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Turkish PM says no decision yet on further Iran oil import cuts

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WASHINGTON - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of Western sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's energy needs.

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Protesting Bulgarian drivers block truck traffic to Turkey

SOFIA - Disgruntled Bulgarian truck drivers blocked traffic at two major border checkpoints with neighboring Turkey on Friday to protest against what they said were Turkish restrictions to their operations.

World, 17 May 2013

Analysis: Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom

PARIS - Turkey's achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and political reform by a "tiger" economy on the seam of Europe and Asia, but the rising power still faces pitfalls in a dangerous neighborhood.

World, 17 May 2013

Turkey's Gul says global response to Syria just talk

REYHANLI, Turkey - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul criticized the world's response to the Syria conflict on Thursday as limited to "rhetoric", saying his country had received little help in coping with a huge influx of Syrian refugees.

World, United Nations, Syria, 16 May 2013

Turkey's Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings

WASHINGTON - Turkey's prime minister will push President Barack Obama for more assertive action on Syria during a visit to Washington this week, days after car bombs tore through a Turkish border town in the deadliest spillover of violence yet.

World, Syria 14 May 2013

First Kurdish rebels reach Iraq under Turkish peace plan

HEROR, Iraq - Weary and caked in mud, the first group of Kurdish militants to leave Turkey under a peace plan to end three decades of war descended a mountain into Iraq on Tuesday to be met with embraces from PKK comrades.

World, Iraq, 14 May 2013

First Kurdish rebels arrive in Iraq under Turkey peace plan

HEROR, Iraq - Weary and caked in mud, the first group of Kurdish militants to leave Turkey under a peace plan descended a mountain into Iraq early on Tuesday to be met with embraces from PKK comrades, in a symbolic step towards ending a three-decades-old insurgency.

World, Iraq 14 May 2013

UN Security Council strongly condemns Turkey bombings

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council on Monday strongly condemned deadly weekend car bombings in Turkey, saying it was crucial "to bring perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice."

World, United Nations, 13 May 2013

After bombings,Turkey says world must act against Syria

REYHANLI, Turkey - Turkey accused a group with links to Syrian intelligence of carrying out car bombings that killed 46 people in a Turkish border town, and said on Sunday it was time for the world to act against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. | Video

World, Syria 13 May 2013

Syrian refugees fear backlash in Turkey after bombings

REYHANLI, Turkey - Syrian refugees in Turkey say they fear a backlash after car bombings that killed 50 people and wounded many others over the weekend in a border town.

World, Syria 13 May 2013

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North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row

SEOUL - North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers.

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Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.

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