An explosive device that was placed inside the house of Judge Abdul-Mahdi Najar who lives in Tuz Khormatu went off about three o’clock this afternoon on the 2nd of January 2009.
The blast occurred in the Aksu neighbourhood in Tuz Khormatu district which is one of the Turkmeneli districts; it is located on the highway between [...]

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The word “billions” is being bandied around every day now. I would like to put this number in perspective before I start my market letter.
                   A billion seconds equals 32 years. A billion seconds ago puts us back to December 1977. A billion minutes ago [...]

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December 8, 2008
Op-Ed Contributor
 
By ROBERT D. KAPLAN

Washington
THE divisions we split the world into during the cold war have at long last crumbled thanks to the Mumbai terrorist attacks. No longer will we view South Asia as a region distinct from the Middle East. Now there is only one long continuum stretching from the Mediterranean to [...]

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Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 233
December 8, 2008 05:57 PM Age: 18 min
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Foreign Policy, Home Page, Featured
By: Saban Kardas

A Turkish newspaper has reported that Rashid Dostum, the leader of ethnic Uzbeks in Afghanistan, was flown to Turkey as part of a special operation arranged by the Turkish government. [...]

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By Andrew G. Marshall
URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11313
Introduction
 
The recent attacks in Mumbai, while largely blamed on Pakistan’s state-sponsored militant groups, represent the latest phase in a far more complex and long-term “strategy of tension” in the region; being employed by the Anglo-American-Israeli Axis to ultimately divide and conquer the Middle East and Central Asia. The aim [...]

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Gul Hosts Karzai and Zardari for a Trilateral Summit in Istanbul
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 5 Issue: 232
December 5, 2008 02:19 PM Age: 3 hrs
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Foreign Policy
By: Saban Kardas
Turkey is hosting another major international gathering, marking its growing profile in regional and international diplomacy. Turkish President Abdullah Gul has brought together [...]

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Turkey: Pakistan’s Zardari In Trilateral Meeting
December 4, 2008
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Istanbul on Dec. 4 for a trilateral summit involving Turkey and Afghanistan, where peace efforts for the region were to be discussed, GEO TV reported. Zardari’s schedule called for separate meetings with Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip [...]

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Ankara – APA. Turkish Foreign Ministry confirmed that leader of Afghanistan’s Uzbek community, General Rashid Dostum is in Turkey, APA reports quoting Turkish media. Spokesman for Turkish Foreign Ministry Burak Ozugergin told journalists the reports that Dostum was in Turkey were true. Asked whether General had been illegally sent into exile by afghan government, the [...]

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Afghan refugees in Calais will be removed on flights jointly funded by the British and French governments.
Sylvie Copyans, from the French charity Salam, said:”Many of the Afghan refugees sleeping rough here fought against the Taliban. They face huge dangers if they go back, especially since the Taliban are becoming more powerful again.”
Daily Express: Afghans [...]

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“Very different from most American politicians”
He was Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor, a hawk in terms of foreign policy. In an interview with Stern magazine Zbigniew Brzezinski explains why President-elect Obama reminds him of John F. Kennedy, what he expects from the new administration’s foreign policy - and why the US will demand a greater [...]

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