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(The Associated Press) A doctor carries Azra Karaduman, a two-week-old baby girl saved by rescuers from under the debris of a collapsed building in Ercis, Van, eastern Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. The baby’s mother, Semiha, was still alive, pinned next to a sofa inside the flattened building from where the child was rescued. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey, Sunday.

2-week old baby rescued after Turkish quake

Last updated Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:07am

ERCIS, Turkey — A 2-week-old baby girl and her mother were pulled alive from the rubble of an apartment building on Tuesday in a dramatic rescue, nearly 48 hours after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake toppled some 2,000 buildings in eastern Turkey.

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(The Associated Press) In this Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011 photo provided by the Presidential Press Service, Turkish President Abdullah Gul speaks with soldiers in a military post in Hakkari, Turkey as he visits Turkish troops at the border with Iraq. Gul and top army commanders visited troops Friday and Saturday the day after Turkey’s foreign minister that Iraq should move to prevent Kurdish attacks on his country from Iraqi soil as the two countries renewed their commitment to fight the rebels.

Turkey: 49 Kurdish rebels killed in fighting

Last updated Saturday, October 22, 2011 - 4:18pm

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish troops have killed at least 49 Kurdish rebels in a valley near the Iraqi border, the military said Saturday, as hundreds of troops also pursued Kurdish fighters within northern Iraq.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, centre left, leads advisors as he arrives to speak to the media in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. Turkey said Friday it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and cutting military ties with Israel over the last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Davutoglu said Turkey was downgrading diplomatic ties to the level of second secretary and that the ambassador and other high-level diplomats would leave the capital Ankara by Wednesday.(AP Photo)

Turkey expels Israel ambassador over flotilla raid

Last updated Friday, September 2, 2011 - 9:53am

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey expelled Israel's ambassador and said Friday it is cutting military ties with the country over its refusal to apologize for last year's raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine people.

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