This article caught my eye:

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=should-muslims-8216slay-the-mockers-of-islam8217-2010-01-05

"An Egyptian soldier has been killed and at least eight Palestinians hurt in clashes at the Egypt-Gaza border. 

International activists have been trying to take 200 aid trucks into the blockaded Gaza Strip, but Egypt has refused some of the vehicles access.

Dozens of activists were hurt during protests over the convoy on Tuesda [...]"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8442758.stm

Why are the Egyptians cooperating with this genocide? This is abhorrent.

Dutch on-line newspapers gave this news and I found it in Radikal (unfortunately no English version but this headline I understood):

170 camiden beş dakika boyunca şarkı yayını (five-minute broadcast of songs from 170 mosques in Rize)

Good article Elisabeth,  Thank you for posting it.

le figaro article (in french)

La Turquie saisie par l´«ottomania» 

Turkey seized by the "ottomania"

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The new Turkish diplomacy, driven by Ahmet Davutoglu, active to the Middle East as well as in the Balkans, often is qualified of "neo ottoman". "Turkey reintegrates spaces where she was present during centuries", underlined recently Suat Kiniklioglu, spokesperson of the committee of the foreign affairs to the Parliament

...."

http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2010/01/05/01003-20100105ARTFIG00325-la-turquie-saisie-par-l-ottomania-.php

Note: With the increasing role of Iran in Lebanon many lebanese are becoming fan of Ottomania. A bird missing his safe cage

Lebanon, Turkey lift visa requirements as part of cooperation deals

Monday, January 11, 2010

"Turkey and Lebanon signed agreements lifting visa requirements for travel during the Lebanese prime minister’s visit to Ankara on Monday

....

Hariri traveled to Turkey to oversee the signing of a series of cooperation agreements. The six accords signed on Monday included defense, health, agriculture, transportation, education and lifting the visa requirement

..

"

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=lebanese-prime-minister-visits-turkey-2010-01-11

France opposed to new Renault Clio production in Turkey

PARIS (Dow Jones)--French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi said Tuesday the government won´t let Renault SA (RNO.FR), the country´s second-largest car manufacturer, shift production of its Clio city car to Turkey.

"The government, which owns a 15% stake in Renault, has a word to say" on this issue, Estrosi told parliament. "When a car is destined to be sold in France it also needs to be made in France," he added.

Estrosi will meet with Renault´s chief operating officer Wednesday.

-By Gabriele Parussini, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1766; gabriele.parussini@dowjones.com

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100112-707708.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

China’s Bride Shortage is the Result of Gender Specific Abortion Fervor

China’s bride shortage will be widely apparent in the year 2020. This is when approximately 24 million Chinese males will discover that they are without an available Chinese female to marry. The skewed birth rate has favored males over females for nearly 3 decades, stemming mainly from China’s adoption of the 1 child only policy that was designed to help hold the country’s burgeoning population in check.

For years Chinese women who were pregnant for the first time would have the option of aborting a female fetus prior to full term. Some Chinese mothers would have several abortions of females before they finally gave birth to their “1 child” who happened to be a boy. Others were forced to abort children because they had already reached their 1 child limit and there were reports that in some remote villages infant girls were even abandoned and left to perish. The results of these “specific gender” abortions are being blamed largely on the government. Still it was the decision of many first time parents to abort female babies so that they would have another chance to try for a son.

The options for the new generation of “bride-less” Chinese men are fairly limiting. If there are no available women in their age group to marry then the men will be forced to choose women who are far older than they are and some may attempt to marry young girls who are far younger

http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/2010/01/12/chinas-bride-shortage-is-the-result-of-gender-specific-abortion-fervor/comment-page-1/

Mmm... I wonder if there is a country in which there is a man shortage. They could organise marriage holidays!

 Maybe we will start to see "male harems?"