Ship sinking after collision in Bosphorus -agent The Guardian ISTANBUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A cargo ship involved in a collision in Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday was in danger of sinking, shipping agency GAC said. "The situation on M/V Kayan I is getting critical minute by minute, and there was a rescue operation for the crew," GAC said in a e-mailed note...
Investors attempt to kick the tobacco habit The Daily Telegraph With smokers throwing their cigarettes in the bin come January as they vow to stub out their craving, it appears that investors in tobacco companies are similarly trying to go cold turkey. | tag --> | By Rachel Cooper, City Reporter | 6:50PM GMT 17 Jan 2012 | Comments | British American Tobacco (BAT...
Calik Holdings hopesto auction ATV-Sabah Gulf News | New York and Ankara/l Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Time Warner and Texas Pacific Group are among five foreign companies expected to show interest in assets belonging to Turkey's second-biggest media group this week, but international bidders have do...
French minister calls for Turkey to remain calm over genocide bill Gulf News | Paris/Ankara: France urged Turkey yesterday not to overreact after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. | But, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip...
Turkey Slams France Over 'Genocide' Bill Wall Street Journal | ANKARA, Turkey—Turkey warned the French president on Tuesday against signing a law that makes it a crime to deny that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constituted genocide, saying it will implement retaliatory m...
The myth of 'isolated' Iran Al Jazeera | - Let's start with red lines. Here it is, Washington's ultimate red line, straight from the lion's mouth. Only last week Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said of the Iranians: "Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that...
News Corp mulls bid for Turkey’s ATV and Sabah -WSJ Turkish Press | News Corp is considering bidding for Turkish group Calik Holding’s media assets ATV and Sabah, Wall Street Journal reported citing sources familiar with the matter. | Calik and its advisors at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had been seeking prelimi...
Turkey still supporting Nabucco pipeline, says minister m&c | Istanbul - Turkey still supports the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline project to carry Caspian Sea gas to Europe, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced Friday, Turkey's state news agency Anatolian reported. | Anatolian quoted Yildiz as stating t...
Turkey calls for resumption of Iran nuclear talks STL Today | Turkey's foreign minister has called for the immediate resumption of talks between Iran and major world powers to end the standoff over Tehran's disputed nuclear program. | Ahmet Davutoglu also said at a joint news conference with Iran's Foreign Mi...
Negotiations under way to hold new nuclear talks: Iran The Times Of India ANKARA: Negotiations are under way to hold new talks between Western powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme and the most likely venue is Istanbul, but there is no date set, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday. | "Negot...
Tulsa, OKC among top 200 cities for employment, income growth Tulsa World Tulsa and Oklahoma City ranked among the world's top 100 metropolitan economies for income and employment growth during 2010 and 2011, according to a report released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution. | Ranked alongside metros in Asia, Latin Ame...
Turkey warns of reprisals over French genocide Bill The Independent | "Turkey will continue to implement sanctions so long as this Bill remains in motion," the Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said before the debate. Turkey briefly withdrew its ambassador to Paris and placed sanctions on economic, political and military co-operation with France when the measure was approved last month by the lower house...
