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Iran again criticizes Turkey on NATO missile shield

Greek Cyprus FM seeks US support on gas

Iranian deputy Alaeddin Boroujerdi has criticized Turkey for its decision to host an early warning radar as part of NATO’s missile defense system.

Ayhan Çarkın, an ex-police offcier who has confessed to extra-judical killings in the 1990s, will lead prosecutors to the allged bury sides of the victims of two unsolved murders, intelligence agent Tarık Ümit and Behçet Cantürk. Çarkın to show graves

The 17 members of the eurozone pledge 150 billion euros in bilateral loans for the International Monetary Fund, a fresh resource that would boost the crisis-preparedness of the Washington-based institution. However, the stated target was to raise 200 billion euros – a figure that was not attainable due to Britain’s stance.European Union falls short on IMF loans goal

Oliver Guilaume, French chairman of Turkish-French Trade Association (CCIFT), has resigned unexpectedly from his post. A top business board claims the decision was related to the rising political tension between the two countries. Head of trade body resigns on tensions

Mercosur members to raise tariffs on imports

Mercosur trade bloc presidents on Dec. 20 agreed to individually raise tariffs on imports to shield their industries from a flood of cheaper imports stemming from the global economic crisis.

The Greek Cyprus foreign minister held meetings in the United States to raise support for Greek Cyprus’ natural gas research in the eastern Mediterranean.

The Egyptian foreign minister said on Wednesday that Egypt would not accept any interference in its internal affairs, in response to harsh comments made by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the way security forces dealt with women protesters. Egypt sees Clinton remarks as 'interference'

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Çarkın to show graves

12/22/2011

Turkey should recognize historical events: French minister

Turkey should recognize Armenian claims of genocide regarding the 1915 events, French EU Minister Jean Leonetti said.

İKSV volunteers work to save Emek cinema from demolition

A campaign has been launched by civil society representatives to stop the demolition of Istanbul’s historical buildings. The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts proposed yesterday to develop a project to restore Emek Movie Theater, iconic to the art scene

12/22/2011

POLITICS

Minister incites Turks to boycott French goods

ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News

Turkey’s EU Minister warns that ‘Turks decide on their own’ implying that they will boycott against French goods as they did before against Italy if France approves the bill punishing denial of Armenian ‘genocide’.

12/22/2011

POLITICS

Ankara hopeful French Senate will decline bill

ISTANBUL / PARIS

France’s Parliament is likely to adopt a bill criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as genocide, the head of a Turkish legislative delegation to Paris said yesterday.

12/22/2011

Egypt votes as women struggle for their rights

CAIRO

Egyptians turned out to vote again yesterday in the run-off of a staggered election marred by deadly clashes between protesters and security forces and the abuses of women protesters by the troops.

12/22/2011

Syrian turmoil hits Iranian technicians

Iran said yesterday five of its technicians had been kidnapped in the Syrian city of Homs, Mehr news agency reported, as Syrian forces killed 111 people ahead of the start of a mission to monitor President Bashar al-Assad’s implementation of an Arab League peace plan, activists said, and France branded the killings an “unprecedented massacre.”

Collective rule to govern North Korea

PYONYANG

North Korea will shift to collective rule, including his untested young son Kim Jong-un, his uncle and the military, from a strongman dictatorship after last week’s death of Kim Jong-il, although his son will be at the head of the ruling coterie, a source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said.

12/22/2011

Iran worried over plunging currency

MARC BURLEIGH / TEHRAN - Agence France-Presse

Iranian officials, lawmakers and media yesterday worriedly snapped their focus on to the sanctions-hit economy amid a sudden plunge in the currency.

12/22/2011

Greek Cyprus FM seeks US support on gas

WASHINGTON / NICOSIA

The Greek Cyprus foreign minister held meetings in the United States to raise support for Greek Cyprus’ natural gas research in the eastern Mediterranean.

