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European shares keep on falling on Friday, US mixed
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:58
European shares flirted with two-year lows on Friday, extending the previous session’s sharp sell-off, as fears of a global recession and a short-funding crunch for regional banks intensified.
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Topkapı dagger replicas finding buyers from America to Indonesia
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:57
Replicas of the Topkapı Dagger, which was made as a gift for the Persian emperor Nadir Shah by Sultan Mahmud I in 1741 but delivered to Topkapı Palace when the shah was assassinated during a riot, have now found buyers on five continents around the world.
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Blackseafor ships dock at Trabzon, invite locals
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:57
Ships of the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group, or Blackseafor, arrived Friday at the port in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Trabzon and are inviting the public to board and visit this weekend.
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Muslim clothing for tourists
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:56
The Religious Affairs Directorate and a number of civil-society organizations are preparing a new program that will both ease tourists’ visits to Istanbul’s iconic Sultanahmet Mosque, or Blue Mosque, and provide them information on Islam.
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Dockyard owner appointed as deputy to defense minister
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:56
Hasan Kemal Yardımcı, a former Justice and Development Party, or AKP, deputy, has been appointed as the deputy defense minister.
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Home of Ephesus to have new tourist
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:54
The second route to open inÄ°zmir’s Selçuk district, home to the ancient city of Ephesus Ancient City and the House of the Virgin Mary with over 3 million tourists visiting annually, will reveal that the region has been a very significant settlement for 9,000 years.
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Syria Assad continues crackdowns
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:54
Syrian forces killed at least 15 protesters as tens of thousands swarmed the streets after Friday prayers, activists said, a day after President Bashar al-Assad pledged that military assaults on civilians had been halted.
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Blasts rock Tripoli as rebels keep advancing
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:53
Strong explosions rocked Tripoli Friday as fighting between rebels and Moammar Gadhafi’s forces raged on multiple fronts in western Libya and the Red Cross warned the humanitarian situation is worsening.
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Soviet coup anniversary quietly marke marked
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:52
Russia on Friday quietly marked the 20th anniversary of the start of the attempted coup that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Most national newspapers took little or no notice of the anniversary, reflecting the deep ambivalence of many Russians about the events that plunged them into both anxiety and exhilaration.
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CHP seeks united approach to terror
Saturday, 20.Aug.2011, 20:51
Turkey’s main opposition party leader Kemal KılıçdaroÄŸlu, in light of the escalating terrorist attacks, rising casualties of Turkish soldiers and Turkey’s retaliating air attacks, has called on all political parties to unite in the country’s effort to counter terrorism.
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