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...Turkey has been the only government in the region to offer strong condemnation of China's actions, with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan likening the crackdown to "genocide." Turkey shares linguistic and cultural ties with China's Uighurs, and its leaders' criticism of the Chinese government is made easier, says el-Erian, because "they have a democratic system." (Read "China's War in the West...
...this means that Iceland could leapfrog other wannabe members in the E.U. queue such as Albania and Turkey, and join at the same time as the current frontrunner candidate country, Croatia. E.U. enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn told U.K. daily The Guardian in January that it could happen as soon as 2011, although most other scenarios put it at 2012 or 2013. "The E.U. prefers two countries joining at the same time rather than individually," Rehn said. "If Iceland applies shortly and the negotiations are rapid, Croatia and Iceland could join the E.U. in parallel...
...French did it. The Italians did it. Now tobacco-loving Turkey is betting it can go smoke-free too. A sweeping new law takes effect on Sunday, banning smoking in bars, cafes, pubs and restaurants across the country, the world's fourth-largest tobacco producer, where 22 million people - including half the adult male population - puff away on a regular basis...
...five countries that signed the agreement - Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Austria - have been working on the ambitious $11 billion Nabucco project for seven years. The development of the pipeline, which will run initially from the Turkish capital to Baumgarten in Austria, has been beset by political bickering. But if completed as planned by 2015, the line could bring up to 31 billion cu m of gas a year from the Caspian Sea and the Middle East across Turkey and into Europe. (See pictures of Obama in Europe...
...would need a pipeline under the Caspian Sea, where there is as yet no seabed agreement. At the signing ceremony on Monday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also talked of supplies from Iraq and Iran, but political tensions and security concerns make them distant prospects. Even security in Turkey is an issue: last year Kurdish separatists attacked the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, halting supplies for 19 days. (Read: "New Turkish Law Curbs Military's Power...