12/22/2011

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New wave of leaked evidence alleges Yıldırım’s TFF pressure

Thousands of evidence of the match-fixing investigation leaks online, claiming Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım’s pressure over the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) officials. Seventy files were leaked online a day after being handed over to the lawyers of the suspects.

12/22/2011

Atatürk’s father’s house reconstructed

The Macedonian house of Turkish Republican founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s father, Ali Rıza Efendi, will be reconstructed like its original and become a museum.

12/22/2011

Health workers and other public employees went on strike yesterday to voice their demands and protest recent developments in the Turkish health system. Health workers, employees in public sector hold day strike

The President of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) François Heinderyckx said Turkey is becoming a regional media power due to its export of local television programs and the popularity of social media with Istanbul’s youth.Istanbul to be a social media hub

Former Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal paid a get-well visit to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan yesterday and the two politicians, accompanied by their wives, chatted for 45 minutes.CHP’s former leader Baykal visits Erdoğan

Iranian deputy Alaeddin Boroujerdi has criticized Turkey for its decision to host an early warning radar as part of NATO’s missile defense system. Iran again criticizes Turkey on NATO missile shield

France’s Parliament is likely to adopt a bill criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as genocide, the head of a Turkish legislative delegation to Paris said yesterday.Ankara hopeful French Senate will decline bill

Scribe roundup stirs backlash

The recent detention of journalists in the ongoing Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) case stirred fury across Turkey yesterday as their colleagues, friends and media groups staged nationwide protests.

12/22/2011

Traffic accident kills 25 in SE Turkey, 16 injured

A traffic accident in which a tractor trailor collided with a midibus causes 25 deaths and leaves 16 injured in southeastern province Diyarbakır. While, Governor Mustafa Toprak says they assume the cause was high speed, the road where the accident took place was reported to be a single lane due to construction.

12/22/2011

China yesterday warned about the risks of importing Iranian iron ore, the second major commodity from the sanctions-hit Islamic Republic under scrutiny as the two also tussle over oil payment terms. China warns of risks of buying Iranian ore

Turkey’s British Side Language School has geared up to offer tailor-made English language courses for students who might not want to enroll in the school’s more traditional classes. School offers tailored classes

The number of occupational deaths rose from 877 in 2002 to 1,444 in 2010. The reasons behind the steep... Occupational accidents kill 10,000 in ten years

China top patent filer in this year

Turkey gets F grade in English

A study by the research foundation TEPAV, which warns about poor foreign language skills in Turkish society, claims a better English education would support economic growth

12/22/2011

Iran worried over plunging currency

Iranian officials, lawmakers and media yesterday worriedly snapped their focus on to the sanctions-hit economy amid a sudden plunge in the currency.

12/22/2011

Aygül Özkan, a German politician of Turkish origin, has received email threats from neo-Nazis, German weekly Bild am Sonntag reported Dec. 19. Minister gets neo-Nazi mail

Writing history was not the duty of the European Union, the European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle said referring to France’s bill punishing denial of Armenian “genocide.” Füle: Writing history not EU’s duty

Egyptians turned out to vote again yesterday in the run-off of a staggered election marred by deadly clashes between protesters and security forces and the abuses of women protesters by the troops.Egypt votes as women struggle for their rights

Senior U.N. nuclear watchdog officials could visit Iran for talks, the agency said yesterday, a day after an Iranian envoy suggested Tehran would be ready to discuss international concerns and remove “ambiguities” about its atomic activities. IAEA plans to visit Tehran for nuke talks

Iraqi PM’s ultimatum risks deepening feud

12/22/2011

Army officials massage Panetta’s Iran remarks

The Pentagon and a top US general Martin Dempsey are seeking to play down remarks by Leon Panetta that Iran is just months away from producing nuclear bombs, saying Washington should not make any miscalculations over Iran.

12/22/2011

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The rise of Islamist parties in the Arab Spring countries has frightened Arab women who fear losing their rights as the movements “hijack” the revolutions...

Trailer released for Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit'

New Line Cinema released a trailer for Peter Jackson's new film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey."

