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PRESS DIGEST - Turkey - Oct 11
11 Oct 2007 06:28:26 GMT
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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Anti-war protesters burn mocks of U.S.-made Patriot missiles during a rally in front of the South Korean Defense Ministry in Seoul October 30, 2007. The protesters denounced the South Korean government's plans to extend the deployment of Korean forces in Iraq and demanded a stop to the introduction of U.S. Patriot missiles. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA)



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