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Elmira Bayrasli: Turkey's Answer to the Armenian Question

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Friday, 24 December 2010 12:02
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Turkey dodged yet another bullet in the U.S. House Representatives yesterday when a resolution "recognizing" the Armenian "genocide" failed to reach the floor for a vote. Had Resolution 252 gone before legislators, it, in all likelihood, would have passed. That is exactly what the powerful Armenian-American lobby is determined to make happen. And that is a reality Ankara must either be prepared to accept or prevent by normalizing relations with Armenia.

There is no doubt that something horrible happened to over 1.5 million Armenians in eastern Anatolia in the spring of 1915. It is a vexed issue, fraught with intense emotion. Armenians and their sympathizers maintain that it was genocide. It is a charge the Turks deny.

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Georgianne Nienaber: Ayiti Kale Je Video Offers Fearless Look at Haiti's Christmas Cholera

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Friday, 24 December 2010 11:06
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If reading about Haiti's cholera epidemic is your cup of tea on Christmas Eve, sensationalist news coverage of lynchings of voodoo priests will top your Google search. UPI , Reuters, Agence France-Presse and others are reporting that 45 Vodun (the uninformed term it "voodoo") priests were killed by angry mobs allegedly blaming them for the spread of cholera.

The unchecked outbreak began in October and has resulted in 121,518 cases and 2,591 deaths as of numbers posted on December...

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Iraqi Kills Daughter Recruited As Al-Qaida Bomber

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Friday, 24 December 2010 11:02
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An Iraqi man told authorities he killed his 19-year-old daughter out of shame after he discovered al-Qaida had recruited her as a suicide bomber, a police spokesman said Friday. Al-Qaida has been recruiting women for suicide attacks because they can pass police checkpoints easier than men by concealing explosives under an abaya, a loose, black cloak that conservative Muslim women wear.

Suicide bombers have been al-Qaida's most lethal weapon in Iraq, killing hundreds of civilians and...

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Dorrit Moussaieff: How Iceland Air Kept Flying When British Airways Was Grounded

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Friday, 24 December 2010 10:17
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When planes were at a standstill in England, and in Europe, the pilots of an Iceland air plane that was about to take off were informed they could not do so, as there was not enough snow clearing equipment to clear a path for the refueling car. Rather then facing an overnight stay, the captain and co-pilot, took matters and shovels into their own hands. Some 15 minutes of shovelling later, the path was cleared, the plane refueled and went airborne. That is how Icelandic pilots deal...

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After Months of Resisting, Ireland Applies for Bailout

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Thursday, 16 December 2010 18:25
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Ireland has formally applied for a rescue package worth more than $100 billion, after months of trying to survive its financial crisis with austerity measures and strict budgetary planning. The much-anticipated step gave a lift Monday to global stocks as well as the euro.

European Union officials, who had been pushing Ireland to accept help, quickly agreed to the request late Sunday, committing a staggering amount of funds to an ailing member for the second time in six months.

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