5 NATO troops killed in eastern Afghanistan

NATO says five service members have died when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan.

EUROPE

Feminist protesters 'kidnapped, stripped' by Belarus KGB

MINSK - Agence France-Presse

Three Ukrainian feminists who staged a topless protest mocking the Belarussian strongman were 'kidnapped' by KGB security agents who forced them to strip naked.

BUSINESS

ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News

Russian parliament meets despite fraud claims

MOSCOW - Agence France- Presse

Russia's lower house of parliament, dominated by Vladimir Putin's party, on Wednesday opened its new session in defiance of mass protests sparked by opposition claims it was elected in rigged polls.

Russia frees opposition blogger after 15 days in jail

Russia on Wednesday freed anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny and other opposition activists after they served 15-day jail terms for taking part in an unsanctioned rally protesting election results.

Rapid growth fails to raise minimum wage

Turkey’s rapid economic growth admired and praised by the country’s private sector has not been reflected in the minimum wage yet, according to representatives of the Turkey’s leading labor unions demanding an increase of the wage to 1,000 Turkish Liras.

ISTANBUL - ANKARA

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China says Christian Bale should feel embarrassed

A Chinese government spokesman says Christian Bale should feel embarrassed for trying to visit an activist while he was in the country to promote a movie that China has submitted for an Oscar.

Turkish capital gets holiday treatment

Russia's lower house of parliament, dominated by Vladimir Putin's party, on Wednesday opened its new session in defiance of mass protests sparked by opposition claims it was elected in rigged polls.Russian parliament meets despite fraud claims

Egyptians returned to the polls on Wednesday in a staggered parliamentary election after five days of violence in Cairo that has cast a pall over the transition to democracy and drawn a U.S. rebuke of Egypt's security forces. Egyptians back at polls, calm in cairo after clashes

Russia on Wednesday freed anti-Kremlin blogger Alexei Navalny and other opposition activists after they served 15-day jail terms for taking part in an unsanctioned rally protesting election results. Russia frees opposition blogger after 15 days in jail

An observer team will head to Syria tomorrow to prepare the way for monitors overseeing a deal to end months of bloodshed amid plans by Damascus to implement the death penalty for anyone convicted of distributing weapons for “terrorist acts.”

5 NATO troops killed in eastern Afghanistan

NATO says five service members have died when a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan.

Feminist protesters 'kidnapped, stripped' by Belarus KGB

Three Ukrainian feminists who staged a topless protest mocking the Belarussian strongman were 'kidnapped' by KGB security agents who forced them to strip naked.

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Ankara prepares measures on Paris

Turkey is ready to take serious measures against France if it passes ‘genocide’ bill, while Paris says Ankara is bound by international agreements.

12/21/2011

Islamists hijack Arab Spring, says scholar

The rise of Islamist parties in the Arab Spring countries has frightened Arab women who fear losing their rights as the movements “hijack” the revolutions that overthrew long-time dictators.

12/21/2011

Ottoman emperor's design on display in Britain

British Portsmouth hosts an exhibition called, ‘The Big Guns’ from the Royal Armories national collection of artillery. The exhibition also includes war accessory designs from Ottoman Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror.

12/21/2011

POLITICS

Turkish Armenians condemn Sarkozy over bill

ISTANBUL

Prominent Turkish-Armenians have sharply criticized French President Nicolas Sarkozy for his stance on a motion criminalizing the denial of Armenian genocide claims if the French Parliament votes in favor of the draft bill Dec. 22.

12/20/2011

LOCAL

Intervention into prison protested on anniversary

ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News

On the 11 anniversary of a military intervention into more than 20 prisons all over Turkey to stop alleged protests of cell conditions...

12/20/2011

Turkey, Iran blamed for civilian deaths

BAGHDAD

Iran and Turkey’s cross-border attacks in northern Iraq killed more than a dozen civilians and displaced thousands.

12/21/2011

Japan picks F35 as new fighter jet

Japan yesterday chose the U.S.-built F-35 stealth jet for its next-generation mainstay fighter, as North Korea provided a timely reminder of the region’s potential for instability.

