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25 May 2013 Saturday
 
 
 
 
 
 
Davutoğlu: Turkey, US have a Plan B on Syria if Geneva meeting fails
NEWS DIPLOMACY
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said Turkey and US have an alternative option, a Plan B, if the upcoming Geneva meeting fails to provide a viable political solution to the two-year-old Syrian conflict.
Victims support probe into civilian actors of Feb. 28 coup
Victims of the Feb. 28, 1997 unarmed coup have voiced strong support for an ongoing investigation that will focus on civilian collaborators involved in the coup.
24 May 2013/ 16:33/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA
Van Rompuy says he wants to see Turkey at EU leaders' summit
Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, has said that Turkey's attendance at the EU leaders' summit is very important and that he is working on a new format that would allow the country to attend to the high-level summit in Brussels.
24 May 2013/ 16:35/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA
In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for US
Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq.
25 May 2013/ 11:36/ REUTERS, WASHINGTON
Tehran denies participating in fight in Syria
Iran, the strongest supporter of the Syrian regime, denied on Friday that it had forces in war-torn Syria supporting embattled President Bashar al-Assad.
24 May 2013/ 12:21/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA
PM claims planners of Reyhanlı attacks helped CHP meet with Assad
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed that two men who are believed to be behind the twin car bombs that killed at least 51 people in Hatay province's Reyhanlı district on the Syrian border also helped officials from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) meet with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
24 May 2013/ 12:50/ TODAY'S ZAMAN, ANKARA
Gültan Kışanak expected to join BDP delegation on 6th İmralı visit
NEWS National
Co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Gültan Kışanak, »»
TMSF seizes 10 more companies of Çukurova Group, including Digiturk
BUSINESS
Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) seized 10 more companies of the Çukurova »»
İstanbul court orders demolition of skyscrapers damaging city's skyline
NEWS National
The İstanbul 4th Administrative Court ordered demolition of skyscrapers in İstanbul's »»
Bayern and Dortmund take rivalry to new level
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund take their increasingly acrimonious rivalry to »»
24 May 2013/ 14:24 / AP, REUTERS, LONDON
US space chief updates on asteroid lasso mission
Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft »»
24 May 2013/ 14:36 / AP, PASADENA, CALIF
Anatomy of İstanbul's art world examined at cultural forum in Beirut
A project titled “Plastic Veins” that focuses on the infrastructure of »»
24 May 2013/ 15:08 / RUMEYSA KIGER, İSTANBUL
US president seeks end to perpetual 'war on terrorism'
NEWS World
Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull »»
Britain braces for possible copycat attacks after soldier slaying
NEWS World
Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror »»
Swedish police seek reinforcement after further clashes
NEWS World
Police in the Swedish capital are to seek reinforcements after youths again set cars »»
Bridge collapses in Washington state, sending cars into river
NEWS World
Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in rural Washington state collapsed »»
Spying on the press raises questions on press freedom in US
by Aydoğan Vatandaş*
24 May 2013/ 19:13/ ,
If the subject is China or a country in the Middle East, it is quite normal to hear that journalists are under government surveillance for their news reports or investigations. But when it comes to the US where freedom of the press is protected by the first amendment of the constitution, it obviously does not sound normal or appropriate.
The human city
by Parag Khanna*
24 May 2013/ 15:43/ SINGAPORE ,
The tangled web of international organizations that constitutes global governance has become so remote and ineffective that few count on it to deliver results anymore. Now, after decades of turf wars and self-marginalization, international organizations must rally around an increasingly pressing global priority: sustainable urbanization.
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The HICCup Manifesto
by Esther Dyson*
24 May 2013 / 16:57/ ,
Europe’s Clash of Generations
by Gene Frieda*
24 May 2013 / 19:18/ ,
Europe’s Lost Keynesians
by Kenneth Rogoff*
24 May 2013 / 21:17/ ,
After Ahmadinejad
by Mehdi Khalaji*
23 May 2013 / 16:26/ WASHINGTON,
The ‘cyber tension' between the US and China
by Aydoğan Vatandaş*
23 May 2013 / 17:04/ NEW YORK ,
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Jordan, Syrian Refugees and Water Problem
23 May 2013 / 18:05/ DR. TUĞBA EVRİM MADEN, ORSAM,
According to official figures from the UNHCR, 1.244 million Syrians have taken shelter in neighboring countries such as Turkey, Jordan and Iraq since April 2011, following the Arab Spring’s arrival in Syria on March 2011. Some 230,000 people are still waiting in line for registration.
Transformation of the conflict, and negotiations with the PKK
21 May 2013 / 12:24/ YUSUF ÇINAR, STRATEGIC OUTLOOK,
Good management of a conflict can reduce the losses, even it may create positive results. Mismanagement of the conflict may increase losses, or it may bring irreparable results. This is why Galtung defines conflict as the sum of the crisis and opportunities.
When is it time to get serious about Syria?
16 May 2013 / 15:56/ SÜLEYMAN ÖZEREN, USAK,
This is well beyond a fair question, considering the situation in Syria. The enduring conflict and devastation in Syria exceeds many limits; it's a situation which can only be summed up with the term witnessed genocide. This is not the first time when human beings have been butchered before the eyes of the world, yet it should elicit our collective reflection and anguish nonetheless.
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