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Leesburg Today - Mon Dec 7, 9:38 am ET
Residents took time away from their turkey dinners last week to affix their names to a petition protesting a decision by the Loudoun County Courthouse's Facilities and Grounds Committee to no longer allow displays of any kind on the courthouse lawn.
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Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 9:14 am ET
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will press Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, one of NATO’s two Muslim members, for more support in curbing Iran’s nuclear program and rebuilding Afghanistan.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Dec 7, 8:51 am ET
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has failed to persuade the prime minister of Turkey of the need for sanctions against Iran.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Dec 7, 8:43 am ET
As Obama mulls sanctions over Iran's nuclear program, he meets Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House today. Ankara's rising economic ties with Tehran could undercut sanctions.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 8:33 am ET
President Barack Obama is looking for help in Afghanistan from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as tensions simmer between the two NATO allies on Iran and the Middle East.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Dec 7, 8:12 am ET
WASHINGTON----Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, will hold a press conference following meetings with President Barack Obama at 2 p.m., Monday, December 7, at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.
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UPI - Mon Dec 7, 7:20 am ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House Monday for talks on topics of mutual interest.
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Nasdaq - Mon Dec 7, 6:47 am ET
ISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- The overall net profit of Turkey's banking sector rose 45.9% on the year to 17.392 billion Turkish lira ($11.5 billion) in the first 10 months of the year, Turkish banking regulator BDDK said Monday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reports.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 6:17 am ET
Istanbul - Turkey's Constitutional Court is set to begin hearing Tuesday a case that could lead to the closing of the country's largest pro-Kurdish political party amid rising tension in the country's predominantly-Kurdish southeast. A university stu...
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - 3 minutes ago
A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Turkey, killing at least six miners and trapping 13 others, the country's labor minister said on Friday.
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NPR - 24 minutes ago
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to end a 25-year-old Kurdish rebellion by giving more rights to the minority Kurds. But an expected ban on the country's main Kurdish political party — over alleged links to Kurdish rebels — is exacerbating tensions.
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INO News - Thu Dec 10, 4:13 pm ET
(AP:ANKARA, Turkey) A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Turkey Thursday evening, trapping at least 15 miners, officials said.
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Lexington Herald-Leader - Thu Dec 10, 9:21 am ET
Influenced by Europe and Asia, Turkey is often characterized as the quintessential crossroads of Eas
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UPI - Wed Dec 9, 12:50 am ET
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- An opposition leader in Turkey said Tuesday the government is mishandling the threat of Kurdish nationalists, citing the attack that killed seven soldiers.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Tue Dec 8, 4:12 pm ET
(Home teams listed first) Group A Juventus (Italy) 1, Bayern Munich (Germany) 4 Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 0, Bordeaux (France) 1 Group B Wolfsburg (Germany) 1, Manchester United (England) 3 Besiktas (Turkey) 1, CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2 Group C FC Zurich (Switzerland) 1, AC Milan (Italy) 1 Marseille (France) 1, Real Madrid (Spain) 3 Group D Chelsea (England) 2, APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) 2 Atletico Madrid ...