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Obama to visit Turkey in sixth foreign visit
ANKARA, Turkey - President Barack Obama will visit Turkey soon, making the Muslim nation bridging East and West one of the first foreign visits of his presidency, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday. Worldwide alarm at Israeli ground offensive
PARIS (AFP) - Israel's tank and troop assault on the Gaza Strip provoked cries of alarm worldwide Sunday, but Israel won heavyweight US backing and moves for an immediate ceasefire foundered at the United Nations. Thousands in Lebanon, Turkey protest Israel attack
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Thousands protesting Israel's ground offensive on Gaza converged Sunday in Beirut and the Turkish capital, as the leaders of the only two Mideast Arab nations to sign peace treaties with Israel demanded an end to the attack.
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Producer Moustapha Akkad dies from Jordan bombing
LOS ANGELES - Syrian-born film producer Moustapha Akkad, whose three decades of work in Hollywood ranged from the ``Halloween'' slasher films to more serious movies with Muslim themes, died Friday from wounds sustained in the bombing of a Jordan hotel. He was 75.
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