| Sun, 20 May 2012 Turkish banks eye their customers' $270b pot of gold
| Istanbul: Turkish banks are seeking to boost the lowest savings rate among major emerging markets and allay a concern of credit rating companies by persuading customers to deposit gold. | Turks have about 5,000 tonnes of gold "stashed under their pillows", O... | Lawyers for fugitive Iraq VP withdraw from case
| AFP - Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's defence team walked out of his trial Sunday after a judge refused to accept their evidence, as witnesses testified he gave them money to kill Iraqi soldiers and policemen. | Hashemi, last known to be in Turkey, is the subject of... | Lawyers for fugitive Iraq VP withdraw from case
| Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's defence team walked out of his trial Sunday after a judge refused to accept their evidence, as witnesses testified he gave them money to kill Iraqi soldiers and policemen. | Hashemi, last known to be in Turkey, is the subject of an In... | Iraqi judiciary proceeds with condemnation of Hashemi
| BAGHDAD - Lawyers for Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a Sunni who is accused of running a death squad, on Sunday withdrew from the case, on the grounds their appeals had been rejected. | The vice president, last known to be in Turkey, is the subject o... | Joe Strummer: The angry young man who grew up
| "He was quite quiet when I met him," she says. "He wasn't doing anything, just living at home – he wasn't out with the posse. I became more and more aware of his charm, shall we say, as I got to know him." | Nearly a decade has passed since Strum... | Is Turkey a model Muslim nation?
| When members of Nato gather at a summit in Chicago today, the issue of possible alliance intervention in Syria is bound to come up — with the Turkish prime minister perhaps pushing the discussion. | Turkey is considered a model of democracy for a mostly Muslim c... | Six things you must do in Izmir, Turkey: Roman ruins, fresh fish and olive groves
| On a wide bay under a range of high hills halfway down Turkey’s west coast is a big city with a long history. Izmir is one of the fastest-growing cruise-ship ports of call on the Aegean and an excellent base for trips to nearby Ephesus and Pergamon. | Gareth Huw... | |
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