TURKEY - DIPLOMACY
ANKARA - From wire dispatches
8 hours ago
The Turkish foreign minister meets the Iranian president following Tehran's dismissal of a nuclear fuel deal, officials and media reports say.
REGIONSCAPE - VOLGA
YALTA, Ukraine - From wire dispatches
10 hours ago
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko have announced a compromise deal on the thorny issue of gas supply.
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
The inflation rate in Turkey will be volatile until the end of the first quarter next year, says Central Bank Governor Durmuş Yılmaz.
ECONOMIC REVIEW - INTERNATIONAL
MASON LEVINSON
NEW YORK - Bloomberg
An increasing number of hedge funds and brokerages are scrutinizing professional poker to find talent and analytical tools, according to financial recruiters including Options Group, a New York-based executive-search company. Pennsylvania-based Susquehanna International Group, an options and equity trading company, has been using poker to teach its new traders since it was founded in 1987
REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
CAIRO – Agence France-Presse
Protesters hurl stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier.
REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
WASHINGTON - The Associated Press
The Obama administration is shifting the focus of its Iran policy from talk to sanctions, but the prospect of winning early international support for toughened new penalties appears dim.
INTERNATIONAL
GENEVA – The Associated Press
Muslim countries prepare for a tough war on protecting religious symbols and beliefs from mockery by bringing a ban proposal on blasphemy to a vote in the UN General Assembly. The move comes four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world
INTERNATIONAL
SEOUL, South Korea The Associated Press
Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama says that the US and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program