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  • Turkey's Quiet Deal Keeps U.S. Close, Israel Not So Far

    10/01/2011 2:29:30 PM PDT · by La Enchiladita · 5 replies
    NPR ^ | October 1, 2011 | Peter Kenyon
    Turkey's leaders have called Israel the "West's spoiled child," and the "bully" of the eastern Mediterranean. When a Tel Aviv soccer team showed up in Istanbul recently for a match, the welcome was less than warm. In September, Turkey kicked out the Israeli ambassador, suspended military and trade deals and threatened legal and naval action to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. As roars of approval went up around the Arab world, few noticed another announcement quietly slipped in by Ankara: Turkey had signed off on a plan to host an American X-band radar system as part of a...
  • Nova Scotians Wonder About Hurricane Help

    10/01/2003 7:04:54 PM PDT · by jonatron · 8 replies · 356+ views
    las vegas sun ^ | September 30, 2003 | ?
    HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) - Weary Nova Scotians wondered Tuesday where power crews and hundreds of promised military personnel were as they tried to clean up from Hurricane Juan's destructive wake. Residents emerged from their homes expecting to see soldiers and sailors clearing the tree-littered streets, but found little other than the ragged branches and rubble created by Monday morning's ferocious storm. "Today we're forgotten," Patti Kydd said as she surveyed her clogged street. "I haven't seen one person here, so who knows what their priorities are." Hurricane Juan lashed Nova Scotia with 86 mph winds Sunday, ripping off roofs,...