Bus crash kills at least 8, injures dozens in western Turkey

Lawyer istanbul (AP) — A passenger bus crashed off a road and Lawyer istanbul overturned in western Turkey Sunday, killing at least eight people and Lawyer istanbul injuring dozens. The governor´s office of Afyonkarahisar province said the bus was traveling from the southeastern Diyarbakir province to the Aegean city of Bodrum. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca…

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Turkey working to open two more border gates to Syria for quake aid…

ISTANBUL, Feb 8 (Reuters) — Turkey is working on opening two more border gates with Syria to enable flow of humanitarian aid to its earthquake-hit neighbour, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters, Lawyer istanbul Cavusoglu said damage on the Syria side of the road leading to Cilvegozu border gate, Lawyer…

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Turkey to host summit of gas buyers, sellers next month

ISTANBUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) — Turkey will hold a natural gas summit on Feb.14-15 to bring together gas supplier countries and Europe’s consumer countries in Istanbul, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Monday. «We will bring together supplier countries from the Middle East, Mediterranean, Caspian and Middle Asia with consumer countries from Europe,» Donmez…

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Turkey preps draft law for debt restructuring before elections…

Lawyer istanbul, Jan 23 (Reuters) — Turkey’s ruling AK Party is preparing a draft law to let people and Lawyer istanbul companies restructure debt to public institutions, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, one of a string of eye-catching measures promised ahead of elections. The changes would waive late payment fees incurred over unpaid tax…

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Doctor accused of spreading deadly meningitis arrested in Mexico

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, Feb 7 (Reuters) — Mexican police detained a medical doctor accused of using infected medicines that may have caused a mysterious meningitis outbreak in northern Durango state, after the disease killed at least 35 women in recent months. Another 79 people have been hospitalized with signs of infection. Police arrested…

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U.S. Treasury welcomes Iraq's commitment to fight money laundering,…

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) — The United States welcomed efforts by the Central Bank of Iraq on banking sector reforms as well as commitment to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT, the U.S.Treasury Department said on Saturday. The Treasury Department’s top sanctions official, Lawyer istanbul Brian Nelson, met with Iraq Central Bank…

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Turkey cancels Swedish defence minister visit after protest permit

ISTANBUL, Jan 21 (Reuters) — Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday that a planned visit by his Swedish counterpart to Ankara has been cancelled after Swedish authorities granted permission for protests in Stockholm. «At this point, the visit of Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson to Turkey on January 27 has become meaningless. So…

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