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According to 'World Billionaires' list by Forbes, Warren Buffett tops the list with $62 billion, while Bill Gates drops to third with $58 billion of net worth. There are 1,125 billionaires in total, 42% of them Americans. Among them, the youngest at 23, is Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. In case you're wondering, Turkey has 35 people on the list, with...  When you go to your favorite restaurant (even if it's a fast food one -- I know you're out there), do you insist on a Coke or Pepsi, and are you disappointed when they only offer the other one? Speaking of fast food enthusiasts (and I know you don't frequent these places unless you have to -- and sometimes only... More Recent Articles
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"35 Turks in Forbes as richest people in world Thursday, 06 March 2008 Thirty-five Turks got place in the list of world's billionaires -- made public by the U.S. finance magazine Forbes. According to the list, U.S. investor Warren Buffet is the richest person in the world. Bill Gates, who topped the list for the last 13 years, is now ranked the third. The magazine predicted Buffet's wealth around 62 billion and that of Gates around 58 billion USD. Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu was ranked second richest in the world with 60 billion USD." More: TurkishNY.com World & Local News Portal  "Turkey's mixed messages on Club Med Just days ago Turkish diplomats were telling the media that Turkey now had no problem with the Mediterranean Union, and had been assured by the French that this was in no way a Plan B for EU membership. But today, Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan spoke as if nothing had changed:" More: Sarkozy the American: French politics, diplomacy, and Sarkozy news  "“International Women’s Day? Never Heard of It†Bianet asked women in Konya, central Anatolia, what 8 March means to them. For most, the day itself is meaningless, if they have even heard of it." More: Bianet :: “International Women’s Day? Never Heard of It† "US sees no Turkish talks with PKK WASHINGTON (AFP) â€" The United States said Thursday it was closely watching Turkey's campaign against separatist Kurdish fighters based in Iraq and firmly backed its ally's refusal to negotiate with the rebels." More: AFP: US sees no Turkish talks with PKK  "ECO agrees on China -Pakistan -Iran-Turkey railway line project ISLAMABAD: The recently convened meeting of ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) has agreed on the CPIT (China-Pakistan-Iran-Turkey) railway line project. The 4-day meeting of the organization held recently in Islamabad, has reportedly agreed on starting the Pakistan -Turkey railway services through Iran." More: ONLINE - International News Network  "EU-Digest:: The Netherlands: Stop Wilders Committee formed in the Netherlands by Dutch Citizens EU-Digest Report The Netherlands: Stop Wilders Committee formed in the Netherlands by Dutch Citizens Anyone who does not agree with the anti-Koran movie Fitna by Dutch right-wing parliamentarian Geert Wilders in the Netherlands can now indicate that by wearing an anti-Wilders T-Shirt reports the Dutch Telegraaf newspaper." More: EU-DIGEST: EU-Digest:: The Netherlands: Stop Wilders Committee formed in the Netherlands by Dutch Citizens  "Zentiva to get eur 58mln Turkish deal adjustment PRAGUE, March 6 (Reuters) - Czech generic drugs maker Zentiva (ZNTVsp.PR: Quote, Profile, Research) will receive 58 million euros ($88.89 million) as a post-closing adjustment of its deal to acquire a 75 percent stake in Turkey's Eczacibasi, Zentiva said on Thursday." More: Zentiva to get eur 58mln Turkish deal adjustment | Industries | Healthcare | Reuters  "Business in Turkey Mixed signals Mar 6th 2008 | ISTANBUL From The Economist print edition A bad time to scare off foreign investors WHEN Greece's second-largest lender, Alpha Bank, sealed an agreement in 2006 to buy a 50% stake in a small Turkish bank, it fully expected Turkey's authorities to bless the deal. Alpha's bigger rival, the National Bank of Greece, had itself just bought a Turkish bank, which suggested that Turkey's historical enmity with its western neighbour was not going to stand in the way. But last year regulators said “no†without explaining why. One theory, advanced in the Turkish media, is that the rejection was because of national security, since one of Alpha's board members was a former chief of Greece's national intelligence service. Another possibility is that with around 40% of Turkish banks and 70% of the stockmarket in foreign hands, there is growing resentment towards anyone from abroad." More: Business in Turkey | Mixed signals | Economist.com  "System Error in Turkey By Senerdem on Thursday, March 6 2008, 14:59 - Permalink Everything that we know about the Turkish politics started to turn up side down. The pro-Islamic ruling party AKP started to stand strong side by side with their arch-rivals: The Army. Moreover, the main opposition party CHP and the nationalist party MHP â€"the admirers of the strong Turkish military- went so far as to accuse the chief of the general staff Yasar Buyukanit with being a coward." More: System Error in Turkey - turkishgambit en  "Turkish deputies in US to talk about constitution Thursday, March 6, 2008 Elif Özmenek New York â€" Turkish Daily News The Turkish government's initiative to prepare a new constitution and its recent move to lift the headscarf ban in universities was intensely debated at a conference held this week at Columbia University. " More: Turkish deputies in US to talk about constitution - Turkish Daily News Mar 06, 2008  "Girls need new formula Thursday, March 6, 2008 By KRISTEN STEVENS When I was in Diyarbakir last year working on a story about women surviving with micro credit loans, ice dream vendor Nahiyet Kaya told me that her daughter is proud she can ask her for money