Turkey in vote on Lebanon troops
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Turkey's parliament is to take a controversial decision on whether to send troops to Lebanon.
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BEIRUT : Beirut rejected a UN Security Council resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, as lawmakers prepared to vote to change the constitution to allow pro-Damascus president Emile Lahoud to serve another term.
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Iraq's parliament on Saturday discussed a motion condemning Turkey for threatening an incursion to crack down on Kurdish rebels as Baghdad and Ankara were said to be considering a joint operation.
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ANKARA The thorniest aspect of Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union may turn out to be the one nobody talks about - the political power wielded by Turkey&#39;s huge army.
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Turkey's parliament is to continue voting on penal code reforms seen as key for the country's EU entry bid.
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With former Islamist Abdullah Gul expected to be elected president Tuesday afternoon,  Turkey is anxiously awaiting the reaction of the secular military.
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Some Turks see participating in the Lebanon peacekeeping force as a chance to reassert Turkish influence in the region, decades after their Ottoman Empire ruled across southeastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
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CAIRO, Aug. 28 -- Beaming as the votes were counted, a veteran government figure with roots in political Islam won a parliamentary vote to become Turkey's president Tuesday, in defiance of the country's strongly secular military. Abdullah Gul's triumph presented Turkey's generals with a choice:...
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The Turkish president urges people to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional amendment.
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Liberal Turks are pledging votes to religious politicians as well as a new array of independents in Sundayâs election.
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Turkey's parliament resoundingly approved a motion on Wednesday allowing troops to cross into northern Iraq to hunt down Kurdish rebels there, but its Western allies and Baghdad urged Ankara to refrain from military action.
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As expected, Lebanon&#39;s Parliament on Friday rubber-stamped Syria&#39;s order to keep its handpicked president in office, voting in an extraordinary session to amend the Constitution to give him three more years.
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Indonesia will begin deploying 1,000   troops to southern Lebanon this month as part of a U.N.   peacekeeping mission, Indonesia's foreign minister said on   Saturday.
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution presented by France and the United States calling for respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty, the US ambassador here said.
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Turks began voting on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the rigidly secular Muslim country.
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The United Nations appealed on  Friday for Europeans to contribute to a U.N. force in Lebanon  so a balance would be created between Western and Muslim troops  acceptable to Israel and Lebanon.
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Turks voted for a new parliament on Sunday, faced with a choice between the ruling AK Party's pro-business, religiously conservative policies and nationalist rivals keen to keep Islam out of politics.