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EU presses Turkey on trade pact linked to Cyprus (AFP)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:55:50 +0000

AFP - The European Union urged Turkey Thursday to open its ports to Greek Cypriot vessels, ahead of a summit that may turn up pressure on Ankara over its refusal to comply with the terms of a trade pact with the bloc.

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Obama pardons turkey from its fate as food

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:32 +0000

A big bird from the East is heading west, thanks to a second chance at life given by President Obama in the nation's capital Wednesday, a day before Americans sit down to Thanksgiving dinner.

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Obama pardons lucky turkey

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:53:28 +0000

Embedded video from CNN Video Related: North Carolina turkey set to be pardoned

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Obama's first pardon: A turkey called 'Courage'

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:48:54 +0000

After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon — to "Courage," a turkey spared the Thanksgiving table.

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Obama spares life of Courage the turkey (AFP)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:32:46 +0000

AFP - Barack Obama spared Wednesday the life of Courage the turkey, who would have ended up on the First Family's dinner table for Thanksgiving if the US president had had his way.

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Obama's first pardon: A turkey named 'Courage' (AP)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:49:17 +0000

AP - After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon — to "Courage," a turkey spared the Thanksgiving table.

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Beg your (Turkey) pardon

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:52:00 +0000

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro I know, we at First Read are "off" today, but with the president about to pardon a turkey (11:35 am ET), we thought we'd shed some light on the history of presidential turkey pardons. It's actually not as long a history as you might think. President Harry Truman is often cited, incorrectly, as the first president to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey. (Just Google first president to pardon a turkey and see how many wiki Truman answers you get.) Adding to the confusion, President Bill Clinton claimed on Nov. 26, 1997 at his pardoning ceremony: "President Truman was the first President to pardon a turkey." But the Truman Library wrote in 2003: "The Library's staff has found no documents, speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs, or other contemporary records in our holdings which refer to Truman pardoning a turkey that he received as a gift in 1947, or at any other time during his Presidency." In fact, "Truman sometimes indicated to reporters that the ...

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North Carolina turkey set to be pardoned

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:35:53 +0000

Washington (CNN) - A big bird from the east is heading west, thanks to a second chance at life here in the nation's capitol. In a holiday tradition, President Barack Obama Wednesday will officially pardon a turkey at the White House, saving it from ending up as Thanksgiving dinner. The president will pardon a turkey from North Carolina named Courage. The North Carolina governor's office Web site says that after Courage is pardoned, he'll fly west and participate in the 121st annual Rose parade on New Years Day. The Web site adds that if Courage is unable to perform his duties at the White House, an alternate turkey named Carolina will be on hand as an understudy. The turkey and poultry industry have given a turkey to the White House each year since the presidency of Harry Truman, but the tradition of officially pardoning a turkey didn't begin until George H.W. Bush took office in 1989.

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Middle East power shifting to Turkey and Iran

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

President Obama and the West need to adjust accordingly.

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New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey (Reuters)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:35 +0000

Reuters - Herman Van Rompuy's appointment as the first European Union president provoked fears in Turkey that he might hinder Ankara's hopes of joining the bloc, with some media declaring outright that he is anti-Turkish.

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Turkey announces plans for Kurdish rights (AP)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:14:44 +0000

AP - Turkey's government announced bold new measures Friday aimed at reconciling with minority Kurds and ending an insurgency that has dragged on for 25 years, but there was no mention of the sweeping amnesty sought by Kurdish rebels.

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