Afghan leader demands NATO to stop night raids

KABUL / ISLAMABAD

Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes.

12/21/2011

US firm comes for $1 bln investment

US-based Dow Chemical Company has agreed to invest $1 billion with local Aksa into a carbon fiber facility in northwestern province of Yalova.

12/21/2011

China rebel village to talk with gov’t

WUKAN, China - Reuters

An organizer in a Chinese village that has rebelled against Communist Party authorities for more than a week said yesterday representatives would hold talks with the government and demand a set of concessions in return for calling off a march.

12/21/2011

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Decisive report on match fixing leaked

Turkish daily Sabah yesterday released a supposed report of the Ethics Committee of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), likely to be crucial to the match-fixing investigation.

12/21/2011

One-third in world embrace Christianity: US study

A major study released yesterday puts the total number of Christians worldwide at 2.18 billion, or 31.7 percent - nearly a third - of the estimated global population of 6.9 billion.

12/20/2011

Former special operations police agent Ayhan Çarkın, whose confessions regarding extrajudicial killings had led to the arrest of a number of other operatives, testified to an Ankara court yesterday in connection with an interview he gave to a daily newspaper. Ex-operative gives testimony again

The company that has been measuring televeison ratings in Turkey says it will not countinue the job, leaving TV stations and advertisers without a rating systemTV ratings may go blank as firm stops measuring

On the 11 anniversary of a military intervention into more than 20 prisons all over Turkey to stop alleged protests of cell conditions...Intervention into prison protested on anniversary

Turkey’s strong support for the international recognition of a sovereign Palestinian state was once more reaffirmed by the Turkish leader during a meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday. Help vowed for Palestine

Gül’s bill call falls on deaf ears of Sarkozy

France’s President Sarkozy gives his Turkish counterpart Gül the cold shoulder, refusing to discuss a controversial bill penalizing denial of the Armenian ‘genocide.’

12/20/2011

BDP: Raids in KCK probe ‘civilian coup’

‘All those political detentions are being carried out as part of a concept activated not by the judiciary but the government,’ says Hasip Kaplan.

12/21/2011

Top executives from Saab Automobile, the Swedish car maker which announced bankruptcy yesterday, recently met with Turkey’s consulate general to Stockholm recently to discuss details about the company’s current position and future plans about Turkey. Bankrupt Swedish automobile maker looks for relief in Turkey

Japan yesterday chose the U.S.-built F-35 stealth jet for its next-generation mainstay fighter, as North Korea provided a timely reminder of the region’s potential for instability. Japan picks F35 as new fighter jet

Taiwan’s leading smartphone maker HTC yesterday hailed a victory following a “better-than-expected” U.S. ruling that it had partially infringed a patent owned by Apple. Taiwan’s HTC hails Apple patent ruling

European Union falls short on IMF loans goal

12/21/2011

AT&T drops $39 bln bid for T-Mobile USA

AT&T has dropped its controversial $39 billion bid for Deutsche Telekom’s U.S. wireless unit, bowing to fierce regulatory opposition and leaving both companies scrambling for alternatives.

12/21/2011

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Kosovo and Serbia Dec. 19 to reach a peace deal to ease tensions in the Serb-run part of Kosovo, warning that they won’t get into the European Union if they don’t. Punk will never die: Indonesian youth

A Yemeni military official says clashes and artillery shelling in the country's south has killed 16 al-Qaida-linked militants and four soldiers.Clashes in south Yemen kill 16 militants, 4 troops

Clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters demanding an end to military rule entered their fifth day yesterday, as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the beating of women a “disgrace.” Clinton pans Egypt’s ‘disgrace’ to women

The rise of Islamist parties in the Arab Spring countries has frightened Arab women who fear losing their rights as the movements “hijack” the revolutions that overthrew long-time dictators. Islamists hijack Arab Spring, says scholar

Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday demanded an immediate halt to controversial NATO-led night raids and for foreign forces to stop entering Afghan homes. Afghan leader demands NATO to stop night raids

Iraq tension further mounts as VP denies charges

The political crisis in Iraq further escalates after the government issues an arrest warrant for the vice president Hashemi after barring him from travelling overseas as political leaders call for urgent discussions.

