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Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:30:49 GMT
Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday.

Iran offers more gas to Turkey (AP via Yahoo! News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:34:25 GMT
Iran is prepared to increase gas exports to Turkey after Ankara's supplies — along with those of several European nations — were cut due to a dispute between Russia and the Ukraine, an Iranian diplomat said Tuesday.

Lost turkey avoids being gobbled up for Christmas (BBC News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:53:48 GMT
A lost turkey is named after The Great Escape star Steve McQueen after it avoided the chop this Christmas.

France and Turkey willing to give monitors for Gaza (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:11:00 GMT
France and Turkey said on Tuesday they were willing to contribute to an international monitoring team for a cease-fire in Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive last weekend.

France, Turkey willing to give monitors for Gaza (AlertNet)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:06:08 GMT
Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Jan 6 (Reuters) - France and Turkey said on Tuesday they were willing to contribute to an international monitoring team for a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel launched a ground ...

Turkey holds suspicious Iran-Venezuela shipment (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:06:05 GMT
Turkey was holding a suspicious shipment bound for Venezuela from Iran because it contained lab equipment capable of producing explosives, a customs official said Tuesday. Suleyman Tosun, a customs official at the Mediterranean port of Mersin, said military...

Turkey Seeks Alternatives After Ukraine Gas Cut (Update3) (Bloomberg)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:25:56 GMT
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Turkey is getting more natural gas directly from Russia and may increase imports from Iran to maintain supply after Russian shipments via Ukraine were cut, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler said.

Israeli basketball team flees to changing room in Turkey (The Canadian Press) (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:33 GMT
ANKARA, Turkey - An Israeli basketball team fled to the changing room Tuesday as hundreds of fist-pumping, chanting Turkish fans protested the violence in Gaza.

Iran offers more gas to Turkey (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:20:37 GMT
Iran is prepared to increase gas exports to Turkey after Ankara's supplies _ along with those of several European nations _ were cut due to a dispute between Russia and the Ukraine, an Iranian diplomat said Tuesday. Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted the...

Turkey restores citizenship of celebrated poet (AP via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:06:21 GMT
Turkey restored the citizenship of its most famous poet Monday in a symbolic step meant to show it was addressing criticism of its human rights record in hopes of joining the European Union.

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