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Kurdish student's execution halted in Iran Iran called a last-minute halt on Sunday to the execution of a Kurdish student activist convicted of "waging war against God" for supporting an anti-government group, his lawyer was quoted as saying.
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Turkey ties frayed, Israel turns to the Balkans Israel is boosting its ties with Balkan nations after a deep freeze in relations with Turkey, formerly its closest and strongest regional ally.
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Turkish Cypriot police: Alleged drug baron wanted... An alleged drug baron went on trial in northern Cyprus, nearly two months after a failed attempt to cross into the Greek Cypriot side, Turkish Cypriot police said Friday.
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Rome embassy blasts wound 2; anarchists suspected Mail bombs exploded in the hands of employees at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, seriously wounding two people and triggering heightened security checks at diplomatic missions just as holiday deliveries deluge their mailrooms.
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US encouraged pope to open up towards Islam and... The United States initially saw Pope Benedict XVI as a 'eurocentric' pontiff who was 'unlikely to cut a prominent figure on the world stage,' according to WikiLeaks documents published Thursday.
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US lawmakers avoid clash with Turkey, skipping... U.S. lawmakers avoided a diplomatic clash with important ally Turkey by deciding not to take up a resolution declaring the mass killings of Armenians last century a genocide.
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WikiLeaks to publish 'sensitive' Israel cables WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said his whistleblowing website plans to publish hundreds of "sensitive" US diplomatic cables on Israel, Al-Jazeera television reported on Thursday.
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Iran, Turkey boost ties despite Western pressure Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad heads to Turkey on Thursday for a regional summit, as the two neighbours bolster ties in the face of international pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme.
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Syria's Assad says West moving away from Turkey Turkey is playing an increasingly important role for regional stability as Western powers distance themselves from the emerging nation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in a newspaper on Tuesday.
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Iran ex-foreign minister says sacking 'un-Islamic' Iran's former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki has hit out at his sacking this week by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, branding the move both "un-Islamic and offensive."
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Swedish accusers may be victims in successful... WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claimed Tuesday that the sexual offences allegations against him in Sweden were a ''very successful smear'' - and he would not receive ''natural justice'' if he was extradited from Britain.
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Iran's new FM to bolster ties with Saudi, Turkey Atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi officially took charge on Saturday as Iran's new foreign minister and said Tehran's top priority will be to boost ties with regional power Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
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Obama says US-Turkish ties 'more important than... US ties with Turkey are "more important than ever" despite differences over Iran, President Barack Obama said, also urging Ankara to repair ties with Israel, in an interview published Sunday.
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Ahmadinejad: Brazil, Iran to host future nuclear... Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday that after the Turkish city of Istanbul, Brazil and Iran would next serve as venues for nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers.
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