Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Mr

Barroso said the deal showed the EU could unite in the

most difficult of times. He also announced the appoint-

ment of a commissioner dedicated to the euro. Shares

on European markets rose sharply on news of the deal.

After marathon talks in Brussels, European leaders

agreed: Banks holding Greek debt would accept a 50%

loss; A mechanism to boost the eurozone's main bailout

fund to about 1tn Euros (£880bn; $1.4tn); Banks must

also raise more capital to protect them against losses

resulting from any future government defaults.

Continues on page 2

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to

end military operations in Libya.

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EDITORIAL 8

Barroso: Europe 'closer to resolving eurozone crisis'

U.N. ends mandate for NATO

mission in Libya

The council adopted a resolution

that rescinded its March mandate

for military intervention in Libya,

effectively canceling the NATO mis-

sion there as of Monday. Susan

Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the

United Nations, commended the

NATO mission as putting Libya on

a path to freedom but tempered

her remarks with a word of cau-

tion. "We're very concerned that,

as we move forward, that the au-

thorities make maximum effort to

swiftly form an inclusive government that incorporates all aspects of Libyan

society, and in which the rights of all Libyan people are fully and thoroughly

respected, regardless of their gender, their religion, their region of origin,"

Rice said. Continues on page 7

THIS

WEEK

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said Europe has moved closer to solving the eurozone debt crisis, as an agreement was reached in Brussels.

EUROPE

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Barroso: Europe 'closer to resolving eurozone crisis'

Wikileaks announced that it

was temporarily stopping

publication from Monday to

„„aggressively fundrise‟‟ in order

to stay afloat.A financial

blockade by Bank of

America,VISA,Master Card,

Pay Pal and Western Union has

destroyed 95% of Wikileaks‟

revenue, Julian Assange said.

CNN/ October 24, 2011

David Cameron will not be

going to the Rio+20 Summit

in Brazil next year despite

his pledge to lead the

„„greenest ever government‟‟.The meeting is

regarded as a chance for

leaders to put humanity on

a sustainable track.But the

June date clashes with the

Queen‟s Diamond Jubilee. BBC News / October 26,

2011

In UK, MPs call for tougher

personal data abuse

laws:”Courts should have

the power to jail people who

breach the Data Protection

Act,” MPs on the justice select commitee have said .

BBC News / October 27,

2011

Former IRA commander eyes

presidency The former commander still suffers a hostile media and a public

unwilling to forgive him for past aggressions.

The Irish will be voting to elect a new president and while the job is largely

symbolic, the current campaign has proved particularly

controversial.Among the candidates of business people, a former academic

and mid-ranking politicians is a one-time commander of the provisional

Irish Republican Army, Martin McGuinness, who is trying to further cement

his role as a mainstream politician.Al-Jazeera/ October 26, 2011

Italian MPs brawl in parliament over reforms

With Italy at the centre of Europe’s debt crisis, the strain is starting to

show among its politicians who have been at each other’s throats.

There were extraordinary scenes

in parliament where opposition and government members came

to blows in a row over pensions.

The sitting was duly

suspended.Tempers flared amid

demands from the Northern

League, within the ruling centre-right coalition, for parliamentary

speaker Gianfranco Fini to

resign.Because of sarcastic

remarks he made on television,

saying the wife of the Northern

League‟s leader Umberto Bossi

had retired at 39.Such comments are ultra-sensitive as pension reform has been at the heart of coalition in-fighting between Bossi and premier Silvio

Berlusconi.The pair reached a last-minute pre-summit deal. Yet it provides

for only a slight acceleration in raising the retirement age from 65 to

67.Berlusconi‟s office,meanwhile,has denied he has made the secret

agreement. Euronews/ October 26, 2011

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said Europe has moved closer to solving the eurozone debt crisis, as an agreement was reached in Brussels.

The agreement is aimed at preventing the crisis spreading to larger euro-

zone economies like Italy, but the leaders said work still needed to be done.

