9 March 2010, 7:59 am
ANKARA, Turkey, March 9 (UPI) -- Israel has offered aid to Turkey following Monday's earthquake that badly damaged six towns and killed at least 51 people, Turkish national media reported.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 7:43 am
Hundreds of people in eastern Turkey have been sheltering in tents after a deadly earthquake left many homeless and exposed the region's poor construction standards.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 7:12 am
(AP:OKCULAR, Turkey) Homes in eastern areas of Turkey prone to earthquakes must be better built to withstand jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled village houses and killed 51 people this week, the Turkish government acknowledged Tuesday.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 6:12 am
(AP:NEW YORK) Marriott International Inc. said Tuesday it will double the hotel space it has in Europe. Currently, Marriott operates 174 hotels in Europe, with 40,000 rooms, and the company said it wants to have 80,000 rooms in Europe by 2015.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 5:51 am
ANKARA, Turkey -- A news report quotes the Turkish prime minister as saying Israel has accepted that Turkey will again mediate talks with Syria.Turkey's NTV television quotes Recep Tayyip Erdogan as ...... Read More »
9 March 2010, 4:05 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A news report quotes the Turkish prime minister as saying Israel has accepted that Turkey will again mediate talks with Syria. Turkey's NTV television quotes Recep Tayyip Erdogan as telling reporters in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that the stalled talks may resume soon.... Read More »
9 March 2010, 2:05 am
OKCULAR, Turkey (AP) - The Turkish government acknowledges that homes in eastern areas prone to earthquakes are not resilient to jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled houses and killed 51 people this week.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 5:43 pm
In other news Monday, U.S. troops are preparing to wrest control of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city, from Taliban control with a gradual buildup. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an unannounced visit to the country.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 10:35 pm
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey Monday, killing at least 17 people, the government said.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 9:43 pm
Seventeen people were killed in a strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale that struck the eastern Turkish province of Elazig early Monday, the Anatolia news agency reported, citing the crisis management centre in Ankara.... Read More »
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