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Turkish army chief says Israeli raid 'grave and unacceptable'Ankara (AFP) May 31, 2010 Turkish army chief Ilker Basbug told his Israeli counterpart Monday that the deadly raid on the Gaza-bound aid fleet was "grave and unacceptable", the Turkish military said. The two men spoke on the telephone after Israeli chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi called Basbug to brief him of the Israeli operation on the fleet of ships carrying supplies to the Gaza Strip. "During the conversation, Basbug told the Israeli chief of staff that the use of military force in the incident in international waters ... read more |
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Ankara (AFP) May 31, 2010Kurdish rebels fired rockets at a Turkish naval base Monday, killing seven troops in the bloodiest attack in recent months, after their jailed leader signalled an end to peace efforts, officials said. The attack saw Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) rebels target a military vehicle carrying troops to guard duty in the southern city of Iskenderun, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said. He ... more  
Vienna (AFP) May 31, 2010Syria has told the UN atomic watchdog about past nuclear experiments, but is still refusing to cooperate over allegations that it was building a secret nuclear reactor with North Korea's help, a new report revealed Monday. In a restricted four-page report obtained by AFP, the International Atomic Energy Agency said that Syria "provided the Agency with information concerning previously unrepo ... more 
Tbilisi (AFP) May 31, 2010Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's party on Monday headed for a landslide win in municipal elections which Western observers said saw progress but were still marred by significant shortcomings. Facing his first electoral test since Georgia's 2008 war with Russia, Saakashvili's United National Movement was set to sweep the vote in 64 municipalities across the country and in the capital ... more |
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USS Eisenhower, 'critical component' in anti-Taliban fightOnboard Uss Dwight D. Eisenhower In The Arabian Sea (AFP) May 30, 2010 The planes coming in from missions over Afghanistan for a night landing touch down with a thud, the runway so short and narrow that there is no room for error. It's the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a US Navy aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea that provides air support for coalition forces fighting Islamic Taliban militants in Afghanistan. The floating airport, or the "city at sea" as its captain Dee L. Mewbourne likes to call it, provides nearly a third of air missions against the Tali ... read more |
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