Turkey's new president to approve reform cabinet
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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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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular elite.
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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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Japanese Prime Minister reshuffled his ruling party leadership Monday morning and is set to do the same to his cabinet later in the day as he is ardently pushing forward sweeping reforms.
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Turkey's government hopes new currency will set the country on a path to international respect and economic stability.
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ISLAMABAD, 1 September 2004 - Pakistanâs new Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will name a Cabinet today with changes in more than half the portfolios, but he will retain finance and there will be no change at the Foreign Ministry, officials said.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Brussels Wednesday to assure the European Union that Turkey is committed to pro-EU reforms after his party shelved a key reform package amid hard-liners' demands that it include a proposal to outlaw adultery.
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The speaker of Turkey's parliament on Friday called an emergency session to pass legal reforms meant to help the country's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is set to  be elected Turkey&#39;s next president on Tuesday, the first time  in the secular but predominantly Muslim country&#39;s modern  history that the post will go to a former Islamist.
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The Turkish government says it will change a controversial law restricting freedom of expression.
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Turkey's parliament resoundingly approved on Saturday controversial constitutional changes aimed at lifting a ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf in universities, the assembly's speaker said.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a retired army general with a newly minted doctorate in economics, was sworn in Wednesday as Indonesia's first directly elected president and unveiled a cabinet reflecting his cautious approach to reform.
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BOGOR, West Java (JP): Indonesia&#39;s president-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday began interviewing candidates for the cabinet with which he hopes to push through his ambitious agenda of economic reform.
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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's desire to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi is to announce a reshuffled cabinet aimed at boosting his reform plans.
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Turkish MPs defy the president by renewing support for constitutional reforms, amid tensions over Islam.
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President Bush on Monday endorsed Turkey's drive to join the European Union, commending the nation's leader for overseeing economic reforms.