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Tourists enjoy steam train ride

2010-03-06 17:57:58

A locomotive museum in India do not just display old trains, but visitors can actually ride on them.

Iceland votes over foreign debts

2010-03-06 17:51:01

Icelanders voted in a referendum on a 5 billion USD deal to repay Anglo-Dutch loans, with an expected resounding "No" set to further delay foreign aid and hopes for economic recovery.

Chileans organize food aid

2010-03-06 17:48:38

Concerned Chileans organized food aid for hard-hit Concepcion, where supermarkets opened under the watchful eyes of armed soldiers.

Car bomb kills 4 Iranian pilgrims

2010-03-06 17:43:02

A car bomb exploded in Iraq's holy city of Najaf, killing four Iranian pilgrims a day before a parliamentary election that Islamist insurgents have vowed to wreck with violence.

Counts ballots of special voting

2010-03-06 17:42:28

Iraq begins counting ballots of special voting a day before a parliamentary election.

Tan back in Turkey

2010-03-06 17:42:06

Turkey's Ambassador to Washington D.C. Namık Tan arrived in Istanbul after being recalled to Turkey for negotiations following the decision of a U.S. congressional panel approving a resolution on Armenian allegations regarding the incidents of 1915.

Gül slams Armenian bill approval

2010-03-06 17:41:04

The Turkish President said that approval of the symbolic resolution at a US congress panel is a blow to regional peace.

Erdogan criticizes resolution

2010-03-06 17:40:09

In a statement before a conference of Turkish businessmen, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the resolution passed by the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US Congress will not harm Turkey, but it may damage bilateral relations.

Gunman shoots two at Pentagon

2010-03-05 17:35:20

Pentagon police said two security officers were wounded on Thursday evening, when a gunman shot at them in the giant office building's main entrance to the Metro commuter rail system. The gunman was also shot and all three were taken to hospital.

Foreign ministers head to Cordoba

2010-03-05 17:30:52

E-U foreign ministers are due to arrive in the Spanish city of Cordoba for a weekend meeting which will shape the group's foreign policy machinery.

Father of the boy is devastated

2010-03-05 17:27:24

Relatives gathered at the Pakistan house of a family whose little boy was abducted by a gang during a robbery.

Iraqis in Lebanon cast early vote

2010-03-05 17:20:43

Thousands of Iraqis living in Lebanon cast an early vote today in general elections set to take place in Iraq on March 7th.

Syria and Jordan cast an early vote

2010-03-05 17:18:00

Thousands of Iraqis living in Syria and Jordan are casting early votes in Iraq's parliamentary elections.

Iraqi troops deploy before election

2010-03-05 17:13:44

Iraqi troops deployed near the border in Basra. The move comes three days ahead of a parliamentary election, which is seen as pivotal for a divided country.

''US vote not victory for Armenia''

2010-03-05 17:08:47

The Turkish ambassador to the United States, NAMIK TAN says he will return to Turkey.

Turkish FM focuses on protocols

2010-03-05 17:07:04

Turkey's foreign minister AHMET DAVUTOGLU demanded a clear stance from the United States on the Turkish-Armenian normalization process after a congressional panel approved an Armenian SO-CALLED "genocide" resolution.

Turkey condemns resolution

2010-03-05 17:06:30

Turkey is reacting strongly to House panel's approval of the Armenian bill. Ankara warned approval of the resolution would crack Turkish - American relations and sidetrack the normalization process between Turkey and Armenia.

Special voting starts

2010-03-04 18:22:20

Early voting started where in-patients, prisoners and Iraqi security forces cast their ballots in Iraq's parliamentary elections that will elect government to lead the country for the coming four years.

"Operation to flush out Taliban"

2010-03-04 18:19:46

A NATO spokesman in Afghanistan says Operation Mushtarak is still going on in the Nad Ali area. But the spokesman says all markets are open and more and people are going about their normal lives.

Earthquake injures 11

2010-03-04 18:18:51

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Taiwan, injuring 11, stopping transport and causing minor damages and fires in the southern half of the island.

U.S. House panel to vote

2010-03-04 18:18:16

The Committee on Foreign Affairs in the The U-S House of Representatives is scheduled to vote TODAY a draft resolution on Armenian allegations of genocide, carried out by Turks during the rule of the Ottoman empire in 19-15.

Inflation drop in late 2010

2010-03-04 17:55:33

Governor Durmus Yilmaz says Turkey’s Central Bank is “sensitive” to the acceleration in inflation in the country last month. He says the bank expects the inflation rate to remain high until the fourth quarter of this year.

Ex-Turkish MP detained

2010-03-04 17:52:35

Some 300 Belgian police raided 25 addresses across the country in an operation against terrrosit organization PKK.

