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Istanbul (Turkey), Sep.18 (ANI): In a unique landmark exercise, the Indian Government has undertaken a massive action plan to help over 150,000 illegal Indian immigrants acquire Italian citizenship within the next fortnight.

Revealing this information exclusively to ANI TV, Indian External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the Italian Government has given New Delhi fifteen days [...]

London, Aug 28(ANI): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said the club must overcome stern challenges in the knock-out stages of the Champions League, as they face round-trips of more than 3,000 miles to both Moscow and Istanbul for encounters with CSKA and Besiktas.

“These are difficult ties, especially the [...]

Istanbul – Six Turkish soldiers were killed in a landmine explosion in the south-east of the country, local television reports said Thursday.
Several people were injured when the landmine that had been placed beside a road in the province of Hakkari exploded on Wednesday night, according to the reports.
A month ago, nine soldiers were killed in [...]

Istanbul – Turkish writer Nedim Gursel appeared in court Tuesday to reject allegations of insulting Islam in his latest novel, “Allah’s Daughters.”
Gursel, who makes his home in France, called the court proceedings regrettable and irritating and insisted that his book did not undermine religious values.
The proceedings were adjourned until June 26.
After the Tuesday session, he [...]

Istanbul – Eight patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital in north-western Turkey were killed in a fire, while several other patients suffered smoke inhalation injuries, officials said Tuesday.
The fire which struck early Tuesday in the hospital in the city of Bursa was quickly extinguished. Initial investigations pointed to defective medical equipment as [...]

Istanbul, May 13 (ANI): The marble hall of the palace-like house in which the Roman consul lived in the city of Efes in Turkey in 275 A.D. has begun to be restored, putting back together 350-square-meter walls that are now broken into 120,000 pieces, in what is probably the world’s biggest puzzle.

According to a report [...]

London, May 12 (ANI): British capital London has emerged as the intelligence hub of Somali pirates, a report has claimed.

For example, when the 14 crew aboard the Karagöl, a 5850 ton Turkish chemical tanker was swiftly overpowered, they did not know that their ship had been singled out as a target by a network of [...]

Ankara – Seven police officers and a television cameraman were injured in Istanbul Monday in a shootout between police and three members of a left-wing group that began after police raided a number of houses in the Turkish city early Monday. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said the raids started at 5:30 am (0230 GMT) and [...]

Ankara – A group of academics and others have been formally charged with being members of the so-called Ergenekon conspiracy to overthrow Turkey’s moderate Islamist government, local media reported Friday.
Professor Mehmet Haberal – Rector of Baskent University in Ankara and the owner of television station Kanal B – three former university rectors, other academics and [...]

Hamburg – SV Hamburg set up an all-German UEFA Cup semi- final tie against Werder Bremen despite losing 2-1 to Manchester City Thursday while Ukrainian clubs Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kiev will meet in the other semi after prevailing in their quarter-final ties.
Leading 3-1 from the first leg, Hamburg looked to have one foot [...]

Hamburg – Dynamo Kiev became the first team to book their place in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup Thursday thanks to a 3-0 defeat of French side Paris St Germain.
The tie was finely balanced at 0-0 after the quarter-final first leg in France but the Ukrainians took control from the start at the [...]

Moscow, April 17 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that NATO’s decision to hold military exercises in Georgia next month threatens to complicate ties with Russia.
The military exercises will be held from May 6 to June 1, and will not include light or heavy weaponry.
‘Such decisions are disappointing and do nothing to help [...]

ISTANBUL, April 11 (Reuters) – Eleven people have died in Turkey in the last three weeks from poisoning caused by bootleg alcohol, the Agriculture Ministry said on Saturday.
Three German students holidaying in the southeastern Mediterranean resort of Kemer are among the dead, media reports said.
The ministry said in a statement that the 11 had died [...]

People love watching the real life couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan together, and that’s why film producers sign them to make their films successful.
This time, director Abhinay Deo has signed Abhi and Ash together for his upcoming slick espionage film “Crooked”.
Presently, husband and wife Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan are busy wrapping up [...]

Washington, April 11 (ANI): Eva Mendes has advised women not to ignore themselves and add more pleasure into their busy lives.

The ‘Hitch’ star was named the Global Pleasure ambassador of Magnum ice cream as she launched the world’s largest survey on pleasure in Istanbul.

Eva insisted women should allow themselves indulgences despite the social roles they [...]

Baghdad, April 7 (DPA) US President Barack Obama landed in Baghdad Tuesday on a previously unannounced visit.
His plane arrived from Istanbul, where Obama had ended a tour of European countries.

Ankara, April 7 (DPA) A Syrian national who allegedly planned to stab US President Barack Obama was arrested in Istanbul Friday, Turkish media reported Tuesday.
The man had attempted to gain press credentials for Obama’s visit claiming he worked for the Al Jazeera. The Ankara correspondent for Al Jazeera said that they had never heard of [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he believed peace in the Middle East was possible but added that Israelis and Palestinians must make compromises.
Obama, in Turkey to repair America’s ties with the Muslim world, hammered home his support for the creation of a Palestinian state, as he aims to change a perception among Muslims [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama met religious leaders in Istanbul on Tuesday as part of an effort to unite moderates of major faiths against extremism.
Obama told the Muslim world in a speech on Monday the United States was not at war with Islam, using his first international tour to try to repair the United States’ damaged [...]

Ankara – A Syrian national who allegedly planned to stab US President Barack Obama was arrested in Istanbul on Friday, Turkish media reported on Tuesday.
The man had attempted to gain press credentials for Obama’s visit claiming he worked for the Al Jazeera. The Ankara correspondent for Al Jazeera said that they had never heard of [...]