12/21/2011

Observer team set for Damascus mission

12/21/2011

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Police take over guard duty at Turkish Parliament

Police officers began manning the guard posts at the Turkish Parliament compound today...

Iraq Vice President barred from overseas travel

Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has been barred from travelling overseas...

Automaker Saab files for bankruptcy

Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy today after attempts by Chinese investors to...

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ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

EUROPE

Belarus police detain journalists at topless protest

MINSK - Agence France-Presse

Belarus police detained journalists covering a topless protest Monday outside the office of ex-Soviet state's KGB security...

Religious Jews still try to segregate Israel buses

JERUSALEM - The Associated Press

Israel's political leaders and chief rabbis on Sunday condemned persistent efforts by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to shunt Israeli women to the back of public buses.

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

Government firm on reform drive

KONYA

BAGHDAD / RIYADH

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Government firm on reform drive

Police officers began manning the guard posts at the Turkish Parliament compound today...Police take over guard duty at Turkish Parliament

Turkish delegation holds talks in Paris

A Turkish Parliamentary delegation is holding talks in Paris in an attempt to prevent the passage of a proposed resolution criminalizing the rejection of Armenian genocide claims.

The head of Turkey’s Social Security Institution says the body was concerned patientgeneral manager might not be able to find some vital drugs at pharmacies.Dispute over pricing in drugs sector settled

Automaker Saab files for bankruptcy

Saab Automobile filed for bankruptcy today after attempts by Chinese investors to...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead

Kim Jong-Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69.North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il dead at age 69

Belarus police detained journalists covering a topless protest Monday outside the office of ex-Soviet state's KGB security...Belarus police detain journalists at topless protest

Iraq's Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has been barred from travelling overseas...Iraq Vice President barred from overseas travel

Israel's political leaders and chief rabbis on Sunday condemned persistent efforts by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to shunt Israeli women to the back of public buses.Religious Jews still try to segregate Israel buses

North Korea test-fires missile: media

North Korea test-fired a short-range missile on its eastern coast today, the day its leader Kim Jong-il's death was announced, South Korean media reported.

British lawmakers blame flawed police tactics for riots

A failure of police tactics during England's riots in August caused the unrest to escalate...

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Civic group presses for gun ownership control

Umut (Hope) Foundation, a leading campaigner for individual disarmament, hopes to get more strict control over gun sales to the new charter and will submit its proposal to the Constitution Conciliation Commission.

12/19/2011

Deputy PM Atalay denies reports of PKK contact

Deputy PM Beşir Atalay says the Turkish state and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are not in any official of non-official talks as the military launches another major operation against the PKK militants.

12/19/2011

How we make prisoners of ourselves, explains writer

Writer and psychologist Gündüz Vassaf examines the totalitarianism of everyday life in his book ‘Prisoners of Ourselves’ in English. ‘Totalitarianism is maintained through oppression and by the individual’s acceptance of a limited state of freedom,’ Vassaf says

12/19/2011

POLITICS

Interior minister criticizes media reports on beating

KONYA - Doğan News Agency

Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin has criticized the media for the coverage of a beating at a police station in the Aegean province of İzmir and asked if the accused police officers should be “hanged instead of being punished according to laws.”

12/19/2011

POLITICS

CHP deputy decries wire-tapping ‘gang’

ANKARA

A shadowy group equipped with high-tech devices is systematically wiretapping and secretly filming government opponents, a senior deputy in the main opposition has said.

12/19/2011

Economic inequality in West developed, economist warns

The US, the UK and many other countries have become less equal over the past 30 years, says professor Acemoğlu. It’s important we understand how this happened, he says

12/19/2011

Violence rocks Egypt as Islamists extend success

Egypt’s security forces and protesters clash for the third day, leaving 10 people dead and at least 400 wounded.

