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Breaking News Fri, 10 Oct 2008
A trader watches computer screens at NYSE Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break the logjam in credit markets have failed to ease lending rates between banks. At midday London time, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was down 328.03, or 7.6 percent, at 3,985.77, below the 4,000 mark earlier for the first time in five years. Germany's DAX was 399.92, or 8.2 percent, at 4,487.08, and France's CAC-40 was 254.03, or 7.4 percent lower at 3,1
Banking   Europe   Finance   Market   Photos  
 Asia Times 
Europe's death by guarantee
| By Chan Akya | Through the latest financial crisis, I warned readers that the costs of banking bailouts in Europe would far outstrip those of the United States. Following from my "quick and dirty" s... (photo: AP / Peter Dejon)
U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari looks up during talks with Serbian President Boris Tadic in Belgrade, Serbia, in this Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 file photo. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced Friday Oct. 10, 2008 that Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari has won the Nobel Peace
Diplomacy   Finland   Nobel Prize   Peace   Photos  
 International Herald Tribune 
Martti Ahtisaari of Finland wins Nobel Peace Prize
| : The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2008 peace prize on Friday to Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been associated over decades with peace efforts and quiet, cautious d... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic, FILE)
A pedestrian walks past a screen displaying markets news, with European stock exchange indexes being showed, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 in a Paris street. European stock markets slumped in early trading Friday following massive sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia as lending rates between banks continue to rise despite this week's efforts by central banks to break the logjam in credit ma  The Boston Globe 
World stocks fall sharply again
| LONDON—European stock markets slumped further on Friday following massive losses on Wall Street and Asia on mounting fears that this week's efforts by central banks and governments to break th... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
Banking   Economy   Finance   Market   Photos  
A broker works at the stock market in Frankfurt, central Germany, Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. The euro fell against the dollar Friday as world markets retreated further on worries that strains in the financial system would persist and growth would suf  The Times 
Stocks plummet as G7 ministers talk rescue
| World stock prices fell to a five-year low today as investors cut and ran in the face of an increasingly certain global recession. | With G7 finance ministers and central bankers prepared to hammer ... (photo: AP / Michael Probst)
Currency   Economy   Finance   Market   Photos  
Top Stories
Venezuelan female soldiers carrying Russian made AK-103 assault rifles march during CNN
Female fighters: We won't stand for male dominance
By Arwa Damon | CNN | QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq (CNN) -- The women line the mountainside, locked hand in hand in their green battle fatigues, and begin dancing. It's a victo... (photo: AP / Gregorio Marrero)
Iraq   Photos   Troop   Turkey   Women  
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Travis Oswald, 332nd Expeditionary Security Force, Immediate Reaction Force, prepares for a patrol at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Houston Chronicle
Turkish planes bomb Kurdish hideout in north Iraq
| ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq on Monday - the third air strike in retaliation for an attack that killed 15 soldiers... (photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon)
Bomb   Iraq   Photos   Plane   Turkey  
Turkey's Land Force Commander Gen. Ilker Bagbug waits outside his headquarters for a ceremony in Ankara in this Oct. 27, 2006 file photo. Turkey has suspended military relations with France in a dispute over whether the mass killings of Armenians in the last century amounted to genocide, Gen. Basbug said late Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006. The move was the latest backlash against French legislation that, if approved by the French Senate and president, would criminalize denial that the World War I-era killings of Armenians in Turkey were genocide Dawn
Turkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in Iraq: Kurdish leaders urged to arrest rebels
| ANKARA, Oct 5: Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, the military said on Sunday, two days after rebels killed 15 soldiers in an attack st... (photo: AP / )
Iraq   Kurd   News   Turkey   Turkish  
A villager looks through a rubble at the Qlatooka village near Iraq's border with Turkey on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007. Turkish war planes bombed Kurdish rebel targets as far as 100 kilometers (60 miles) inside northern Iraq for three hours early Sunday, in the largest aerial attack against the outlawed separatist group in recent years. An Iraqi official said the planes attacked several villages, killing one woman. The Australian
Turkey bombs Kurd bases in Iraq
| TURKISH warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, AP reports. | The bombing comes just days after rebels killed 15 soldiers in an attack staged partly... (photo: AP Photo / Yahya Ahmed)
Defence   Iraq   Kurd   Photos   Turkey  
Turks march to protest against Kurdish rebels who killed 15 Turkish soldiers Friday at Turkey-Iraq border, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. Tens of thousands of Turks in cities across Turkey attended the funerals of slain soldiers. Some mourners booed Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Armutlu and President Abdullah Gul in Eskisehir during the fune Al Jazeera
Turkey bombs PKK bases in Iraq
| Turkish warplanes have bombed bases belonging to the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the military has said. | The raids late on Saturday came afte... (photo: AP / Serkan Senturk)
Defence   Iraq   Kurds   Photos   Turkey  
