- Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 15:42
- Europe, Uncategorized
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Turkey emerges as new power of Muslim world
Exasperated by Israel’s intransigence and its refusal to apologise and pay compensation to the families of those killed in the Israeli raid on the flotilla, Turkey ......
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- Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:59
- Europe
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A former spokesman for Tony Blair, the British prime minister who decided to go to war in Iraq in 2003, has defended a dossier used to justify the case for entering the conflict.
Alastair Campbell told a public inquiry into the war on Tuesday that the document, which claimed Iraq could launch weapons within 45 minutes, was a "serious, solid piece of work".
He also denied a previous ...
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- Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:58
- Europe, Middle East
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Turkey has accepted an official apology from Israel over the treatment of its ambassador, with the Israeli prime minister expressing the hope it would end the latest row between the two countries.
Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy foreign minister, embarrassed Oguz Celikkol, the Turkish envoy, on Monday, making him sit on a low couch and removing the Turkish flag from the table in a meeting called ...
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- Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:57
- Europe
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An Islamist group that planned to march through an English town known for honouring dead British soldiers is to be banned by the British government under counter terrorism laws.
Alan Johnson, the home secretary, said on Tuesday that the new order would make it illegal to join Islam4UK, also known as al Muhajiroun.
"I have ... laid an order which will proscribe Al Muhajiroun, Islam4UK, and a ...
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- Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:56
- Europe
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The Ukrainian prime minister has accused her main rival in the country's upcoming presidential elections of preparing "massive" electoral fraud, as tensions in the lead up to Sunday's poll escalate.
Yulia Tymoshenko claimed supporters of Viktor Yanukovich, the election front-runner, were going to organise vote-rigging in the Donetsk region, in the country's east, the former prime minister's main power base.
"A conscious disruption of the election process is ...
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- Friday, January 15, 2010, 11:54
- Europe, Middle East
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Fifty parliamentarians from across Europe are on their way to the Gaza Strip to assess conditions in the Palestinian enclave following the Israeli offensive a year ago, sources say.
That military assault left hundreds dead and damaged millions of dollars worth of infrastructure.
The delegation, organised by the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG), is due to arrive in Egypt on Thursday, from where they will ...
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