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An army of Wahhabi fighters has amassed on the Turkish-Syrian border, led by Liyban Islamist Abdel Hakim Belhaj, with the intent of regime change in Syria. The army is armed and funded by Qatar, whose Emir has called for Arab troops to be sent to Syria.
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The Kurdish insurgency in Turkey has been further aroused by Wednesday's military blunder. 35 young Kurdish smugglers were killed by military forces who mistakenly thought they were militant PKK members planning to attack security bases.
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Thirty-five Kurdish smugglers were killed on Wednesday night by Turkish warplanes after information was received that members of the PKK were planning an attack.
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Originally meant to be built in Waxahachie, Texas, under the nickname of Desertron, Switzerland-France's CERN states it has seen "tantalizing hints" of the elusive Higgs boson, also called the "God particle," in two of their experiments.
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Not jailed as Nelson Mandela was, or assassinated like Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, Hrant Dink espoused beliefs in the fundamental goodness of humans. His silenced voice, his vision, his dream too, are given voice this week in Australia.
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Government scientists are investigating the origins of a sticky white substance that has continued to rain down on the Turkish industrial hub of Dilovasi and neighboring towns in the capital, Istanbul.
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A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has hit Turkey, causing some buildings and a six-storey hotel to collapse in the east of the country. The quake is in the same region where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake last month killed more than 600 people.
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A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey at 1:41 PM Sunday; 45 bodies have been found. Turkish governor fears that between 500 and 1,000 bodies will be recovered after the clean up process is complete.
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With anxiety growing in Israel that Iran may adopt Israel's nuclear ambiguity position and with calls by Netanyahu for changes to the Quartet Middle East peace plan, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Israel's growing isolation.
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The general manager of the Virtus Bologna, one of the most storied professional basketball clubs in Italy, is optimistic that a deal with NBA star Kobe Bryant will be reached and even described the complex agreement as "95 percent" completed.
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