Turkey's political parties have made their final appeals to voters ahead of parliamentary elections, as a deadline on campaigning came into force on Saturday evening. More than 50 million Turks are eligible to vote on Sunday, with 550 seats in Turkey's National Assembly at stake. Abdullah Gul, Turkey's president, on Friday urged citizens to turn out in force. "No one can pressure you, or keep you from voting," Gul said, according to the Hurriyet newspaper....
Polls have opened in Turkey where more than 50 million Turks are eligible to cast their ballots to elect a new 550-seat parliament. Voting started at 7am (0400 GMT) on Sunday in eastern Turkey and will begin at 8am (0500 GMT) in the west. All polling stations...
By Susan Abram, Staff WriterPosted: 06/11/2011 09:00:00 PM PDT In the post-mortem business, new opportunities continuously arise. One is the reclamation of metal implants and other prosthetics. "We see more...
LONDON (AFP) – Thousands of women took part in a so-called "Slut Walk" in London, insisting that they should be able to wear as much or as little as they like without facing sexual harassment by men. The colourful march on Saturday saw most people wearing everyday clothing but some...
LONDON (AFP) – Labour leader Ed Miliband is struggling to maintain support just nine months into the job, a poll found Sunday, amid a wave of damaging revelations about his party. A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times reveals that more than half of Labour voters do not know what their party...
MOGADISHU — The al-Qaida operative behind the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania has been killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country, the U.S. government confirmed Saturday. Somali officials have determined that a man killed by security forces on Tuesday was Fazul...
By C.J. Lin Staff WriterPosted: 06/11/2011 06:31:10 PM PDTUpdated: 06/11/2011 06:34:11 PM PDT NEWHALL It was a gun show that only Hollywood could have put on: shotgun-toting celebrities rubbing shoulders with cannon-blasting pirates and...
