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ISTANBUL - Hundreds of activists deported from Israel following a bloody raid by Israeli commandos on a pro-Palestinian flotilla returned to a hero's welcome in Turkey early today. Nine bodies were on the first plane.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc and several Turkish lawmakers welcomed them at the airport after Turkey pressured Israel to release the detainees, most of whom are Turkish. Others were from Arab countries, Europe and the United States.
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Libyan rebels, angry about a lull in NATO airstrikes on dictator Moammar Gadhafi's forces, are directing their rage at Turkey, the only Muslim member of the alliance.
Earlier this week, the rebels turned back a Turkish ship carrying food and medical aid to Benghazi, and on Wednesday they physically attacked the Turkish Consulate in the eastern city.
... necessary," Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said in an interview Wednesday. "We want thi...
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ERCIS, Turkey - Distraught Turkish families mourned outside a mosque or sought to identify loved ones among rows of bodies Monday as rescue workers scoured debris for survivors after a 7.2- magnitude quake that killed at least 279 people.
Rescue teams with generator-powered floodlights worked into the night in the worst-hit city of Ercis, where running water and electricity were cut by the quake that rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday. Unnerved by over 200 aftershocks, many residents slept outside their homes, making campfires to ward off the cold, as aid organizations rushed to erect tents for the homeless.
...Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the quake killed 279 people and injured...
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There is an international proverb that describes the inevitable end of terrorists: "Those who live with the sword die by the sword.
But the eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth motto of al-Qaida is no different than the extrajudicial execution of Osama bin Laden, according to those in many Muslim countries.
... world" said Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc. Last Friday, two imams in the U.S., travel...
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SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS
To the Colombian Embassy, a rose by any other name still spells free trade.
...* Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc of Turkey, who holds an 11 a.m. news confere...
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ERCIS, Turkey - Distraught Turkish families mourned outside a mosque or sought to identify loved ones among rows of bodies Monday as rescue workers scoured debris for survivors after a 7.2- magnitude quake that killed at least 279 people.
Rescue teams with generator-powered floodlights worked into the night in the worst-hit city of Ercis, where running water and electricity were cut by the quake that rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday. Unnerved by more than 200 aftershocks, many residents slept outside their homes, making campfires to ward off the cold, as aid organizations rushed to erect tents for the homeless.
...Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the quake killed 279 people and injured...
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... reaction came from Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, who called it an act of piracy. Erdogan cut...
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ERCIS, Turkey - Distraught Turkish families mourned outside a mosque or sought to identify loved ones among rows of bodies Monday as rescue workers scoured debris for survivors after a 7.2- magnitude quake that killed at least 366 people.
Rescue teams with generator-powered floodlights worked into the night in the worst-hit city of Ercis, where running water and electricity were cut by the quake that rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday. Unnerved by more than 200 aftershocks, many residents slept outside their homes, making campfires to ward off the cold, as aid organizations rushed to erect tents for the homeless.
...Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the quake killed 366 people and injured...
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ERCIS, Turkey - Distraught Turkish families mourned outside a mosque or sought to identify loved ones among rows of bodies Monday as rescue workers scoured debris for survivors after a 7.2- magnitude quake that killed at least 279 people. Rescue teams with generator-powered floodlights worked into the night in the worst- hit city of Ercis, where running water and electricity were cut by the quake that rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday. Unnerved by over 200 aftershocks, many residents slept outside their homes, as aid organizations rushed to erect tents for the homeless. Victims were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after over a hundred buildings in two cities and mud-brick homes in nearby villages pancaked or partially collapsed in Sunday's earthquake.
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...Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the quake killed 279 people and injured...
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By Selcan Hacaoglu and Suzan Fraser
The Associated Press
...Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said the quake killed 279 people and injured...