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Delay could make Russia's South Stream useless 14/10/2010 18:04

Human trafficking in Russia In the first ten years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2009 Russia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Men and women from the Russian Far East are trafficked to South Korea, China, Bahrain, Oman, Japan, and South Korea for purposes of sexual exploitation, debt bondage, and forced labor, including in the agricultural and fishing sectors. Some Russian women are trafficked to Turkey, Greece, South Africa, Germany, Poland, Italy, Israel, Spain, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Men and women from Central Asia and Ukraine are trafficked to the Russian Far East for the purpose of forced labor, including victims trafficked for forced labor in the fishing industry. The ILO reports that labor trafficking is the most predominant form of trafficking in Russia. Men and ...

Turkish warplanes bomb terrorist targets in Iraq Turkish warplanes bombed outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq early on Sunday, the Turkish military said in a statement posted on its Web site. Turkey's deputy prime minister urged terrorists to surrender after the airstrike. Cemil �i�ek, who is also the government spokesman, said Turkey would press ahead with operations against PKK bases in northern Iraq "with determination when necessary." It was the first confirmed operation with fighter jets against terrorist targets across the border since the invasion of Iraq, although Turkey has hit Iraqi territory with ground-based artillery and via helicopter. The attack follows a promise last month by the United States to share intelligence about the terrorists with Turkey. Private NTV television said some 50 warplanes, taking off from bases in eastern and western Turkey, were involved in the raids. One woman was killed in the airstrikes, a local of...

Turkey: American Tragedy Tag cloud: Turkey , Israeli-Turkish relations , Politics , Commentary , World 14.07.2010, 18:48 The changing of the foreign-policy course by the Turkish government, headed by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is an object of serious concern for the West, including the USA in the first place. Turkey has been NATO’s military stronghold in Europe since 1952. Its army, which is very efficient and second in strength in the North Atlantic Alliance, serves as a cover for NATO’s south-eastern flanks. But today Ankara, which in the entire period, which included the Korean War and Afghanistan War, always took Washington’s side, is now turning its face to the Muslim world. Its changed course has become especially visible in the past few months. An unprecedented thing is occurring: the Turkish-Israeli relations have fallen to the lowest level. What once was a strategic triangle – meaning the USA- Israel –Turkey is breaking apart. A...