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Merkel criticizes Turkey on Cyprus peace efforts German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday criticized Turkey and Turkish Cypriots for not doing enough to help achieve a deal to reunify Cyprus and pledged to speak to Turkish officials to boost ongoing peace talks.
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Floods hit empty Brisbane; 20,000 homes in danger Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what could be Brisbane's most devastating floods in a century.
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Iran Air crash toll rises to 77, eight critical At least 77 people were killed in Sunday's passenger plane crash in northwestern Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
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Visa regulations with Yemen to soon be lifted During President Gül’s official trip to Yemen an agreement was reached to lift visa regulations between the two nations.
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Clinton presses Persian Gulf countries on Iran U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that the world must keep pressure on Iran over its suspect nuclear program despite recent estimates that the country may be further behind in efforts to develop atomic weapons than previously thought.
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Germany takes over custody of child while still in... Bahar Göçer had handed over three of her previous children to the state, claiming she was unfit to take care of them. Her older son is in prison and her daughter is in a state dormitory. The government has now taken over custody of her sixth child, claiming she is unable to uphold a family.
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Turkey not opposed to Greek border barrier plan Turkey voiced no opposition on Friday to Greece's plans for a barrier on parts of their shared border to stem illegal immigration to the European Union, as the two countries pledged to step up cooperation.
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German journalist arrested on Greek-Turkish border A German journalist was arrested in Greece on Friday after being caught in a restricted military area on the border with Turkey, Greek police said.
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EU weighs Kosovo organ harvesting trial EU justice officials were to decide in two weeks whether to bring to trial seven people including an Israeli man and a doctor dubbed the "Turkish Frankenstein" suspected of organ-trafficking in Kosovo, a lawyer said Friday.
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U.N. refugee agency warns on Greek anti-migrant... The U.N. refugee agency voiced concern on Friday that Greece's proposed 12.5 km-long fence at its border with Turkey will shut out asylum-seekers fleeing violence and abuse in their troubled homelands.
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Clinton to visit Gulf states The Obama administration is sending Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Persian Gulf region this weekend to shore up relations with U.S. allies there as fears about Iran's nuclear program mount.
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Three important messages for Papandreou Prime Minister Erdoğan, who will be hosting his Greek counterpart in Erzurum today, will be relaying the following messages to Athens: “From here on out, let’s make the Aegean a sea of peace. With the High Level Strategic Cooperation Council we can activate economic relations.”
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Germany closes 4,700 farms in dioxin scare Germany shut down more than 4,700 farms and related businesses late Thursday after tests showed animal feed had been contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical. "4,709 farms and businesses are currently closed," including 4,468 in the state of Lower Saxony, northwest Germany, the agriculture ministry said in a statement late Thursday.
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Israel asks U.S. to ban Turk group behind Gaza... Israel has asked the United States to consider outlawing the Turkish Islamist group behind a flotilla that tried to break Israel's blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in May, Israeli officials said on Wednesday.
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