in the turnout for the referendum," according to the White House press office. About 77 percent of Turkey's voting ...
... Davos after this, because you don't let me speak. KWAME HOLMAN: This week, despite the tensions with Israel and the U.S., Erdogan said Turkey wasn't turning away from its Western orientation. At the forum in Istanbul, he said those who allege that Turkey has broken away from ...
In other news Thursday, there were services in Turkey for those killed in the Israeli sea raid off Gaza and delegates at a peace conference in Kabul agreed on the need to reach out to the Taliban to further the peace process.
... was one of them. RIYAD MANSOUR, permanent observer of Palestine to the United Nations: I think that you can assume that Palestine and Lebanon and Turkey would have liked to see a stronger text. An attempt for a stronger test -- text was tried, but we all know that the Security ...
... You know, they are an incipient nuclear power right now, and to pretend otherwise is just to fool ourselves. On the issue of Brazil and Turkey, I think this is good for the U.S. and it's good for the world. Brazil and Turkey are major economies. They're ...
In eastern Turkey, at least 57 people are dead after a 6.0-magnitude temblor struck at 4:32 a.m. local time Monday, about 30 miles west of the city of Bingol. Despite high-profile quakes in Haiti, Chile and now Turkey, there actually hasn't been an uptick ...
... Turkey and Armenia before the withdrawal of Armenian troops from occupied Azeri territory is in direct contradiction to the national interests of Azerbaijan," reported Reuters. Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan also said Sunday that Armenia must withdraw from Nagorno-Karabakh region before parliament will ratify the deal. "Turkey cannot ...
... build ties of cooperation between Turkey, the Iraqi government, and Iraq's Kurdish leaders, and by your continued efforts to promote education and opportunity for Turkey's Kurds," said President Obama. In general, the president spoke of Turkey as a "critical ally" and called the country "an important part of ...
... gang that couldn't shoot straight" for operating under the assumption that if you create a little bit of violence, the army will intervene. Although Turkey has had four military coups since becoming a republic in 1923, the likelihood of Turkey experiencing another coup is diminishing as it seeks to ...
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