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• Istanbul conference seeks to help Somalia

  country needs its own strong force to do the job, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday.Ban spoke spoke at a conference in Istanbul that aims to support Somalia in a transition process calling for a new constitution and parliament, and the election 6:44 AM Read more »

• Turkish court charges Israeli military members

  aboard a Turkish ship trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza in 2010, Turkey 's state-run news agency said.The court in Istanbul voted unanimously to approve an indictment against Israel's former military chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, along with the heads   Read more »

• Turkey arts under pressure from conservative gov't

  But Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday backed a move by Istanbul 's Islamist mayor to take over decision-making at Istanbul City Theaters, a theater troupe which is funded by the city and staged the play that outraged conservative critics. Erdogan   Read more »

• Gulf fund's problems highlight Syria aid challenge

  army, Syrian opposition members and international officials say.The cash program was outlined this month at a conference in Istanbul , where representatives of the United States and more than 60 other nations met to strengthen Syria's opposition and increase   Read more »

• Barak says Israel never ruled out attacking Iran

  be a last resort if all else fails.Officials from the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met with Iran in Istanbul last weekend to discuss the country's nuclear program. The talks were described as positive, and they agreed to meet again   Read more »

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• Somalia: Will Turkey help Somalia scratch its 21-Year Itch?

  — From the upcoming Istanbul Conference on Somalia to ground-up nation-building, Turkey provides a new and welcome approach to Somalia. Just over two decades have passed since the collapse of the Somali state – 21 years to be exact. According to Lee Cassanelli, 5:55 AM from Afronline Read more »

• Istanbul conference seeks to help Somalia

  (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says international forces cannot solve Somalia's problems in the long term and that the fragile country needs its own strong security institutions. Ban spoke Friday at a conference in Istanbul that aims to support 5:31 AM from KGW.com Read more »

• 'Thousands' turn out for Jew hatred rally in Istanbul

  and therefore did not come out to try to counter this. Thousands of people chanted slogans and waved banners against Israel in Istanbul on Thursday in a rally marking the two year anniversary of the IDF raid of a Gaza-bound flotilla ship in which nine Turkish 4:12 AM from Israel Matsav Read more »

• Investitionschancen für Vereinigtes Königreich und Türkei im Irak

  Im Anschluss an das Executive Briefing werden um 19:00 Uhr am 3. Juli im britischen Konsulat in Istanbul Getränke gereicht. Browse our custom packages or build your own to meet your unique communications needs. 4:09 AM from PR Newswire Read more »

• Group denounces Somalia Istanbul talks

  attend when the meeting is almost finished. We will not go there.” “We wish to express disappointment in the ongoing talks in Istanbul. Ahlu Sunna Waljamaa is central and strategic in searching for peace in Somalia. Unfortunately, we were not invited to the 3:57 AM from Capital FM Read more »