'' Mideast holds special place ''

2010-03-04 17:52:08

Turkey's foreign minister AHMET DAVUTOGLU says the Middle East holds a special place in remodeling the world.

Nuclear disarmament talks at issue

2010-03-03 18:05:41

South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan says North Korea's top nuclear envoy plans to visit the United States in early March.

Role of women

2010-03-03 18:03:22

Iraq's voters will head to the poll March 7th to select all 325 members of the national parliament.

U.S. to encourage countries

2010-03-03 17:59:20

U-S. officials said Obama administration would "continue to encourage Turkey and Armenia to move forward, not look backward."

Turkey's visa-free Europe bid

2010-03-03 17:57:50

Making spectacular leaps in foreign policy in recent times, Turkey's new target is to have visa-free travel to EU countries.

Caglayan upbeat about target

2010-03-03 17:52:25

Turkey's foreign trade minister sounded upbeat about the prospects for an increase in country's exports this year, saying that the country targeted to exceed 110 billion USD in 2010.

Istanbul tops unemployment list

2010-03-03 17:45:30

Istanbul ranked highest in unemployment in 2009 among Turkish cities with an unemployment rate of 16.8%.

Two more Turkish officers charged

2010-03-03 17:42:49

An Istanbul court charged two more active duty army officers over an alleged 2003 plot to overthrow the AK PARTY, government, bringing the number of suspects held to 37.

'Holy Koran in different languages'

2010-03-03 17:40:23

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said efforts were under way to preach and write a Holy Koran in different languages and dialects.

Iran detains director Panahi

2010-03-02 17:59:54

Iranian security forces have detained film director Jafar Panahi, winner of many international awards.

Basra bomb kills one, wounds 6

2010-03-02 17:56:33

One person was killed and seven others were wounded when the bomb exploded in Iraq's southern oil hub of Basra. The deadly blast comes only days ahead of Iraq's March 7th parliamentary elections.

Police submit terror charges

2010-03-02 17:54:45

Pakistani police have submitted terrorism charges against five young Americans. The five students are in their 20's and from the U-S state of Virginia.

Floods continue to cause chaos

2010-03-02 17:49:05

Heavy rains continued to cause problems in Peru. A third mudslide hit a town in the Cusco region and river flooded in Peru's Huanco region.

Parts of Queensland under water

2010-03-02 17:47:18

In Australia, parts of Southern Queensland were under flood waters after heavy rainfall overnight. More than 160 millimetres of rain was recorded over a 24-hour period.

Kavaf: It is Turkey's project

2010-03-02 17:33:49

Turkish State Minister for women and family, Selma Aliye Kavaf is prasing what's being called Project Snowdrops. It is a plan to help educate Turkish girls.

Erdogan to visit London

2010-03-02 17:32:53

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be visiting London later this month. That word today from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Davutoglu is in Cairo

2010-03-02 17:31:32

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is in Egypt on a formal visit, met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el Sheikh.

U.S. warship calls at Georgian port

2010-03-01 18:28:03

A U.S. guided-missile frigate has docked in the Georgian port of Batumi ahead of joint training exercises in the Black Sea. The exercises will be taking place down the coast from Russian troops setting up base in the rebel region of Abkhazia.

Japan to aid Chile

2010-03-01 18:25:41

Japan announced it sending an emergency medical team to Chile. Tokyo will also provide up to 3 million U-S. dollars in grant aid for the quake-hit Latin American nation.

Demonstrators demand justice

2010-03-01 18:23:07

There were protesters outside the court, as the International Criminal Tribunal for Radovan Karadzic resumed at the Hague.

Fmr. Serb leader defends himself

2010-03-01 18:19:04

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic took the stand today as his war crimes trial resumed at the Hague in the Netherlands. Karadzic is accused of genocide in the worst atrocities in 1992 to 1995 Bosnian war.

Muslims blocked from mosque

2010-03-01 18:16:53

Tensions are unusually high in Jerusalem, after clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces

Countries hold ministerial meeting

2010-03-01 18:15:36

The Prime Ministers of Libya and Syria have signed 17 agreements to bolster relations and strengthen trade exchange between the two countries.

4 civilians killed in suicide attack

2010-03-01 18:11:32

A two huge explosions went off today southern city of Kandahar. Witness says the second blast happened near the city's main police station/

Antalya draws tourists

2010-03-01 18:11:04

Turkey's southern city of Antalya has drawn the highest number of tourists in the first two months of the year than any other Turkish resort town.

Arinc arrives in Damascus

2010-03-01 18:10:38

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc is in Syria, where he met with the Deputy Secretary General of the Baas Party in Damascus.

Davutoglu to visit Cairo

2010-03-01 18:10:14

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is scheduled to depart tomorrow for a two-day visit to Egypt. He's visiting Cairo at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Aboul Gheit.