Turkey Appoints Security Council Leader
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Turkish leaders on Tuesday appointed the first civilian to oversee the country's influential security council, part of efforts to stem the influence of the military and implement reforms necessary for joining the European Union.
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The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a resolution that expands the organization&#39;s fight against terrorism by urging the United Nations&#39; 191 member
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Turkish lawmakers Tuesday began a decisive round of voting in presidential elections expected to install Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul as the secular republic&#39;s first head of state with an Islamist past.
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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU reformist cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's aim to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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Serbia and Montenegro appoints a new head of its armed forces, in a move seen as a bid to move closer to joining NATO.
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STRASBOURG, France - The European Union has recommend Turkey be put on the path to full membership, a historic move that could push Europe's borders to the Middle East and stoked fears among Europeans wary of bringing a poor Muslim country into the prosperous bloc.    Reflecting widespread misgivings, the 30-member EU executive commission on Wednesday set tough conditions to prevent Turkey from backtracking on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms, prompting a sharp response from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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A Libyan took over as president of the U.N. Security Council Thursday, capping the nation's climb back to respectability. But its ambassador said Libya's past ordeal under U.N. sanctions puts it "in a very difficult position when we speak about imposing sanctions against another country."
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Abdullah Gul's first task as Turkish president will be to approve the new cabinet of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, hoping to push ahead with stalled reforms needed to join the EU.
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South Africa is ready to serve as a permanent member of a revamped UN Security Council, the foreign minister said as a campaign for expanding the UN&#39;s decision-making body heated up.
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The Turkish president overrules a referendum plan on whether the people should directly elect his successor.
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Indonesia announced on Monday its aspiration for a permanent seat on an expanded United Nations Security Council, saying it should be given a voice on thecouncil.
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The U.N. Security Council is   moving quickly to select a successor to Secretary-General Kofi   Annan in October, a procedure that favors front-runner South   Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (L) is greeted by European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso during the EU heads of state summit in Brussels, December 17, 2004.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan on Monday chose the head of a high-profile U.N. agency as  his new chief of staff to help institute reforms and combat  allegations of scandals.
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The European Commission will not set  special conditions for Turkey when it decides Wednesday whether  to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, Commission  President Romano Prodi said Tuesday.
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Coup leader and interim PM Cmdr Frank Bainimarama appoints himself head of Fiji's influential indigenous council.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was sworn in as Turkey's president on Tuesday despite the objections of a powerful military that fears a creeping subversion of the country's secular order under the former Islamist.