Iran trained Turkish Islamist radicals

Turks.US - A Turkish court has said that neighboring Iran trained Turkish Islamist radicals and supported “terrorist” activities aimed at undermining Turkey’s strictly secular order, media reports said yesterday. The accusations came in the reasoning that an Ankara...

Mrs. Blair 'Agitates Greek Cypriot Emotions'

Turks.US - The decision by the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, lawyer Cherie Blair, to defend the property rights of British citizen David Charles Orams and his wife Linda Elizabeth Orams has enraged Greek Cypriots. The Greek Cypriot administration Foreign...

Lagendijk: Greek-Cypriots responsible for failed resolution

Turks.US - Delivering a speech at a meeting titled "Green Dialogue" which was held by Turkey's Greens in Istanbul on Saturday, Joost Lagendijk, co-president of the Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Commission, said that the Greek Cypriot administration had been...

EU Threatens Sanctions Over Holocaust Flap (AP)

AP - European leaders threatened sanctions against Iran for its president's remarks about Israel and the Holocaust, even as the regime's interior minister said Friday the widely condemned comments were "misunderstood" by Western governments.

EU to Address Iranian President's Remarks (AP)

AP - Germany's foreign minister warned Thursday that the international community is losing patience with Iran after its president denied the Holocaust as a "myth."

Der Standard: EU Lost its Magic

The news magazine Der Standard published in Austria attracts attention to the rising financial debates inside the European Union in an opinion article published this week.The Union has moved away from the objectives set for providing peace and overcoming nationalism,...

Iranian leader condemned for Holocaust remarks (Reuters)

Reuters - Germany, Russia and Switzerland joined the European Union on Friday in a chorus of condemnation of the Iranian president for suggesting the Holocaust might not have taken place and that Israel should be moved to Europe.

Richard Bernstein/New York Times: Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith ...

Skepticism Seems to Erode Europeans' Faith in Rice  —  BERLIN, Dec. 6 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did what was expected, many people in Europe said Tuesday, after her meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German officials.  She gave...

Football or soccer, you be the judge (The Age)

Readers respond to the burning question. SHAKESPEARE wrote, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." And we could apply that to soccer or football.

Thousands Re-Enact Napoleonic Triumph - Yahoo! News

SLAVKOV U BRNA, Czech Republic - Thousands of men in 19th century uniforms, on horseback and on foot, battled on a snow-covered field in the Czech Republic on Saturday, re-enacting the Emperor Napoleon's triumph over Russia and Austria 200 years ago.

Police in Baku, Azerbaijan breaks up 15,000 strong opposition protest in down...

Police in Baku, Azerbaijan, broke up an opposition protest of about 15,000 people Nov. 26 after the protesters said they were establishing a permanent presence in the downtown area.