BBC business editor Robert Peston says it is perfectly clear that EU leaders

have bought some time; for a few weeks and maybe longer, the markets will

give them the benefit of the doubt. The framework for the new fund is to be

put in place in November. It is hoped that this will help shield the banks

against losses resulting from any government defaults and protect larger

economies - like Italy and Spain - from the market turmoil. BBC News/ Oc-

tober 27, 2011

AMERICAS

Barack Obama on Friday

declared an end to the

Iraq war by announcing

that all American troops

would be withdrawn from

the country by year's end.

The Guardian / October

21, 2011

Cristina Fernandez de

Kirchner became Latin

America's first female

president to win a second

term when she sailed to

victory in Argentina's

elections. Fernandez was

the decisive winner,

obtaining nearly 54% of

votes cast and far

surpassing her closest

competitor. CNN / October

25, 2011

After weeks of Occupy Wall

Street movement; the police

filled downtown streets with

tear gas, there were more

than 100 arrests and at

least one life-threatening

injury in Oakland, California.

The New York Times/

October 25, 2011

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US Ambassador to Syria recalled 'for his safety'

The American ambassador to Syria has been summoned back to Washington after less than a year

in office because of death threats from regime supporters angry at his criticism of President

Basher al-Assad.

As the Arab Spring moved on the country; Robert Ford achieved instant ce-

lebrity by condemning the use of violence and speaking to opposition politi-

cians. On one occasion his car was heaped with roses when he visited the

restive city of Hama as it was about to come under attack from government

forces. The state department said the United States had received “credible

threats against his personal safety in Syria”. It added that the threats were

personal and that the embassy itself, which was attacked by a mob shortly

after the visit to Hama, would remain open. Last month, Mr. Ford was per-

sonally attacked, when a crowd gathered outside the home of a dissident he

was visiting and hurled eggs, tomatoes and even lumps of concrete at him.

The Telegraph / October 24, 2011

Chavez says he won’t recognize new government in Libya

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he won’t recognize Libya’s

new government and predicted more war in the country.

The Venezuelan leader condemned the killing of Libyan strongman Moammer

Gadhafi, whom he had considered a friend. He defended Gadhafi throughout

the conflict and strongly criticized NATO‟s military involvement in Libya. “We

don‟t recognize the government through bombs in Libya through an assassi-

nation that NATO has installed” Chavez said. He said the conflict has left be-

hind a shattered country. The president demanded peace negotiations during

the conflict in Libya and also he denounced the rebels as terrorists. Gadhafi

at one point sent Chavez a letter thanking him for his support. The President

Chavez said after Gadhafi‟s death that he would be remembered as a martyr.

The Associated Press/ October 26, 2011

Last Cold War-era B53 nuclear bomb dismantled in Texas

The last of America's most powerful Cold War-era nuclear bombs - the

B53 - has been dismantled in Texas.

It was first put into service at the height of the Cold War in 1962,

re-mained in the US arsenal until 1997. The bomb was designed

to hit targets deep underground, such as bunkers in which

military and civilian leaders might be sheltering. Carried by B-

52 bombers, the "bunker busters" used five parachutes to land

softly on their targets before detonating a nine megaton explosion,

in effect simulating an earthquake. The head of US Energy's

National Nuclear Security Administration Thomas D'Agostino

said “The B53 was a weapon developed for a different world.

Today, we are moving beyond the Cold War nuclear weapons

complex that built it toward a 21st Century nuclear security en-

terprise”. BBC News/ October 25, 2011

ASIA

China is intensifying

restrictions on internet use after official reports revealed

that three people have been

"punished for spreading

false rumours" online.

BBC News/ October 27, 2011

Two Russian servicemen were killed on Tuesday at a

sentry outpost near a village

in the North Caucasus

republic of Chechnya, a

military spokesman said. RIANovosti/ October 25,

2011

Thousands of Filipinos fled

their homes as the army

launched an offensive

against criminal gangs in

the south, authorities said Tuesday, a day after

President Benigno Aquino

vowed justice for soldiers

killed in earlier clashes.

Reuters / October 25, 2011

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China rejects U.S. praise China on Wednesday criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta for praising Beijing's measured reaction

to the latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, repaying his compliment by saying the deal was "unprofessional."

