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Russia's Putin to Visit Turkey Amid Health Rumors

Source: Wall Street Journal, Nov 28 2012, 11:03am CST

By Lukas I. Alpert MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to Turkey next week, the Kremlin said Wednesday, marking his first journey abroad in nearly two months following a mysterious back injury that forced him to postpone numer ...

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Turkey: Artist stands up to be counted in protest

Source: The Scotsman  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:03pm CDT

Erdem Gunduz carried out his standing protest in Taksim Square in Istanbul on Monday night. Picture: Marko Djurica/Reuters PERFORMANCE artist Erdem Gunduz has become the new symbol of anti-government protests in Tur ...

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UN likely to expand peacekeeping force in Golan

Source: Voice of Russia  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:52pm CDT

Four U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack on Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity, just as the United States prepares for talks this week with the Taliban. Russian Foreign Mini ...

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Istanbul’s sights: The bazaar, Bosporus and tear gas

Source: The Washington Post  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:44pm CDT

ISTANBUL — A cruise up the Bosporus is one of the prime attractions of any trip to Istanbul, so we took the lovely two-hour ride Sunday. And just as the boat traversed the European and Asian sides of the Turkish city, home to so many civiliza ...

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Turkish Tailspin - By Aaron Stein

Source: Foreign Policy  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:43pm CDT

As the protests in Turkey enter their third week, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remains defiant, claiming during his weekly speech to the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) parliamentary group meeting that law enforcement acted with "c ...

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Russia to Hold G8 Summit in Sochi on June 4-5, 2014 - Putin

Source: RIA Novosti  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:23pm CDT

LOUGH ERNE, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - The next G8 summit will take place in the southern Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi in June 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday. © RIA Novosti. Group of Eight: Countries and Permanent Mem ...

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Russia's Putin torpedoes G8 efforts to push out Assad

Source: Straits Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:20pm CDT

ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (REUTERS) - Russian President Vladimir Putin derailed Western efforts to remove Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad from power at the G8 summit on Tuesday and, hours after meeting U ...

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Hamas Leaders to Meet Turkish PM in Ankara

Source: Rantburg  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:05pm CDT

Senior leaders of the Islamist Hamas terror organization will meet on Tuesday in Ankara with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a diplomatic source told the AFP news agency. The group's exiled leader Khale ...

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Silent standing vigils new form of protest in Turkey

Source: Voice of Russia  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:51pm CDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will undertake the primary responsibility for settlement in Syria, said Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference followi ...

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Russia, Europe to cooperate in lunar, martian studies

Source: Voice of Russia  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:51pm CDT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry will undertake the primary responsibility for settlement in Syria, said Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following a G ...

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Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks

Source: Los Angeles Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:19pm CDT

Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face meeting in a year at the Group of 8 summit of the world's richest countries days after Obama deepened U.S. involvement in the Syrian conflict. Aides said last week that the CIA ...

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