TURKEY - NATIONAL
ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency
7 hours ago
These are some of the major headlines and their summaries in Turkish press on Nov. 22, 2009.
CULTURE
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
1 day ago
Murat Belge opened the first session of the international symposium “Contemporary Perceptions of Byzantium” on Saturday with a talk about historical amnesia in Turkey.
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
ECONOMIC REVIEW - NATIONAL
ANKARA – Bloomberg
Turkey canceled plans to award a contract to Russia’s Atomstroyexport ZAO to build the country’s first nuclear power plant, the state-run power producer said.
REGIONSCAPE - EUPHRATES
TEHRAN, Iran – From wire dispatches
Iranian air defense forces begin five days of maneuvers involving simulated attacks on the country's nuclear sites, amid faltering negotiations over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Tehran also threatens Israel by saying if Israel attacks their fighters will be trapped by our air defense forces and will be annihilated
INTERNATIONAL
WASHINGTON – Agence France-Presse
A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.