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Turkish authorities have confirmed that an ancient bible thought to be 1,500 years old is being kept safe after being seized from a gang of smugglers. The document is in Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ, written in gold Syriac characters on leather pages loosely bound together with string. It was part of a haul [...]
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When buying property abroad, usually one of the necessary obstacles is the exchange of a large amount of currency needed to pay for your purchase. Many people buying abroad still neglect to think about currency exchange until it is too late, and end up paying more than they need to, with added stress levels too. [...]
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Away from the markets’ fixation with the debts of Greece and other governments, concern is growing at the painfully slow progress Europe is making in tackling a much bigger mountain of corporate and household debt. With austerity pointing to weak growth if not outright recession, the risk is that the burden of servicing the debt [...]
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Most people who read the title will think this subject concerns only a handful of people active in major investments. In a way it does, but indirectly, it concerns everybody who wants Turkey to do well economically by attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). You cannot imagine how difficult it is to write about a purely [...]
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Turkey plans new world meeting as UN rights chief says veto has fuelled massacre Russia on Wednesday warned against outside interference in Syria after more than 50 civilians were reportedly killed in the restive city of Homs on the fifth consecutive day of shelling by Syrian forces. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the West [...]
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