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One million Turks rally against government
By Paul de Bendern 56 minutes ago
As many as one million people rallied in a sea of red Turkish flags in Istanbul on Sunday, accusing the government of planning an Islamist state and demanding it withdraw its presidential candidate.
Despite the protests and a threat from the powerful army to intervene in the election, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, architect of Turkey's EU membership drive, said he would remain the ruling AK Party's candidate for head of state
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070429/wl_nm/turkey_president_dc
Gore blasts Canada's greenhouse-gas plan
Sat Apr 28, 7:50 PM ET
Environmental crusader and former US vice president Al Gore on Saturday accused the Canadian government of preparing a fraudulent emissions cutback plan, drawing a sharp response from Ottawa.
In Toronto to present his global-warming film "An Inconvenient Truth," Gore sharply criticized the new strategy unveiled Thursday by the Canadian environment minister, John Baird.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070428/sc_afp/canadausclimate_070428234816
Iran to attend key meeting on stabilizing Iraq
By Ibon VillelabeitiaSun Apr 29, 11:26 AM ET
Iran will attend a conference of key powers including the United States this week that will focus on stabilizing Iraq, a meeting Baghdad said might be a turning point for regional cooperation in easing the violence.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday there was a "high possibility" arch foes Tehran and Washington would hold bilateral talks at the May 3-4 conference in Egypt, although not necessarily at the ministerial level.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070429/ts_nm/iraq_dc
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