Bond yields in emerging economies promising

LONDON - Reuters

The bond markets of emerging economies signal higher yields next year, according to Nicolas Schlotthauer, a DB Investors fund manager.

12/19/2011

Barack Obama signs bill for $1 trillion of spending

WASHINGTON - Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday faced a new congressional gridlock over a payroll tax cut after he signed into law a $1 trillion spending bill, averting a government shutdown.

12/19/2011

Israel to release 550 inmates in swap deal

JERUSALEM / BRUSSELS

Israel says it is set to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second and final phase of a swap that brought home Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

12/19/2011

Poulter spoils Ogilvy party, Donald upset

English golfer Ian Poulter manages to close the year on a high note with a surprising Australian Masters victory over the likes of home favorite Geoff Ogilvy and world No. 1 Luke Donald. Poulter hails his victory as a ‘very special’ one.

12/19/2011

Pressure mounts over Manzano as Atletico loses to Betis

Atletico Madrid picked up its first home league defeat of the season after going down 2-0 to 10-man Real Betis yesterday to increase the pressure on coach Gregorio Manzano.

12/19/2011

Turkish lawmakers as well as business leaders will put more pressure on Paris this week to block the passage of a bill punishing the denial of Armenian ‘genocide.’ Turkey in full-court press against France

Building new nation-states provides no solutions for either Turks or Kurds, Selahattin Demirtaş, the co-leader of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), said via the microblogging site Twitter yesterday. No solution with nation-state: BDP

The Chamber of Agricultural Engineers (ZMO) has strongly reacted to recent media reports quoting experts who said children should not consume milk after breastfeeding. Fresh debate looms over kids and milk

Alexander Downer, special adviser to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said the Turkish and Greek sides of the Cyprus issue keep their position unchanged and warned that if this situation continued, the Greentree meeting with Ban might be their last meeting, weekly Greek newspaper Kathimerini s ‘Cyprus issue up to leaders’ will’

Controversy deepens on presidential term

The main opposition head has waded into the debate on presidential terms, saying presidents should be elected by Parliament and be limited to five years.

12/19/2011

Gov’t firm on reform drive

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu chaired talks yesterday in Konya on reforms sought by the European Union despite the standstill in accession talks, with EU pressure over jailed journalists high on the agenda.

12/19/2011

The bond markets of emerging economies signal higher yields next year, according to Nicolas Schlotthauer, a DB Investors fund manager.Bond yields in emerging economies promising

Turkish firms would resume operations in their previously-made investments in Libya, according to Mustafa Abdul Jalil, head of the National Transitional Council (NTC) in the North African country. Turkish businesses to resume work in Libya

The number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul was up 16 percent in the first 11 months of this year, official data showed. More tourists come to Istanbul

Barack Obama signs bill for $1 trillion of spending

U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday faced a new congressional gridlock over a payroll tax cut after he signed into law a $1 trillion spending bill, averting a government shutdown.

12/19/2011

F-35 faces headwinds as Japan order nears

An expected order of around 42 new F-35 fighter jets from Japan next week will be a crucial shot in the arm for Lockheed Martin Corp, but the company still has hard work ahead to hammer out an agreement with the Pentagon for its next order of 30 planes.

12/19/2011

Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Dec. 17 that Iran is in the process of manufacturing new assault unmanned aerial vehicles in the country’s latest claim of success in its spying war with Washington. Tehran to produce new raid drones

As US troops pull out of Iraq, the country looks likely to enter a new era of turmoil; the PM has called on lawmakers to end support for one of his deputies while the largest political bloc vows to boycott parliament. Iraqi politics crack as last US troops withdraw

Police opened fire on rioters in a town in the tense southwest of Kazakhstan, leaving one person dead and 11 wounded, authorities said yesterday. Police fire on rioters in Kazakhstan, kill one

Israel says it is set to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second and final phase of a swap that brought home Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel to release 550 inmates in swap deal

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said “the torch of freedom” has passed to the Libyan people and he pledged during a historic visit to Tripoli that the United States will do all it can to help the country move toward democracy.Panetta warns Libya on al-Qaeda leverage

Syria may sign Arab peace plan by Monday

Qatar has information that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will sign an Arab peace plan aimed at ending his crackdown on anti-government protests, al-Arabiya television reported yesterday, after the Arab League gave Damascus a deadline till Dec.21 to allow in observers.

