Turkish Parliament authorises incursion into Iraq
The Turkish parliament Wednesday voted to allow
military strikes against Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq,
despite stiff US opposition and appeals from Baghdad for time to
purge the rebels.
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Former Clinton aide endorses Obama
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a former top
civil-rights enforcer in the Clinton administration, gave his
support on Wednesday to Barack Obama in the race for the 2008
Democratic presidential nomination.
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UN launches International Year of the Potato 2008
The United Nations on Thursday officially
launches “International Year of the Potato 2008,” an initiative
mocked in private by some diplomats but enabling governments to
raise much-needed funds for agricultural research.
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