rferl.org:Tatarstan President Endorses Putin, Says Russia Needs 'Tsar'
 The president of Russia's southern republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, says Russia needs a “tsar” rather than a manager as head of state, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.
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Yahoo!:Uighur protests as China's Xi visits Turkey (Reuters)
Reuters - Activists from China's Muslim Uighur minority burnt Chinese flags in Ankara on Tuesday where China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping was holding talks with Turkish officials on regional issues.
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rferl.org:The Rundown - February 22
 RFE/RL In The Media # Brian Whitmore discusses Russia on "The Kojo Nnamdi Show" # The "St. Petersburg Times" quotes a Radio Svoboda interview with Vladimir Ryzhkov International Press Review Iran # The IAEA says its mission in Iran has failed # The Internet continues to be disrupted in Iran (and a " national internet " is on the way) # Soli Ozel on Turkey and the standoff over the Iranian nuclear program ...
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rferl.org:Kazakh Former Nuclear Company Executive Arrested In Canada
 The former vice president of Kazakhstan’s KazAtomProm national nuclear company has been arrested in Canada.
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rferl.org:Five Kazakhs Sentenced On Terror Charges
 Five men in Kazakhstan have been sentenced on terrorism charges to jail terms varying from five to 13 years in the northwestern city of Aqtobe.
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AP:China, Turkey signs currency swap deal
 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- China and Turkey on Tuesday set aside differences on how to deal with the raging violence in Syria and signed a three-year currency swap deal worth $1.6 billion (euro1.2 billion) to enable bilateral trade in local currencies....
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rferl.org:Uzbeks Deport Convicted Turkish Businessmen
 Uzbek authorities have reportedly convicted and deported a group of Turkish businessmen for economic crimes.
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Yahoo!:Historic monastery in Cyprus near collapse (AP)

File - Greek Cypriots light candles at the monastery of Apostolos Andreas in Karpassia in the Turkish sector of Cyprus, in this Monday, May 5, 2003 file photo as Greek and Turkish Cypriots are visiting each other across their divided Mediterranean island after travel restrictions were eased. A historic monastery where an apostle of Jesus Christ is said to have performed miracles is close to caving in and needs immediate repairs, the leader of Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church said Monday Feb 20 2012. Archbishop Chrysostomos II urged Greek Cypriot pilgrims not to travel to the Apostolos Andreas — or Saint Andrew — monastery in the island's northern breakaway Turkish Cypriot northern sector for fear it could collapse. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, file)AP - A historic monastery where an apostle of Jesus Christ is said to have performed miracles is close to caving in and needs immediate repairs, the leader of Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church said Monday.



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AP:EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms
 ISTANBUL (AP) -- If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's campaign to join the European Union - an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous....
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ABC:EU and Turkey: Talks Languish, Trade Booms
 Time to renew vows or break up? Turkey's EU candidacy drifts as Europe tends to economy

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Yahoo!:EU and Turkey: talks languish, trade booms (AP)

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2011 file photo, two landmarks, Sultan Ahmed Mosque, left, and Hagia Sophia, seen with the Bosporus, in Istanbul, Turkey. If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's bid to join the European Union, an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous. At a time when Greece's survival in the eurozone is in jeopardy, it seems academic to debate a Turkish entry to European ranks that some Turks feel won't happen in their lifetime, if at all.(AP Photo/File)AP - If a project has no deadline, is it really a project? What do you call a negotiation process in which the partners can't talk about key issues? These are existential times for Turkey's campaign to join the European Union — an ambitious vision that has become increasingly ambiguous.



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ABC:Chinese Leader Visits Turkey, Uighurs Protest
 Chinese leader visits Turkey, dozens of Uighurs protest crackdown on the minority group

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Yahoo!:Chinese leader visits Turkey, Uighurs protest (AP)
AP - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has started his official visit to Turkey amid protests by dozens of Uighurs who threw a poster of him to the ground, trampled on it, spat and threw eggs at it.
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