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Istanbul talks fail to make progress in nuclear... An apparent failure by world powers and Iran to make any progress towards resolving the dispute over its nuclear plans may increase U.S. talk of the need to step up sanctions pressure on the Islamic Republic.
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Iran meets 6 world powers on Friday, Saturday in... Iran said it had no fresh offer to make to revive a nuclear fuel swap proposal but was ready to discuss it in talks with world powers on Friday, and Russia said ways of easing sanctions on Tehran should be addressed too.
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EU in talks with Greece on continued Frontex help The situation on Greece's border with Turkey, hit by massive immigration, remains fragile and the EU is discussing with Greece how the bloc's special Frontex patrols could continue to help the country.
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Cyprus settlement key to Turkish prospects for... Rival sides in ethnically divided Cyprus have not made as much progress as hoped in peace talks but there is still hope for a deal, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday.
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Bulgaria also in preparation to fence border with... It turns out Bulgaria, Turkey’s other neighbor, is also planning to set up fencing to divide the border. However this time, unlike Greece, the reason behind the decision is ‘to prevent the spreading of foot and mouth disease’.
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Qatari, Turkish ministers met Nasrallah, Hariri Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had abandoned mediation efforts in Lebanon between Shi'ite Hezbollah and Sunni leader Saad al-Hariri over the killing of his father and warned that the country's future was at stake.
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Obama engagement policy has failed On the eve of nuclear talks in Turkey, Tehran's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday that U.S. President Barack Obama's policy of engaging Iran has failed and he is repeating some of the mistakes of his predecessor.
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Davutoğlu meets with Hezbollah leader While in Lebanon in order assist in reaching a solution to the government crisis, Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met with Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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Visa regulations to be lifted with Russia in two... With the signing of a mutual agreement between Turkey and Russia, today mutual visa regulations will most likely be lifted within two months time. The decision is expected to increase trade between the two nations and has excited tourism operators as it will go into effect prior to the start of the summer season.
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Tension on Beirut streets after Hariri indictments Lebanese security forces deployed in central Beirut on Tuesday and several schools closed in response to tensions surrounding a draft indictment issued over the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.
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Big quake shakes Pakistan; no casualties A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook southwestern Pakistan Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as New Delhi and Dubai, but doing little damage in the sparsely populated region.
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Region heads back Syria-Saudi mediation on Lebanon The leaders of Syria, Turkey and Qatar on Monday threw their weight behind mediation by Damascus and Riyadh to resolve the political crisis in Lebanon, the Syrian news agency SANA reported.
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Violence-scarred Tunisia announces new government Tunisia took a step toward democracy and reconciliation Monday, promising to free political prisoners and opening its government to opposition forces long shut out of power - but the old guard held onto the key posts, angering protesters.
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Three Turks killed in horrific fire in Germany A fire in the top floor of a four-story building in Germany’s Wuppertal town resulted in the deaths of three Turkish nationals.
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