Past U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have prompted Beijing to temporarily cut-off

ties with the U.S. military, as happened after last year's $6.4 billion arms package. China deems the self-ruled island an illegitimate breakaway from

Beijing's rule that must accept eventual reunification. But last month's U.S.

Announcement of a $5.85 billion arms package for Taiwan, including

upgrades to F-16 A/B fighter aircraft, has been different, with China

handling it in a "professional and diplomatic way," Panetta said. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun begged to differ. "Frankly, if I may

borrow Mr. Panetta's words, I think the way the United States handles

certain issues in Sino-U.S. relations is neither professional nor diplomatic,"

he told a news briefing in Beijing. He also said “An important precondition

for the stable development of Sino-U.S. military relations is the respect and

consideration shown toward each other's core interests and important areas of concern." Reuters/ October 26, 2011

Azerbaijan to raise Nagorny Karabakh

issue in UN Security Council Azerbaijan plans to bring up the issue of the Nagorny Karabakh con-flict settlement at the UN, following its election to the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member, Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday.

Azerbaijan was elected to the U.N. Security Council for the period 2012-

2013. Negotiations on the Nagorny Karabakh conflict settlement continue,

he added, but “nobody thinks that it will be settled within a night.” Baku has previously called for the withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from

occupied Azerbaijani territories as a first step towards the settlement of the

dispute. The conflict began in 1988 when the enclave of Nagorny Karabakh,

which had a majority Armenian population but was surrounded by

Azerbaijani territory, claimed independence from Azerbaijan. RIA Novosti/

October 26, 2011

Thai capital braced for 1.5m-high flood waters if barriers break, with

weekend high tides adding to the pressure on relief effort.

Bangkok faces new flood threat, warns Thailand Prime Pinister

A flooded street in suburban Bangkok, near

the Chao Phraya river. Thailand's govern-

ment has declared a five-day holiday in the capital and affected provinces to help deal

with the floods. Flood waters up to 1.5 me-

tres high could sweep through the centre of

Bangkok if the barriers break, the Thai

prime minister has warned , amid growing

fears about the weekend's high tides. The government declared a five-day holiday in

Bangkok and affected provinces, and the

education ministry ordered schools to close

until 7 November. Financial institutions will remain open.

The Guardian / October 25, 2011

U.N. ends mandate for NATO mission in Libya

"The meeting with President Assad was frank and friendly and we are going to

continue our talks on October 30," said Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister

Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani. Headed by Qatar, the League's current chair,

the delegation comprised the foreign ministers of Algeria, Egypt, Oman and Sudan,

in addition to Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi. In a show of support for the

embattled president, a huge crowd of Assad supporters rallied in Damascus

yesterday. State news agency SANA said more than a million people took part. The

demonstrators, waving Syrian flags and brandishing pictures of Assad, swarmed to

Omayyad Square, chanting, "The people want Bashar al-Assad". AFP/ October 27,

2011

MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA

Arab League holds 'frank' talks with

Assad

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Ilan Grapel, an American-

Israeli citizen who had been

held in Egypt since June,

charged with spying for Israel,

was released on Thursday in

exchange for 25 Egyptians held

in Israeli jails.

New York Times/October

27,2011

Gunmen have ambushed a

vehicle in Kenya near the

border with Somalia, killing

four people, reports say. Kenya

blames Somalia's militant

Islamist group al-Shabab for a

spate of abductions on its

territory.

BBC News/ October 27, 2011

The European Parliament said

Thursday that it would award

the Sakharov prize for freedom

to five Arab Spring activists.

France24 / October 27, 2011

In ending the mandate Thursday, the Security Council expressed concern at the

proliferation of arms in Libya and said it intends to address that issue further. The

resolution also expressed "grave concern about continuing reports of reprisals, arbi-

trary detentions, wrongful imprisonment and extrajudicial executions. Last week,

U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, commander of NATO's military forces, recommended

that NATO wrap up its mission in Libya by October 31. NATO ministers gave pre-

liminary approval to that plan. But U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said this

week that Libya's National Transitional Council wanted NATO to stick around until

it could establish governance. However, Libyan Deputy Ambassador Ibrahim

Dabbashi told the 15-member council Wednesday that the Libyan people were look-

ing forward to ending the NATO mission. While Libyans were grateful for the inter-

national community's support, he said, such measures felt like an infringement of

Libya's sovereignty. CNN / October 27, 2011

An Arab League team has held "frank" talks with Syrian President Bashar al-

Assad in a bid to mediate with the opposition, as activists said at least 19

people were killed in violence.

