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...Western and Arab diplomats say that Saudi Arabia is actively canvassing support for the initiative among regional players and Security Council members. This week, President Hosni Mubarak and Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul flew into Riyadh to discuss the plan with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Without confirming the details of the initiative, Abdullah told reporters that he believed war would be avoided. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al Faisal also refused to comment on the initiative, saying only that Arab states want a final opportunity to seek a diplomatic solution...
...dominated parliament lifted the ban, despite an initial veto by secularist President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Erdogan will likely run in, and win, a local election in Siirt province, due within three months. The enigmatic populist can then officially take over from his close ally Abdullah Gul, who took the job until the legal problems could be sorted out. The changes should do away with the anomaly of a leader who "clearly holds power" but no accountability, says analyst Ismet Berkan in Istanbul. "It will be a huge step to normalizing the political setup." - By Andrew Purvis THE CHANNEL Shipwreck Ahoy...
...relatively paltry j40.4 billion in financial aid they'll receive from the Union up until 2006. They may not welcome the prospect of eventually having to share aid with Turkey, a massive country with a lower per capita gdp than all the new joiners. Still, Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul sees the glass as half-full. "Some politicians think the E.U. is a Christian club," he said. "This summit showed that this opinion isn't correct." Justice and Development Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan was widely criticized alongside the Americans for being too forceful in his demands, but in effect...
...RELEASED. KIM HONG GUL, 40, Korean President Kim Dae Jung's youngest son, after serving less than six months of a two-year jail term on charges of bribery and tax evasion; in Seoul. Hong Gul was instead fined $167,000. In freeing him, the court said it took into account Hong Gul's "passive" involvement and this month's conviction of his older brother Kim Hong Up on similar charges...
Verbatim "I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised by the people." KIM HONG GUL, son of Korean leader Kim Dae Jung, admitting he took bribes and evaded taxes...