Archive for December, 2009

  • Thieves have stolen the corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos, the former president of the Republic of Cyprus, police say. Mr Papadopoulos’ body was removed after his grave in Nicosia was broken...

    Grave robbers steal former Cyprus president’s corpse

    Thieves have stolen the corpse of Tassos Papadopoulos, the former president of the Republic of Cyprus, police say. Mr Papadopoulos’ body was removed after his grave in Nicosia was broken...

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  • YouTube – President Obama Meets with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Share

    President Obama Meets with Prime Minister Erdogan – YouTube –

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  • A misconceived engagement with Armenia has boomeranged beyond diplomacy to impact Turkey’s energy policy. The developments so far are already worrying, and further negative consequences may follow. Turkey’s energy policy is held hostage, and the culprit is a short-sighted Armenia rapprochement that has ignored Azerbaijan’s legitimate concerns on Nagorno-Karabakh.

    Armenia engagement derailing Turkey’s energy policy

    A misconceived engagement with Armenia has boomeranged beyond diplomacy to impact Turkey’s energy policy. The developments so far are already worrying, and further negative consequences may follow. Turkey’s energy policy is held hostage, and the culprit is a short-sighted Armenia rapprochement that has ignored Azerbaijan’s legitimate concerns on Nagorno-Karabakh.

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  • Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress December 09, 2009 PRAGUE/VIENNA — World Uyghur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer has told RFE/RL she is urging European politicians to focus on...

    Exiled Activist Says Uyghur Issue Crucial For Central Asia

    Rebiya Kadeer, president of the World Uyghur Congress December 09, 2009 PRAGUE/VIENNA — World Uyghur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer has told RFE/RL she is urging European politicians to focus on...

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  • Wednesday, December 9, 2009—Volume 6, Issue 226  THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION by Vladimir Socor Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has clearly reaffirmed the linkage between normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations and...

    TURKEY-ARMENIA NORMALIZATION LINKED TO ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

    Wednesday, December 9, 2009—Volume 6, Issue 226  THE JAMESTOWN FOUNDATION by Vladimir Socor Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has clearly reaffirmed the linkage between normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations and...

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  • Bruce Fein Posted: June 4, 2009 06:10 PM On April 24, 2009–Armenian Remembrance Day– President Barack Obama issued a statement “remember[ing] the 1.5 million Armenian [deaths] in the final days...

    Lies, Damn Lies, and Armenian Deaths

    Bruce Fein Posted: June 4, 2009 06:10 PM On April 24, 2009–Armenian Remembrance Day– President Barack Obama issued a statement “remember[ing] the 1.5 million Armenian [deaths] in the final days...

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  • ARKADY GHUKASYAN DECLINES INTERVIEW WITH PUBLISHER APPO JABARIAN THREATENS LAWSUIT AGAINST USA ARMENIAN LIFE By Appo Jabarian USA Armenian Life Magazine November 25, 2009 On November 14, Appo Jabarian wrote...

    ARMENIA’S Edward Nalbandian is weak and…”

    ARKADY GHUKASYAN DECLINES INTERVIEW WITH PUBLISHER APPO JABARIAN THREATENS LAWSUIT AGAINST USA ARMENIAN LIFE By Appo Jabarian USA Armenian Life Magazine November 25, 2009 On November 14, Appo Jabarian wrote...

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  • Until he Tells the Truth on Genocide By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In his letter of November 20 to Armenian American organizations, Pres. Obama once again played shameful...

    Obama Should Forfeit his Nobel Prize

    Until he Tells the Truth on Genocide By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier In his letter of November 20 to Armenian American organizations, Pres. Obama once again played shameful...

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  • says its EU minister EGEMEN BAGIS Enlargement – 03-12-2009 – 12:49 Turkey’s progress this year on the path to EU accession was debated by its EU affairs minister and chief...

    Turkey is part of the solution, not of the problem

    says its EU minister EGEMEN BAGIS Enlargement – 03-12-2009 – 12:49 Turkey’s progress this year on the path to EU accession was debated by its EU affairs minister and chief...

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  • There is one development in the region of the Caucasus, that can not be ignored: the rise of Azerbaijan has changed the interest of the regional superpowers. Where Russia and...

    The rise of Azerbaijan

    There is one development in the region of the Caucasus, that can not be ignored: the rise of Azerbaijan has changed the interest of the regional superpowers. Where Russia and...

