Cyprus that is located in Eastern Mediterranean has a great strategic importance for European countries as much as other North Africa and Middle East have. Sovereign states made big wars especially to keep the artery of commerce under control and the island was occupied by so many forces throughout the history. Cyprus that consistently passed [...]

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The New Republic Blog, 24.11.2008
At the core of the international liberal elites is a hollow.  Nothing confirms this so much as an advertisement published in Thursday’s New York Times that costs anywhere from $50,000 to $150,000 depending on the ideological proximity of the sponsors to the editorial positions of the paper.  Now, I don’t really [...]

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Nov 20, 2008 17:31 | Updated Nov 21, 2008 7:49
By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire says the United Nations should suspend or revoke Israel’s membership.
Maguire says Israel should be punished for ignoring a series of United Nations resolutions over the years. Maguire won the 1976 peace prize for her work [...]

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Truman Doctrine
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Truman_Doctrine
Carter Doctrine
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Carter_Doctrine
1980 Turkish coup d’état
http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ 1980_Turkish_ coup_d%27% C3%A9tat

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http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2373539
By Saban Kardas
Monday, November 17, 2008

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the United States to attend the G-20 Summit, where he joined the leaders of developed and industrializing nations to discuss the global financial crisis. In addition to his participation in the summit activities, Erdogan held bilateral meetings with several world leaders.  
In his [...]

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Nine Afghan soldiers have been killed and four others hurt in an air strike by international forces in the eastern part of the country, officials say.
Helicopter gunships reportedly fired on an Afghan army post in Khost province.
The US said Afghan soldiers had been killed and injured in a possible case of “mistaken identity”.
Separately, [...]

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October 17, 2008

 
Turkey obtained 151 votes from the 192-member General Assembly, one of the highest number of votes received in a three-way contest, with 80% of the votes cast in favor of Turkey. The election of Turkey to the UN Security Council represents the confidence reposed the country and her peaceful foreign policy based on [...]

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Austria and Turkey were elected to the United Nations Security Council today in a defeat for fellow European contender Iceland, whose financial collapse may have scuttled its quest for a seat.
Japan beat Iran by 158 votes to 32 for a single Asian seat open on the 15-nation council, the UN’s top policy-making body. Uganda and [...]

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PUKmedia     08-10-2008    14:51:57
kurdishglobe.net
A strategic agreement will be signed between the Kurdish government and the U.N.
Kurdistan region’s coordinator for U.N. affairs said on Tuesday that a strategic agreement will be signed between the Kurdish government and the U.N. for cooperation in a number of services fields.
“A delegation from the U.N. headed by Deputy Secretary General [...]

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Statement Summary

© UN Photo
ELMAR MAMMADYAROV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, stated that the effectiveness of the international security system impacted on the authority of the United Nations.  When agreement among Security Council members seemed elusive, it generally impacted on the Organization’s credibility.  Member States would respect shared values and accept the restraints inherent in those [...]

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