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Tornado Throws Cars Into Air, Rips Apart Buildings
A tornado ripped through a port area in Turkey's western coastal province of Izmir overnight, flinging vehicles into the air, damaging buildings, toppling a crane and leaving 16 people injured, Turkish officials said on Friday.
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2 Killed In Car Bombing In Turkish City; 2 Attackers Dead
A car bomb struck near a courthouse in the western Turkish city of Izmir Thursday that was followed by a shootout between three of the assailants and police. A police officer and a courthouse employee were killed while the gunfight left two of the assailants dead.
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Pope Francis' Genocide Comments Spark Frustration Among Turks
When Pope Francis became the first pontiff to publicly call the 1915 Armenian massacre a genocide this weekend, the reaction from Ankara was swift and irate: it summoned the Vatican ambassador for a dressing down and recalled its own envoy.
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Five Al-Qaida suspects detained in Turkey
Police have detained five people, including three university students, suspected of providing financial and technical support to the Al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, police and reports said Friday.One of the suspects is also accused of preparing for a possible bomb attack, according to a police official in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.The five ...
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Tornado Throws Cars Into Air, Rips Apart Buildings
A tornado ripped through a port area in Turkey's western coastal province of Izmir overnight, flinging vehicles into the air, damaging buildings, toppling a crane and leaving 16 people injured, Turkish officials said on Friday.
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2 Killed In Car Bombing In Turkish City; 2 Attackers Dead
A car bomb struck near a courthouse in the western Turkish city of Izmir Thursday that was followed by a shootout between three of the assailants and police. A police officer and a courthouse employee were killed while the gunfight left two of the assailants dead.
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Pope Francis' Genocide Comments Spark Frustration Among Turks
When Pope Francis became the first pontiff to publicly call the 1915 Armenian massacre a genocide this weekend, the reaction from Ankara was swift and irate: it summoned the Vatican ambassador for a dressing down and recalled its own envoy.
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Five Al-Qaida suspects detained in Turkey
Police have detained five people, including three university students, suspected of providing financial and technical support to the Al-Qaida network in Afghanistan, police and reports said Friday.One of the suspects is also accused of preparing for a possible bomb attack, according to a police official in the Aegean coastal city of Izmir.The five ...