12/19/2011

Violence rocks Egypt as Islamists extend success

Egypt’s security forces and protesters clash for the third day, leaving 10 people dead and at least 400 wounded.

12/19/2011

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Third day of violence rocks Cairo

Clashes between demonstrators and police rocked central Cairo on Sunday, in the third straight day of violence which has left 10 people dead and some 500 wounded.

Former Czech president Vaclav Havel dies: secretary

Freedom icon and former Czech president Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that won independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died today at the age of 75, his office said.

Red Cross says Philippine flood death toll rises to 652

MIDEAST

Israel unveils tenders for 1,028 new settlement units

JERUSALEM - Agence France-Presse

Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing published on Sunday a tender for over a thousand housing units for construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, the ministry's website said

212/18/2011

MIDEAST

CAIRO

ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency

12/18/2011

Blast hits Egypt's gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel

CAIRO - Reuters

An Egyptian pipeline carrying gas to Israel and Jordan was bombed today, the 10th such attack this year.

12/18/2011

US agrees to limit medical research on chimpanzees

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) will sharply curtail medical research studies using chimpanzees, humans’ closest relative in the animal kingdom...

Workers back from Grozny

Some 451 stranded Turkish construction workers celebrated their return to Turkey late Dec. 15 after the end of their ordeal in Chechnya, where they had been stranded without pay for months.

Clashes continue in Egypt

Freedom icon and former Czech president Vaclav Havel, hero of the Velvet Revolution that won independence from Soviet rule in 1989, died today at the age of 75, his office said.Former Czech president Vaclav Havel dies: secretary

Vaclav Havel, despite soaring achievements as a playwright, anti-communist icon, president and most recently film director, retained a modesty and bashfulness matching his fragile figure to his dying day. Vaclav Havel: playwright, prisoner, president

Clashes between demonstrators and police rocked central Cairo on Sunday, in the third straight day of violence which has left 10 people dead and some 500 wounded. Third day of violence rocks Cairo

Red Cross says Philippine flood death toll rises to 652

Euro ministers to hold debt crisis talks Monday: source

Eurozone finance ministers will hold telephone talks on the debt crisis on Monday, a government source told AFP.

Israel unveils tenders for 1,028 new settlement units

Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing published on Sunday a tender for over a thousand housing units for construction in east Jerusalem and the West Bank, the ministry's website said

212/18/2011

Winter scenes from Turkey

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Flash floods kill more than 530 in Philippines

Tropical Storm Washi blew away after devastating a wide swath of the southern Philippines ...

12/18/2011

ECONOMICS

PARIS / FRANKFURT - Agence France-Presse

ASIA

200 feared dead as migrant boat sinks in Indonesia

WATULIMO, Indonesia - Agence France-Presse

More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat packed mostly with Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday

12/18/2011

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News

At least two people died and 51 were missing in freezing water after an oil rig in Russia's Far Eastern Okhotsk Sea overturned today in the country's second major water accident since July. Two dead, 51 missing from Russian oil rig as rescue halted

Israel and the United States are determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and do not rule out any option to that end, Israel's defence minister said on Sunday. Israel, US 'determined' to halt Iran nuclear drive: Barak

Flash floods kill more than 530 in Philippines

Tropical Storm Washi blew away after devastating a wide swath of the southern Philippines ...

12/18/2011

200 feared dead as migrant boat sinks in Indonesia

More than 200 people were feared dead after a heavily overloaded boat packed mostly with Afghan and Iranian asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia en route to Australia, rescuers said Sunday

12/18/2011

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