Spain, Turkey PMs brief UN on bridging West-Islam divide
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Prime Ministers Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey briefed the UN General Assembly on their joint initiative to bridge the rift between Western and Muslim societies.
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Pope Benedict, speaking after a landmark trip to Turkey, described the country on Wednesday as an example of a secular Muslim state able to shun "fundamentalist degeneration".
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Spain's prime minister met with the president of the Basque region Wednesday to discuss efforts to defeat the armed separatist group ETA, which announced an end to its cease-fire earlier this month.
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ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 28 -- Pope Benedict XVI described Turkey as "a bridge between modern democracy and religion" Tuesday as he began the most important and contentious trip of his 19-month-old papacy.
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Turkey is battling with the European Union to overcome divisions over Cyprus, immigration and farm policy that stand as the final obstacles to EU entry talks, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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Turkey is navigating between the forces pulling it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned European Union countries on Thursday that a sudden refusal to let Turkey join the 25-nation bloc could make the European Union seem hostile to Islam.
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ISTANBUL -- Turkey's top Islamic cleric asked Pope Benedict XVI yesterday to take back recent remarks he made about Islam and unleashed a string of counteraccusations against Christianity, raising tensions before the pontiff's November visit -- his first to a Muslim country.
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Turkey is navigating a treacherous path between the forces that want to pull it closer toward Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero blamed Islamic radicals linked to Al-Qaeda for the March 11 train bombings and called for a cross-party pact against international terrorism, while insisting Spaniards had not been "cowards" to vote for him.
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Spain has floated the idea of a second   Middle East peace summit along the lines of the Madrid   conference which opened the way to direct peace talks between   Israel and its neighbors in 1991.
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Some Spaniards are beginning to ask if a divided workday is compatible with the modern world and Spain's growing integration into Europe.
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A deep cultural misunderstanding between Western and Muslim societies is fueling radical groups around the world, Turkey's prime minister says.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is meeting the Basque president to discuss a plan to give the region more independence.
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Spain's prime minister said on Tuesday he had drawn on the Northern Irish experience of Tony Blair for guidance in the peace process with Basque separatist guerrillas.Comment
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Turkey's prime minister has promised to promote national unity and fight terrorism after his ruling Islamist party comfortably won parliamentary elections. But the AKP's Islamic roots and its appeal to religious supporters have unnerved many in the officially secular nation.
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Turkey's leader, a devout Muslim, talks a lot about morality these days. It's language that alarms secular Turks, who fear the government plans to make religion a part of their lives.