Eurasia Press & News
The jailed chief of Turkey’s Kurdish rebels remains a powerful symbol for fighters who revere him with a personality cult. But the guerrilla lieutenants who plot tactics from bases in northern Iraq are coming under increasing scrutiny as Turkey presses Iraq and the United States for their arrest.
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November, 2007
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7 November
46,000 Iraqis back in October
The number of Iraqis returning to their country after fleeing abroad is growing, with more than 46,000 people coming home last month, an Iraqi government spokesman said Wednesday.
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7 November
US agree to build ‘communication channels’ against PKK
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed Monday to establish an “operational coordination†system that will provide better communication to combat the
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7 November
Bulgarian Ombudsman office only institution without connections to former secret services
The Commission for declassification of the secret services archives of Bulgaria has so far found 620 former communist secret service agents, member of the commission Ekaterina Boncheva said. The only institution where there were no members connected to
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7 November
Israel accuses IAEA chief of playing into Iran’s hands
Campaigning for tougher sanctions on Tehran, Israel went on the offensive Tuesday against the UN nuclear watchdog, accusing its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, of playing into Iran’s hands over its atomic program. The campaign comes with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) poised to publish a new report on
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7 November
Turkey’s EU Accession Process: 2007 Progress Report
Good news: Turkey is on its best way to sufficiently fulfill the Copenhagen political criteria which concern the insurance of democratic standards, the compliance of the rule of law, and the implementation of fundamental rights.
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7 November
Saudi king holds historic talks with pope
Pope Benedict XVI raised the issue of Christians living in Saudi Arabia in a historic meeting Tuesday with King Abdullah, the first monarch of the conservative Muslim kingdom to visit the Vatican. During their talks, which also touched on conflicts in the Middle East, the pope
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7 November
Lebanese may have to wait a little more for new president
Speaker Nabih Berri declared on Tuesday that the upcoming parliamentary session to elect the next head of state would likely be postponed, as senior Arab League official Hisham Youssef arrived in Beirut for two days of consultations with rival leaders. “As we near the deadline for a new president, it …
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7 November
Bruxelles-ul renunta la criticile la adresa Romaniei privind combaterea coruptiei
Comisia Europeana a renuntat in raportul anual privind extinderea, publicat marti, sa ceara noi eforturi in lupta impotriva coruptiei de la Bulgaria si Romania, care au aderat la 1 ianuarie, transmite AFP. Intr-un proiect de raport asupra strategiei extinderii UE, Bruxelles-ul revenea asupra
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7 November
“Limba moldoveneasca” a trecut de Comisia de specialitate din PE
Comisia pentru Libertati Civile, Justitie si Afaceri Interne (LIBE) a Parlamentului European a dat la inceputul saptamanii aviz favorabil acordurilor cu privire la
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