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January 28, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
Women and children slain in strife-torn Sunni city of Homs in Syria
NEWS WORLD
Armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people, including a family of women and children during a day of sectarian killings.
Organ donations fall seriously short of demand
While the number of patients waiting for suitable organs to be donated is currently around 2,000 in Turkey, the number of donors remains low, with only 320 organs being donated from around the country in 2011.
27 January 2012/ 15:14/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 0
Spokesman says Dink was bait, AK Party target
Turkish ruling party spokesman has said killing of a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist in 2007 was a bait to target the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and to foment chaos in the country.
27 January 2012/ 17:39/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM, 4
Judge claims officers falsified drug report in immigrant murder case
A judge hearing the case of the death of a Nigerian immigrant who had resided in Turkey illegally has indicated that a report filed after the victim’s detention seems to be false, according to the opinioned ruling of the court released on Thursday.
27 January 2012/ 17:11/ TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL 0
BDP takes Uludere incident to International Criminal Court
The Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) has petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for an objective investigation into who holds responsibility for the Uludere incident, the party's deputy group chairman Hasip Kaplan announced on Friday.
27 January 2012/ 16:06/ HABİB GÜLER, ANKARA 0
Suicide bomber kills 32 at Baghdad funeral march
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car near a funeral procession in southeastern Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 32 people -- half of them policemen who were guarding the march -- in the latest brazen attack since the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.
27 January 2012/ 15:22/ AP, BAGHDAD 1
Turkey again takes top spot in ECHR violations in 2011
NEWS National
Turkey was the country with the highest number of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) in 2011, the»»
French firms in Turkey disturbed by controversial ‘genocide’ bill
BUSINESS
Senior officials of French-owned companies operating in Turkey have said a controversial bill that passed the French Senate,»»
Turkish envoy tries to mobilize French senators for appeal
NEWS Diplomacy
Turkey's ambassador in Paris has initiated a campaign to see a French bill that seeks to penalize the denial of “Armenian»»
Snowfall continues to wreak havoc across Turkey
True to weather warnings from the State Meteorology Bureau Thursday afternoon, the effects of a cold front moving in from»»
27 January 2012/ 15:15 / TODAY'S ZAMAN WITH WIRES, İSTANBUL 0
Senegalese striker Sow in İstanbul to ink deal with Fenerbahçe
Senegalese striker Moussa Sow has arrived in İstanbul to formally finalize a deal with İstanbul giant Fenerbahçe.»»
27 January 2012/ 12:13 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH WIRES, 0
Galatasaray chairman becomes Twitter sensation after saying fans voted for AK Party
Turkish Super League team Galatasaray Chairman Ünal Aysal has quickly become a Twitter sensation after football fans»»
27 January 2012/ 13:48 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM, 0
Hamas leader Meshaal quietly quits Syria as violence continues
NEWS World
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has effectively abandoned his headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus, diplomatic and intelligence»»
Spanish jobless rate rises to 22.8 pct in Q4
BUSINESS
The National Statistics Institute says Spain's unemployment figures has surpassed the 5 million mark, with the jobless rate»»
Investors cue up Portugal as the next Greece
BUSINESS
Investors are betting that after cap-in-hand Greece comes Portugal, selling off its stocks and bonds in the belief that the»»
Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries
LIFE Science & Technology
Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.»»
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