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Kashmiri Muslim devotees offer prayers at the Hazratbal shrine on the occasion of Eid Milad-un Nabi, marking the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad, in Srinagar, India, Tuesday March 10, 2009
Islam   Muslim   Photos   Religion   Turkey
 Nashville Tennessean 
'Secular Islam' is a contradiction in terms
Sat 18 Jul 2009
Tennessee Voices I have read with interest the Rev. Kenneth Locke's article, "Trip to Turkey illuminates Islam,'' The Tennessean, July 13. The good reverend chose to tell one feel-good side of the... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Smoking Cigar
Business   Health   Photos   Smoke   Turkey
 Houston Chronicle 
Turkey extends smoke ban to bars, restaurants
Sat 18 Jul 2009
ANKARA, Turkey - It's just after midnight at Ankara's EskiYeni (OldNew) Bar and customers are feting "The Last Night of Smoking." A majority have lit up and are swaying to the rhythm of... (photo: Creative Commons / Larsz)
Smoking Ban - No Smoking Signage - Smoke-free Area  Taipei Times  Sat 18 Jul 2009
Turkey looks to enforce smoking ban

Turkey’s government is setting up a 4,500-strong team to help enforce an upcoming smoking ban in bars, restaurants and coffeehouses in the country of heavy smokers, a Health Ministry official said on... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Help   Photos   Smoking   Team   Turkey
Katy Perry with microphone, by medigirol  The Daily Mail  Fri 10 Jul 2009
Katy Perry bares her bikini body after stage costumes are held up in customs

Quirky Katy Perry looked toned and relaxed as she showed off her hourglass figure in a simple bikini in Turkey. The popstar looked downright normal in the blue two-piece which was without the razzle... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr upload bot)
Bikini   Costumes   Katy   Magazine   Photos
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A man stands near charred cars at a destroyed car dealer at Uighur section in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Xinhua Wed 15 Jul 2009
Members of European Parliament speak out for China on Xinjiang violence_English_Xinhua

STRASBOURG, France, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Some members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Wednesday spoke out for China on violence in its Xinjiang region amid a... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
China   Parliament   Photos   Strasbourg   Xinjiang
Warm Blueberry Brie uses parchment-thin sheets of the phyllo dough Hartford Courant Wed 15 Jul 2009
Having Fun With Phyllo
Whether you're searching for exotic appetizers or just a lighter alternative to standard dessert crusts, take a leaf from the Turks — literally — and use... (photo: AP / Larry Crowe)
Food   Health   People   Photos   Turkey
Leaders pose for a family photoIntergovernmental agreement on the Nabucco natural gas pipeline signed at Rixos Hotel in Ankara, July 13, 2009. Business Report Tue 14 Jul 2009
Nabucco is not just a pipe dream, says Turkey as European nations sign gas pact

By Rob Verdonck and Steve Bryant Ankara European countries planning a pipeline to reduce reliance on Russian natural gas yesterday sealed an agreement that may help... (photo: European Community / © European Communities, 2009)
Ankara   Pact   Photos   Reliance   Turkey
First row from left, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, Hungary Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Austria Prime Minister Werner Faymann, Georgia's President Mikheil Saakasvili, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, prime ministers Sergei Stanishev of Bulgaria and Emil Boc of Romania are seen during group photo after the Nabucco Gas Pipeline signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 13, 2009. Turkey and four European Union countries formally agreed to route a new gas pipeline across their territories in an attempt to reduce Europe's reliance on Russian gas. Dick Lugar, U.S. Senator for Indiana of Republican Party, second row far left, and Richard Morningstar, U.S. special envoy for Eurasian energy issues, third in second row, joined the group. Asia Times Tue 14 Jul 2009
Pipeline deal is sweet music for Iran

By M K Bhadrakumar How a trans-Caspian gas pipeline project came to be named after the 19th-century Italian Romantic composer Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera Nabucco... (photo: AP / Adem Altan, Pool)
Gas   Iran   NABUCCO   Photos   Russia
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his ruling party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Turkish legislators prepared Tuesday to debate a proposal to soften a law restricting freedom of speech that has been used to prosecute Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk and other intellectu The Star Tue 14 Jul 2009
Turkish PM told to take back Xinjiang genocide remark
BEIJING (Reuters) - An official Chinese newspaper urged Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday to take back remarks that genocide was being committed in China's... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Beijing   China   Photos   Politics   Turkey
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his ruling Justice and Development Party at the parliament in Ankara, Tuesday, April 22, 2008. The Star Tue 14 Jul 2009
Muslim reaction to China unrest mostly muted

CAIRO (AP): The riots in China's Xinjiang region and subsequent crackdown on the Muslim Uighur minority have drawn a muted response from many Muslim countries that may be... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Cairo   China   HumanRights   Photos   Urumqi


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