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. | The Turkish government authorised the army this week to carry out a cross-border strike against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.
“We made a decision at the cabinet meeting on November 28 and, with the president’s approval, the Turkish armed forces were authorised regarding a cross-border operation,” Erdogan |
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. | Mammadyarov focused on Nagorno Karabakh conflict during his speech. He expressed his regret that Armenia tries to cover pursuing ethnic cleaning policy and occupation of Azerbaijani territory after intensive negotiations carried out on the Presidential and Ministerial level within three years.
“Armenian leadership makes dangerous efforts to add religious favors to conflict and present it as confrontation between Christians and Muslims. Armenia |
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. | The flight was operated by the privately-owned Atlasjet, a low-fare Turkish airline run by two Turkish tour operators, Etstur and Oger Tours. The 165-seat MD 83 plane was carrying 49 passengers and seven crews. Tuncay Doganer, chief executive of Atlasjet airlines said that plane crashed early this morning at 03.12 on November 30 after taking off from Istanbul |
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. | The 80-year-old Pope has thus far steered clear of any strong public comments about either Iran’s failure to fully comply with U.N. nuclear weapons inspectors or the drumbeat of war coming from some corners in Washington. But Iran, which has had diplomatic relations with the Holy See for 53 years, may be trying to line up Benedict as an ace in the hole for staving off a potential attack in the coming months. |
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. | Mr Olmert said it was not the first time he had articulated his fears about the demographic threat to Israel as a Jewish state from a faster growing Palestinian population.
He made similar comments in 2003 when justifying the failed strategy of unilateral withdrawals from Israeli-occupied land which holds large Palestinian populations. |
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. | Australia, a close ally of the United States, was one of the first countries to commit troops to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and Australia’s former conservative government had been a strong supporter of the U.S. mission in Iraq.
U.S. President George W. Bush phoned Rudd last weekend to congratulate him on his election victory, but Rudd refused to comment on the detail or say whether they talked about Iraq. |
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. | Political science professor Sami Baroudi of Lebanese American University says Aoun has not really changed his stance or his conditions for supporting a consensus candidate. But he also says Aoun seems to be acknowledging that he will not be the next president, and that, says Baroudi, is a positive step. |
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. | It is clear that the incidents on those years are falsified by powers and governments of the time. It is essential to know the real story of 21st of Azer.
To discuss the matter, a conference will be held by Azerbaijanis in Denmark. |
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. | “A document on the issues discussed at the meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers with presence of Russian and French Foreign Ministers, Under Secretary of State, as well as OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs in Madrid, has been presented.
The document covers common issues,†Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said in the capital of Spain, APA’s correspondent sent to Madrid reports. The minister noted that most of the debated issues have been agreed, but there are some principle issues, |
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. | Diplomats from both delegations, including al-Omari, scrambled early Tuesday to piece together the statement. The final wording was approved only minutes before Bush’s 11 a.m. address, in which he announced the agreement to reporters and diplomats, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
In the statement, Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed to “immediately launch” talks aimed at creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel, and they hope to conclude talks by 2009. |
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. | Azerbaijanis in Sweden have organised a celebration on 8th of December in Stockholm.
Time: 18:00 to 20:00 |
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. | Police in the West Bank have clashed with mourners at a funeral for a man killed during protests against the Middle East talks in the United States.
Witnesses said Palestinian police shot into the air to disperse hundreds of mourners at the funeral in Hebron. |
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. | There was also more violence in the capital as youths set cars on fire in the suburb of Villiers-le-Bel, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Violence broke out there on Sunday after two teenagers died when their motorbike collided with a police car. |
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. | Name them. Maim them. Kill them.
From the beginning of the American occupation in Iraq, air strikes and attacks by the U.S. military have only killed “militants,†“criminals,†“suspected insurgents,†“IED [Improvised Explosive Device] emplacers,†“anti-American fighters,†“terrorists,†“ |
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. | Recently one of the members of the Islamic Committee of Urmie’s City Council! Claimed that Western region of Azerbaijan is belong to Kurdistan! This claim has created tenssion and caused several people to complain to the members of Iranian autorithy.
Kurds came to Azerbaijan years ago as temporary guests, but now they claim land from Azerbaijan! According to Ms. Xadijeh Mansouri, a Kurdish member of ICUCC (Islamic Committee of Urmie’s City Council) western Azerbaijan should be called northern Kurdistan! and Turks must be treated as temperory guests of so called kind Kurds! |