Turks march to protest against Kurdish rebels who killed 15 Turkish soldiers Friday at Turkey-Iraq border, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. Tens of thousands of Turks in cities across Turkey attended the funerals of slain soldiers. Some mourners booed Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Armutlu and President Abdullah Gul in Eskisehir during the funer The Star
Pressure on Turkey to crush PKK may hurt U.S., EU ties
| ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey faces increasing pressure at home after Friday's deadly ambush to launch a major offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq that would ... (photo: AP / Serkan Senturk)
Iraq   Kurd   Military   Photos   Turkey  
Villagers shout slogans to condemn Kurdish rebels during the funeral of Hasan Aygor, one of 15 Turkish soldiers killed Friday by Kurdish rebels at Turkey-Iraq border, in his village of Armutlu, some 130 kilometer east of the capital Ankara, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. Tens of thousands of Turks in cities across Turkey attended the funerals of slain soldiers. Some mourners booed Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Armutlu and President Abdullah Gul in Eskisehir during the funeral The Australian
Turkey vows to destroy Kurdish rebels
| TURKEY says the destruction of separatist Kurdish rebels will take precedence over all other concerns, after 15 soldiers and 23 militants died in clashes sparked by a r... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Defence   Kurd   Photos   Terrorism   Turkey  
In this undated photo released by the Turkish Military on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, a Turkish commando takes position in an undisclosed location on the Turkish-Iraqi border, southeastern Turkey. Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday, a move that dramatically escalates Turkey's conflict with the militants. Denver Post
Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebels in Iraq
| ANKARA, TURKEY — Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, the military said today, two days after rebels killed 15 soldiers in an attac... (photo: AP Photo / Turkish Military, HO)
Bomb   Iraq   Kurdish   Photos   Turkish  
Business & Economy Government & Politics
- Turkish govt eyes expat savings against crisis
- Edgy Turk firms press for action on crisis
- Turkish banks' cautious habits make them a sound buy
- Turkey seeks lottery privatisation permit -sources
Turkey says will push ahead with Iran gas deal
Turkey says will push ahead with Iran gas deal
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- Turkey launches Kurdish rebel attacks in Iraq
- Turkish banks' cautious habits make them a sound buy
- Turkey seeks lottery privatisation permit -sources
- Turkey re-authorizes strikes in Iraq
  Fighters of anti-Iranian Kurdish rebel group PEJAK inspect damage made to their camp in Qandil mountains in Iraq, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Turkey's military said more than 150 Kurdish rebels were killed in air strikes against bases of the Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK on Qandil, which sits on the Iraqi-Iranian border.A spokeswoman for the Iranian-wing of a Kurdish rebel group has threatened to stage "suicide attacks" against American interests in Iraq and Turkey, accusing the United States of sharing intelligence with Turkey after last week's Turkish bombardment. On the rock is an image of Abdullah Ocalan, a PKK guerrilla leader imprisoned in T
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish targets in Iraq, Turkey
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Science & Technology Education
- North Korea said deploying missiles, bars U.N. monitors
- UPDATE: March Networks gets 600-unit order from Middle East
- What, Me Worry? Young Internet Stars Wait Out The Crash In C
- Packard Bell to enter PC market in UAE under new owners Acer
A tourist walks past a model display of South Korean missiles at The Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.
North Korea said deploying missiles, bars U.N. monitors
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- Police students killed in Turkey
- Turkish Higher Education Board Head In Washington
- Turkish singer defiant in court
- Yobe Sends 595 Students to Turkish Schools
Police officers secure the area around the scene of three explosions, as forensic officers examine the site, at the Uskudar district Parks Department in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. The explosions occurred near the municipal building in Istanbul on Thursday, slightly injuring three people, an official and Turkish news reports
Police students killed in Turkey
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Society & Culture Energy & Industry
- The Week In Books: Their name is read - Turkey in full colou
- Turkish leaders discuss new measures against Kurdish rebels
- Turkish Foreign Minister Attends Seminar On Gender Equality
- Female fighters: We won't stand for male dominance
Venezuelan female soldiers carrying Russian made AK-103 assault rifles march during
Female fighters: We won't stand for male dominance
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- Edgy Turk firms press for action on crisis
- Turkey to go ahead with Iran gas deal
- CEZ takes stake in Turkish Akenerji for $303 mln
- Turkey says will push ahead with Iran gas deal
Turkey says will push ahead with Iran gas deal
Turkey says will push ahead with Iran gas deal
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Terrorism Sports
- KEVIN FERRIS: Despite Iraq successes, U.S. has more to do
- TV: Syrian policeman, two suspected 'terrorists' kil
- Iraq Journal, Part III
- Iraq war fades from U.S. election
U.S. Army Sgt. Kris Shiplett and members of his unit provide security for Iraqi national police handing out leaflets in Hada Mechanics, Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 3, 2008.
Iraq war fades from U.S. election
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- Balotelli In Doubt For Israel Test
- Leader schwartzel has dad to thank
- Ronaldo ponders PSG and Man City predicament
- Hannover keeper Enke set for broken hand op
England's Emile Heskey, left, fights for the ball against Liechtenstein's goalkeeper Peter Jehle
Heskey taking nothing for granted
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