Newstin - Turkey

Turkey troops killed in ambush

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:25:12 GMT

Oct 6 - Turkey faces increasing pressure at home after Friday's deadly ambush to launch a major offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq that would hurt its ties with Washington and the European Union, analysts say.

Turkey hits PKK targets in Iraq again after ambush

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:39:25 GMT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military stepped up an aerial bombing campaign against suspected Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Monday after at least 15 Turkish soldiers were killed in a cross-border attack on Friday.

4 Million EUR Heroin Caught By Bulgarian Customs

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:59:46 GMT

81,110 kg of heroin for around 4 billion euro has been caught by the Bulgarian customs officers at “Kapitan Andreevo” border point. This is the biggest shipment of heroin, caught at this border point since the beginning of...

Iconic Tuxedo Princess set to be scrapped

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:05:00 GMT

Oct 6 2008 by Alastair Craig, Evening Chronicle BASKING in the Greek sunshine, the iconic Tuxedo Princess is preparing for its final voyage. Now docked in Piraeus harbour near the Greek capital Athens, the famous floating...

STOCKS NEWS EMERGING EUROPE-Belgrade index drops to all-time low

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:44:24 GMT

STOCKS NEWS Reuters Regional Stocks Stocks on the move [HOT-RTRS] Real-time Equity News [E] [.CEE] REGIONAL INDICES Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20> Bucharest Beti <.BETI> Budapest SE Index <.BUX> Prague PX <.PX> Zagreb Crobex <.CRBEX>...

Turkish deputy PM visits Mongolia

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:56:30 GMT

ULAN BATOR, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Mongolian Prime Minister Sanj Bayar and Parliament Speaker Damdin Demberel respectively met with visiting Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hayati Yazici on Monday, vowing to boost bilateral ties in...

Sudan: 189 Police Advisers Arrive to Support Joint UN-African Union Mission

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:18:00 GMT

A total of 189 police advisers from 12 countries, including 17 female officers, have arrived in Darfur to join the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (UNAMID), which is trying to quell the deadly fighting and...

China Energy Recovery Announces First Nine Months of 2008 Demonstrate Significant Growth Over 2007

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:23:37 GMT

China. About China Energy Recovery, Inc. CER is an international leader in energy recovery systems, with a primary focus on the Chinese market. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in the press...

Paris summit fails to stop unilateral action by EU states

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:27:46 GMT

LUCIA KUBOSOVA Today @ 09:27 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Despite a display of unity and call for a confidence in the financial system by leaders of Europe's four biggest economies at a mini-summit in Paris, Germany took...

WAR UPDATE

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Egypt sent its foreign minister to Iraq yesterday for the first time in nearly two decades in a sign of growing Arab acceptance of the country's Shia-led government. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said his visit to...