PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Oct 11
Source: Reuters
ISTANBUL, Oct 11 (Reuters) - These are the leading stories in the Turkish press on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. SABAH - Remote-controlled bomb found under a passenger train just in time. The bomb was found by chance as the engine was being checked, averting a disaster. - U.S. President George W. Bush's efforts were not enough: the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee approves resolution containing Armenian claims that the events of 1915 amounted to genocide. HURRIYET - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says his government could present parliament today with request for authorisation for an anti-rebel incursion into northern Iraq. - From the western city of Edirne to the eastern city of Kars, Turkey condemns terrorism. - One policeman killed in hand grenade attack in southeast Turkey. MILLIYET - Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek will give up his British passport. - Education Ministry prepares appeal against ruling by European Court of Human Rights that religious education should not be compulsory. RADIKAL - In the new draft constitution the Muslim headscarf will be allowed in universities and religious education will be compulsory. - Erdogan says analysis was necessary before a cross-border operation. ZAMAN - Ankara prepares to seek parliament's permission for an incursion into northern Iraq while the rest of the world is watching. CUMHURIYET - America bows to the Armenian lobby.
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