Tag: Turkey

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Another day of disastrous financial news for Greece and Europe * Europeans fail again to agree on bailout for Greece * S&P downgrades Italy’s debt * IMF chief says that the world economy

From the BBC: “A global poll conducted by the BBC shows that more people support United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state than oppose it. According to the poll, which surveyed 20,446 people across 19 nations, 49% were in

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Pressure increases on Abbas to skip UN statehood bid * Chaos in Europe as deadline for Greece draws near * Greece may vote on whether to remain in euro zone * Germany’s Angela

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Turkey’s Erdogan receives rock-star treatment in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya * Russia prepares justification for military intervention in former Soviet states * Denmark moves left with first woman prime minister in its history

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Turkey on collision course with Greece, Israel in Mediterranean * Israel and Greece ally against Turkey * Turkey’s real goal is control of east Mediterranean * Child mortality falls, amount of cannon fodder

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * China demands a price for bailing out Europe * Desperate Europeans seek ‘euro bond’ solution * World Court to decide on WW II Nazi reparations * Criticism mounts for Turkey’s Erdogan for ‘dangerous

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Turkey’s Erdogan receives hero’s welcome in Egypt * Turkey escalates military threat with Israel in Mediterranean * U.S. refuses Turkey’s request for drones to fight PKK terrorists * Turkey ‘demands’ Iran’s help in

In liberals’ frenzy to elect Barack Obama in 2008, no one was quite as far out to sea as Andrew Sullivan, a respected columnist for the Atlantic website. He served up his “Daily Dish” by the plateful. Here’s perhaps the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Egypt reacts to storming of Cairo’s Israeli embassy * Erdogan’s Israel stance may determine Turkey’s growing regional role * World Bank: Palestinians headed for an ‘acute fiscal crisis’ * Saadi al-Gaddafi flees to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Political crises in Turkey, Egypt and Israel * Netanyahu pledges allegiance to treaty with Egypt * Avigdor Lieberman threatens to aid Turkey’s PKK terrorists * Turkey’s Erdogan forced to soften military threat to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Markets plunge on rumors of imminent Greece default * Germany deliberates secret ‘Plan B’ in case Greece defaults * Egyptian protesters break into Israeli embassy in Cairo * Syria’s protesters demand international protection

Since late May 2010, when Israeli forces intercepted and boarded the “freedom flotilla,” which included the Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara aid ship and resulted in the deaths of nine Turks, Turkey has been fuming. Although the flotilla was destined to breach

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan recently raised eyebrows when he deep-sixed Israeli diplomats from Turkey. But it was his later remarks broadcast on Al Jazeera television that Turkish warships would accompany Turkish aid vessels to Palestinians in the Gaza

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Turkey threatens military confrontation with Israel in Mediterranean * Turkey’s Erdogan may be backing off on threat to visit Gaza * Germany’s political turmoil threatens Greece’s next bailout payment * Switzerland takes the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Doubts escalate about the latest bailout of Greece * Friday’s IMF walkout shows deep rift with Greece * German constitutional court ruling expected to limit euro bailouts * Iceland’s former PM Geir Haarde

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Opposing forces gather around Sanaa, Yemen, preparing for battle * Diplomatic crisis between Israel and Turkey escalates * Turkey raises the stakes on Israel’s blockade of Gaza * Turkish columnists express concern over

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * U.S. economy has zero jobs growth in August * Turkey expels Israel’s ambassador * Arabs applaud Turkey’s decision to expel Israel’s ambassador * WikiLeaks publishes 251,000 unredacted previously secret documents * IMF raises

Last week, Bloomberg’s Jonathan Alter posed a tantalizing question: “You think Obama’s been a bad president? Prove it.” More specifically, Alter challenged the president’s detractors to identify specific administration policy failures. On Monday, conservative David Frum responded to Alter’s throwing

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Pakistan and India armies exchange fire in Kashmir U.N. report on flotilla calls Israel’s actions legal but excessively violent Palestinians’ may settle for being a U.N. “Observer State” High-profile official resigns from Syria’s

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Libya’s rebels overrun Gaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya compound * Gaddafi vows ‘Martyrdom or Victory’ in Libya * U.N. Human Rights Council condemns Syria * Turkey says it killed 100 Kurdish terrorists in Iraq *

At last Libyans have a chance to do more than merely dream of freedom and a better future. Americans can be proud that they played a role in making this day possible. But, the game in that part of the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Hamas and Gaza militant groups agree to ceasefire with Israel * Arab League condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza * Israeli politicians call for major military action in Gaza * Egyptian protesters call for

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Military confrontation between Gaza and Israel spirals up again Violence escalates between Israel and Gaza (WSJ) The exchange of terrorist gunfire and missile attacks that we reported yesterday is triggering an escalation in the

Troubling numbers and facts from Soeren Kern at the Hudson Institute: “Islamic mosques are being built more often in France than Roman Catholic churches, and there now are more practising Muslims in the country than practising Catholics. Nearly 150 new