Anadolu Agency: News in English, 04-03-06

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CONTENTS [01] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN THINKS TURKEY AND SYRIA CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT COOPERATION [02] ONE MORE PERSON FOUND DEAD IN FLOOD IN ERZURUM [03] ONE PERSON DIES IN FLOOD IN ERZURUM [04] CUSTOMS GUARDS CONFISCATE 46 KG HEROIN IN DEREKOY [05] LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DEPARTS FROM TURKEY [06] DE SOTO SAYS POSSIBILITY OF REACHING A SOLUTION IN CYPRUS TALKS IS GETTING LOWER AS TIME PASSES [07] SEVEN PEOPLE DIE IN AVALANCHE IN DOGUBEYAZIT [08] DE SOTO COMES TO ANKARA [09] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN VISITS ALEPPO GOVERNOR ADI [10] IMF DELEGATION WORKS ON ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND BUDGET [11] HATAY GOVERNOR SARI SAYS TURKEY AND SYRIA PLAN TO CONSTRUCT DAM ACROSS ORANTES (ASI) RIVER [12] TURKISH ENGINEER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN [13] A.A AND ANSA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT [14] TURKEY TAKES PART IN NUREMBERG TOURISM FAIR [15] DEPUTY PM SENER AND STATE MINISTER ATALAY COME TO SKOPJE TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF TRAJKOVSKI [16] EXPORTS OF TEXTILE AND READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING FROM BURSA INCREASE [17] TREASURY TO REPAY 304 TRILLION TURKISH LIRAS IN DOMESTIC DEBT [18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER AND STATE MINISTER ATALAY LEAVE FOR MACEDONIA TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT TRAYKOVSKI

DAMASCUS - State Minister Kursad Tuzmen expressed on Saturday thought that Turkey and Syria could make significant cooperation in energy.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi - 14:58

[02] ONE MORE PERSON FOUND DEAD IN FLOOD IN ERZURUM

CAT - One more person was found dead on Saturday in the wake of the flood in Degirmenli village in Cat town of eastern Erzurum province.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi - 14:57

[03] ONE PERSON DIES IN FLOOD IN ERZURUM

CAT - One person died in flood in Degirmenli village in Cat town of eastern Erzurum province.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi - 14:57

[04] CUSTOMS GUARDS CONFISCATE 46 KG HEROIN IN DEREKOY

DEREKOY - Customs guards confiscated on Saturday 46 kilograms of heroin at Derekoy Customs Gate of northwestern Kirklareli province.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi -- 11:39

[05] LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DEPARTS FROM TURKEY

ISTANBUL - Lithuanian Parliament Speaker Arturas Paulauskas departed on Saturday from Turkey.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi -- 11:38

[06] DE SOTO SAYS POSSIBILITY OF REACHING A SOLUTION IN CYPRUS TALKS IS GETTING LOWER AS TIME PASSES

ANKARA - United Nations (U.N.) Secretary General Kofi Annan's Special Envoy to Cyprus Alvaro De Soto said late on Friday that possibility of reaching a solution in Cyprus talks was getting lower as time passed.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi -- 10:55

[07] SEVEN PEOPLE DIE IN AVALANCHE IN DOGUBEYAZIT

DOGUBEYAZIT - Seven people, who were trapped under the avalanche, died and four others were rescued in Somkaya village in Dogubeyazit township in eastern Agri province on Saturday.

06 Mart 2004 Cumartesi -- 10:55

[08] DE SOTO COMES TO ANKARA

ANKARA - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy for Cyprus Alvaro De Soto came to Ankara on Friday to have meetings.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 17:45

[09] STATE MINISTER TUZMEN VISITS ALEPPO GOVERNOR ADI

ALEPPO - State Minister Kursat Tuzmen has said that they were willing to sign a free trade agreement with Syria, adding, ''we are ready to sign such an agreement.''

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 17:45

[10] IMF DELEGATION WORKS ON ISSUES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND BUDGET

ANKARA - IMF delegation continued its work at Treasury Undersecretariat on Friday.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 17:45

[11] HATAY GOVERNOR SARI SAYS TURKEY AND SYRIA PLAN TO CONSTRUCT DAM ACROSS ORANTES (ASI) RIVER

ANTAKYA - Hatay Governor Abdulkadir Sari said on Friday that Turkey and Syria were planning to construct a dam across Orantes (Asi) river to prevent floods.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 17:45

[12] TURKISH ENGINEER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN

KABUL - A Turkish engineer was killed in an armed attack staged on the highway between Kabul-Kandahar cities of Afghanistan while a Turkish company official and an Afghan translator were abducted, Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan Bulent Tulun announced on Friday.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 14:48

[13] A.A AND ANSA SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT

ISTANBUL - Anadolu Agency (A.A) and Italian news agency (ANSA) signed on Friday a cooperation agreement and laid the foundations for a new formation namely ''ANSAMED'' which will transmit news items about issues that concern the Mediterranean basin.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 14:48

[14] TURKEY TAKES PART IN NUREMBERG TOURISM FAIR

BERLIN - Turkey takes part in the tourism fair held in Nuremberg, Germany namely ''Nurnberg Freizeit'' with its stand area of 100 square meters.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 12:59

[15] DEPUTY PM SENER AND STATE MINISTER ATALAY COME TO SKOPJE TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF TRAJKOVSKI

SKOPJE - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener and State Minister Besir Atalay came to Skopje on Friday to attend the funeral of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski who died in a plane crash.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 12:59

[16] EXPORTS OF TEXTILE AND READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING FROM BURSA INCREASE

BURSA - Exports of ready-to-wear clothing from northwestern province of Bursa increased by 7 percent, and exports of textiles rose by 31 percent in the January-February period of 2004.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 12:58

[17] TREASURY TO REPAY 304 TRILLION TURKISH LIRAS IN DOMESTIC DEBT

ANKARA - Treasury will fulfill 304 trillion Turkish liras (TL) of domestic debt service next week.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 10:45

[18] DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SENER AND STATE MINISTER ATALAY LEAVE FOR MACEDONIA TO ATTEND FUNERAL OF PRESIDENT TRAYKOVSKI

ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener and State Minister Besir Atalay left for Macedonia on Friday to attend the funeral of Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski.

05 Mart 2004 Cuma -- 10:45

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