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U.S. embassy in Ankara, Turkey hit by suicide bomber

Source: KansasCity.com, Feb 1 2013, 9:22am CST

An apparent suicide bomber struck the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara today. The State Department confirmed a 'terrorist blast' at the embassy, but didn't give any word on casualties. A defense official told McClatchy on conditi ...

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Global Insights: Syria Crisis Overshadows Broader Turkey-U.S. Tensions

Source: World Politics Review  |   May 21 2013, 8:43am CDT

At their White House summit last week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed the two countries’ “model partnership” as they jointly called for greater international efforts to end the Syrian War. T ...

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Death toll in Turkish balloon crash reaches three

Source: NDTV  |   May 21 2013, 6:56am CDT

Ankara: Officials say another Brazilian tourist has died of injuries sustained after a hot air balloon crashed to the ground, raising the number of tourists killed to 3. The balloon collided with another balloon mid-air and crashed dur ...

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"We are working closely with the Turkish national police to make a full assessment of the damage and the casualties, and to begin an investigation"


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Karsiyaka Dream Of Turkish Semis

Source: FIBA Europe  |   May 21 2013, 5:32am CDT

Team captain Ümit Sonkol was the top scorer for Karsiyaka in their Game 1 win over Fenerbahce EuroChallenge finalists Pinar Karsiyaka could become on Tuesday the second team to seal a place in the Turkish BEK ...

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Iranian spokesman to travel to Turkey

Source: Press TV  |   May 21 2013, 5:04am CDT

Araqchi is due to leave Tehran for Ankara on Thursday for a one-day visit at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Zeki Levent Gumrukcu. Araqchi , who is also Iran’s deputy foreign minister for Asia and Oceania, is expected t ...

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Turkey charges prime suspect in car blasts

Source: The Courier Mail  |   May 21 2013, 4:57am CDT

TURKISH authorities have charged the prime suspect in the twin car bombings that left 51 people dead in a town near the Syrian border, the state-run Anatolia news agency reports. The man, who was arrested trying to cross into Syria along with two ac ...

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U.S. races to beef up diplomats’ protection

Source: Arkansas Online  |   May 21 2013, 4:36am CDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012 file photo, a Libyan man investigates the inside of the U.S. Consulate after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Be ...

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Turkey sends political message as it boosts credit line to Egypt

Source: BNE | Business New Europe  |   May 21 2013, 4:00am CDT

bne May 21, 2013 Continuing the AKP government's drive to make Turkey a regional leader, Ankara is set to raise a $1bn credit line promised to Egypt this month by a further $250m, a senior official said on May 20. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali B ...

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Iran Viewpoint: The Price That Turkey Is Paying – OpEd

Source: Eurasia Review  |   May 20 2013, 11:19pm CDT

Since the ongoing crisis in Syria began, positions taken by the Turkish government on the Syria crisis have raised many questions and, of course, ambiguities among the analysts. The reason is that Ankara’s positions have been in co ...

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14 hours ago

embassies will get security upgrades

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune  |   May 20 2013, 9:41pm CDT

WASHINGTON – By late this summer, the U.S. State Department plans to send dozens of additional diplomatic security agents to high-threat embassies, install millions of dollars of advanced fire-survival gear and surveillance cameras in those diplomati ...

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