now when she needs something.With a piece of chalk her daughter Leyla, 12, had covered the doors of the large wooden dresser â€" the family's only furniture â€" with hundreds of mathematical formulas from floor to ceiling. But Leyla told me she didn't know whether she would stay in school or not. Her mother, who wears a headscarf, cast her vibrant green eyes toward the floor. " More: Girls need new formula - Turkish Daily News Mar 06, 2008  "Music World Wins A New Song : 'Shake It Baby!' Famous Russian singer 'Grace' has composed a fantastic new song using popular international author Askin Ozcan's poem, 'Shake It Baby!' which won wide recognition in the poetry world. PRLog (Press Release) â€" Mar 06, 2008 â€" Askin Ozcan is a new name in the international literary world. His 'Wisdom In Smile' and 'The Second Venice' have already conquered the hearts of the humor lovers and are reviewed and mentioned in the choicest media. His 'Stockholm Stories' is a perfect example of a book of memoirs." More: Music World Wins A New Song : 'Shake It Baby!'  "Talking Turkey Owning a home on a golf course is the ultimate dream for many - and a pipe dream for many more. The associated costs that come with buying a golf property are numerous, and they soon push this ideal out of most people’s reach." More: Executive Golf » Blog Archive » Talking Turkey  "Turkey's Constitutional Court to hear case for annulment of scarf law Turkey's Constitutional Court decided on Thursday to hear the case regarding to the annulment of the constitutional amendments to lift the headscarf ban in universities. Main opposition party CHP and leftist DSP referred to the Constitutional Court on February 27, asking the judges to either cancel the amendments or consider them nonexistent, and halt the proceedings regarding the mentioned law, until the case is finalized." More: Turkey's Constitutional Court to hear case for annulment of scarf law  "US knew of Turkish Iraq pullout Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:44:59 US intelligence satellites have been aware of the Turkish army's pullout from northern Iraq before Robert Gates' visit to Ankara." More: Press TV - US knew of Turkish Iraq pullout  "Turkish jobless rate unchanged at 9.9% in 2007 Turkish unemployment rate was percent 9.9 in 2007 unchanged from the previous year, the Turkish Statistics Institute said on Thursday. The number of people in employment totaled 21.189 million in 2007, while the number of unemployed totaled 2.333 million." More: Turkish jobless rate unchanged at 9.9% in 2007  "KSA, Turkey ink new tourism agreement (MENAFN) KSA's Secretary General of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT) has signed an agreement with the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism to increase Saudi-Turkish cooperation in the tourism and culture sector, Arab News reported." More: MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network News: KSA, Turkey ink new tourism agreement  "Three PKK rebels surrender to Turkish military ANKARA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Three rebels of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) surrendered to the government security forces in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported." More: Three PKK rebels surrender to Turkish military _English_Xinhua  "Iraqi president to visit Turkey after incursion 4 hours ago ANKARA (AFP) â€" Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will travel to Ankara Friday for a two-day visit, a week after Turkish forces ended a military offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, officials said Thursday. It will be the first time that Talabani, a Kurd, has visited Ankara as head of state. But there are tensions over Turkish accusations that Iraqi Kurds tolerate and aid the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has long taken refuge in northern Iraq." More: AFP: Iraqi president to visit Turkey after incursion  "Year of Mevlana and tolerance in the Netherlands The New Anatolian / Ankara 06 March 2008 A multitude of activities will be held in the Netherlands to mark the 'Mevlana Year' till 2010. 2007, was declared by UNESCO 'Year of Mevlana and Tolerance'. Events regarding 'Mevlana Year' held by 17 culture & art organizations attracted attention of 5 million people in the Netherlands last year." More: The New Anatolian  "Each Household may gain EUR 5500 from a Cyprus Solution Thursday 6. March 2008 This was the point message in a new report launched by the PRIO Cyprus Centre today. More than 100 people came to the Ledra Palace in the buffer zone of Nicosia to attend the presentation of the report The day after: Commercial opportunities following a solution to the Cyprus problem by the three authors: Fiona Mullen, Özlem Oguz and Praxoula Antoniadou Kyriacou." More: PRIO NEWS  "Turkish, European Union Coins Similar By Richard Giedroyc, World Coin News March 06, 2008 When mints around the world plan the introduction of a new coin they are usually careful to ensure the new coin is not so close in weight, metal composition, and diameter to other coins elsewhere that a low denomination coin of one country won't be confused for a higher denomination coin of another nation." More: Numismaster.com "Cyprus peace would bring in billions-academics NICOSIA, March 6 (Reuters) - Cyprus's economy would gain at least 1.8 billion euros ($2.75 billion) on an annual basis if there were a reunification deal on the ethnically-partitioned island, economists said on Thursday." More: Feed Article | Business | "Cyprus may hold early peace talks Demetris Christofias speaking at campaign headquarters in Nicosia The new President of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, says he expects to meet the Turkish Cypriot leader between 17 and 24 March to revive peace talks." More: BBC NEWS | Europe | Cyprus may hold early peace talks |
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