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to end military operations in Libya.

Tunisia Islamists to form new

government within a month Hamadi Jebali has been put forward by Tunisia's Islamist party as the next

prime minister. Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda, has said it will

form a new government within a month.

Ennahda has put forward its number two, Secretary General Hamadi Jebali, as the

next prime minister. Mr Jebali, 62, is an engineer by training and a former

journalist. He was a co-founder of Ennahda. Ennahda, which was banned under

the former regime, said it modelled itself on the governing AKP party in Turkey,

another Muslim-majority country which has remained a secular state. The polls

were Tunisia's first democratic elections, and followed the fall of President Ben Ali,

who was overthrown in January after mass demonstrations. He had been in power

for 23 years. However, unlike its eastern neighbour Libya, Tunisia's transition from

authoritarian rule has been largely peaceful. BBC News/ October 26, 2011

Up to 1,000 people are feared dead in a powerful earthquake in

easternTurkey, according to initial estimates.Turkey's Kandilli Observatory

said the death toll could be between 500 and 1,000. At least 35 buildings are reported to have collapsed. The earthquake, with a preliminary

magnitude of 7.2, struck in the Van province near the Iranian border on

Sunday. The epicentre was below the village of Tabanli, near the city of

Van. "The quake was strongly felt in Van and neighbouring towns and

caused damage and deaths, based on initial assessments," the Turkish

prime minister's office said. Ten buildings collapsed in Van and 25-30 in

neighbouring Ercis, officials said. Several strong aftershocks were

reported. "There are so many dead. Several buildings have collapsed.

There is too much destruction," Zulfikar Arapoglu, the mayor of Ercis, told

NTV television. "We need urgent aid. We need medics."Serious damage and

casualties were reported in the district of Celebibag. The mayor, Veysel Keser, told NTV: "There are many

people under the rubble. People are in agony, we can hear their screams for help. We need urgent help." The

Guardian/ October 23 , 2011

TURKEY

Foreign minister tells Syria not to stir up Turkey

Syria‟s embattled government should not even consider trying to incite Turkey‟s Kurds in a bid to foment tension in its northern neighbor, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has warned Damascus during talks on the Arab Spring in Qatar.“They should think about the past and not even think about playing such a card. Everyone will see the results of such an act,” Davutoğlu said Oct. 25 during an official visit to Doha.Davutoğlu met the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil as part of his talks in Doha.Speaking about the death of former Libya leader Moammar Gadhafi, Davutoğlu said he was sorry about the violent nature of the colonel‟s end.“Even though it may be explained through social and psychological reasons, I was sorry [to see this end]. I watched for a while and then could not watch more. It is saddening that a political and biological life has ended in this way for a leader who was present for almost the entire time during and after the Cold War,” said Davutoğlu. Hürriyet Daily News/ October 26, 2011

Pope Benedict XVI has

launched an appeal for support for relief efforts for

eastern Turkey, which was

hit by a powerful earthquake

on Sunday that left at least

461 people dead and hundreds of others

homeless. Today’s Zaman/

October 26, 2011

British Home Secretary

Theresa May and Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin.

signed a joint declaration on

migration cooperation

yesterday. Speaking at the

joint press conference, the British minister reaffirmed

the U.K.‟s support for

Turkey in its fight against

the PKK. Hürriyet Daily

News/ October 26, 2011

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Deadly earthquake hits eastern Turkey

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has sent a stern warning to Syria’s

government, telling Damascus to not even think about seeking to

raise tensions in Turkey by inciting the country’s Kurdish citizens.

Death toll could be up to 1,000 after magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Van province, bringing

down buildings, officials say.

Cyprus in new reunification talks Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders trying to negotiate an agreement

to reunify the divided Mediterranean island must overcome

substantial differences during two days of talks starting on Sunday.