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  • 12/04/2009 Victim of Immigration Policy By Jochen-Martin Gutsch Carsten Koall Norbert Enker Carsten Koall Start Gallery Mohammad Eke was born and grew up in the German city of Essen. Until...

    The German Forced to Become a Turk

    12/04/2009 Victim of Immigration Policy By Jochen-Martin Gutsch Carsten Koall Norbert Enker Carsten Koall Start Gallery Mohammad Eke was born and grew up in the German city of Essen. Until...

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  • U.S. — President Barack Obama (R) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, DC, 07Dec2009 08.12.2009 Armen Koloyan Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remained adamant in...

    Turkey’s Erdogan Stands By Karabakh Linkage

    U.S. — President Barack Obama (R) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Washington, DC, 07Dec2009 08.12.2009 Armen Koloyan Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remained adamant in...

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  • COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Council conclusions on enlargement/stabilisation and association process 2984th GENERAL AFFAIRS Council meeting Brussels, 7 and 8 December 2009 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “ENLARGEMENT...

    European Council conclusions on Turkey

    COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Council conclusions on enlargement/stabilisation and association process 2984th GENERAL AFFAIRS Council meeting Brussels, 7 and 8 December 2009 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “ENLARGEMENT...

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  • by Robert Murray Davis 7 December 2009 Translations of little-known Albanian oral epics add another dimension to the endless conversation over the Battle of Kosovo. The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian...

    Who Killed the Sultan?

    by Robert Murray Davis 7 December 2009 Translations of little-known Albanian oral epics add another dimension to the endless conversation over the Battle of Kosovo. The Battle of Kosovo 1389: An Albanian...

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  • Dr. Rauni Kilde on the Swine Flu and the Depopulation Agenda Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde (born 1939 in Värtsilä, now in the Republic of Karelia) was the provincial medical officer of the...

    The Swine Flu and the Depopulation Agenda ; Dr. Rauni Kilde

    Dr. Rauni Kilde on the Swine Flu and the Depopulation Agenda Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde (born 1939 in Värtsilä, now in the Republic of Karelia) was the provincial medical officer of the...

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  • After White House Meeting, Erdogan Says Turkey-Armenia Ties Connected to Karabakh By Asbarez Staff on Dec 7th, 2009 Read the Press Conference Transcript WASHINGTON (Combined Sources)—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...

    Turkey-Armenia Ties Connected to Karabakh

    After White House Meeting, Erdogan Says Turkey-Armenia Ties Connected to Karabakh By Asbarez Staff on Dec 7th, 2009 Read the Press Conference Transcript WASHINGTON (Combined Sources)—Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip...

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  • Tory MP and defence specialist Adam Holloway says MI6 got information from a taxi driver who had heard Iraqi military commanders talking about weapons An Iraqi taxi driver was the...

    45-minute WMD claim ‘came from an Iraqi taxi driver’

    Tory MP and defence specialist Adam Holloway says MI6 got information from a taxi driver who had heard Iraqi military commanders talking about weapons An Iraqi taxi driver was the...

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  • US wants to stop mankind’s savior: Iran leader DUBAI (Al Arabiya) Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he has documented evidence that the United States is doing what it can to...

    Ahmadinejad says US planning to prevent coming of Mahdi

    US wants to stop mankind’s savior: Iran leader DUBAI (Al Arabiya) Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he has documented evidence that the United States is doing what it can to...

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  • AZERBAIJAN: BAKU UPSET OVER LACK OF KARABAKH PROGRESS, STEPS UP ANTI-WESTERN RHETORIC Shahin Abbasov 12/04/09 Azerbaijani officials have taken aim at the West in recent weeks, in what some analysts believe...

    BAKU UPSET OVER LACK OF KARABAKH PROGRESS,

    AZERBAIJAN: BAKU UPSET OVER LACK OF KARABAKH PROGRESS, STEPS UP ANTI-WESTERN RHETORIC Shahin Abbasov 12/04/09 Azerbaijani officials have taken aim at the West in recent weeks, in what some analysts believe...

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  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8399926.stm Five Turkish soldiers have been shot dead after gunmen opened fire on a military unit in northern Turkey, officials have said. A further four soldiers were injured in the...

    Turkish soldiers shot dead in ambush

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8399926.stm Five Turkish soldiers have been shot dead after gunmen opened fire on a military unit in northern Turkey, officials have said. A further four soldiers were injured in the...

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