United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon said after his last meeting with

the two leaders in July that he expected them to reach agreement by October.

But his special adviser Alexander Downer said after the leaders met last week

in Nicosia that differences remained.He refused to discuss the differences, but

the two sides reportedly have not agreed on key issues including what to do

with private property lost during the war, territorial boundaries, details of a

federal government and elections.Cyprus was split into a Greek Cypriot south

and a Turkish Cypriot north in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by

supporters with Greece. The island joined the European Union in 2004, but

only the internationally-recognised south enjoys membership benefits. Press

Association/ October 29, 2011

- Vietnamese officials banned from playing golf

Vietnam's transport minister has banned his senior staff from

playing golf, saying it distracts them from their work too much.

- 'Joe the Plumber' to run for Ohio Congress seat in 2012

A man who became a political sensation after challenging

Barack Obama on his economic policy during the 2008 US

presidential election campaign has announced that he will

contest a seat in Congress in 2012.

- 'Slumdog millionaire'

triumph

A poor government clerk

from eastern India has

become the first person to

win the jackpot on the

Indian version of “Who

Wants To Be A

Millionaire?”.

FUNNY NEWS

What is this….NAM?

PAGE 7

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states considering themselves not aligned formally with or against any major power bloc. As of 2011, the movement had 120 members and 17 observer countries.The organization was founded in Belgrade in 1961, and was largely the brainchild of Yugoslavia's President, Josip Broz Tito, India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah, and Indonesia's first President, Sukarno. All five leaders were prominent advocates of a middle course for states in the Developing Worldbetween the Western and Eastern blocs in the Cold War. The phrase itself was first used to represent the doctrine by Indian diplomat and statesman V.K. Krishna Menon in 1953, at the United Nations. The purpose of the organisation as stated in the Havana Declaration of 1979 is to ensure "the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries" in their "struggle against imperialism,colonialism,neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony as well as against great power and bloc politics."They represent nearly two-thirds of the United Nations's members and 55% of the world population, particularly countries

considered to be developing or part of the Third World.

Camaltında Renkli Dünyalar (art exhibition),

TC Merkez Bankası Art Gallery , Oct. 31

Birden Çok Dünyada YaĢamak (story reading –

interview (about migration)), Goethe-Institut

Ankara

The Rocky Horror Show (musical), Nov. 1

20:00, METU Architecture Lecture Hall

ġarkılarla YaĢamak (concert), Nov. 1, 20:00,

State Museum of Painting and Sculpture

Kapadokya’dan Japonya’ya (art exhibition),

Nov. 2, Turkish Japanese Foundation Cultural

Centre

Figen Kahraman & BarıĢ Sıtkı Kadıoğlu

(photograph exhibition), Nov. 2 , Modern Arts

Centre

Van'a Kulak Ver (concert), Nov. 2,

20:00,Cermodern

Atatürk’ü Anma Konseri (concert), Nov. 3,

20:00, CSO Concert Hall

Kantoncu (musical), Nov. 3, 20:00, Cüneyt

Gökçer Hall

Çakırcalı Efe (opera), Nov. 3, 20:00, Opera Hall

Deniz Koklasın Kendini Kadında (art

exhibition), Nov. 4, KriĢna Art Centre

Emre Aydın (concert), Nov. 4, 22:00, Jolly Jo-

ker

Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (concert), Nov. 4,

20:00, Bilkent Concert Hall

Hacettepe Üniv. - Galatasaray Medical Park

(basketball match), Nov.5, 13:30, Ankara

Sports Hall

Hasan Kıran “Bir Kalp Bir Baskı” (art

exhibition), Nov. 5, Galeri Soyut Çankaya

Model (concert), Nov. 5, 22:00, Jolly Joker

Haydi Karına KoĢ (theatre), Nov. 5, 15:00–

20:00, ġinasi Hall

“SavaĢ Güç ve Ġnanç” (art exhibition), Nov. 6,

Anatolian Civilizations Museum

Army of Lovers (exhibition), until Nov. 11,

Cermodern

EDITORIAL

GENERAL DIRECTOR

PELĠN YAVUZ

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

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PELĠN KÜNEY

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