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Turkey: No apology for downing Russian jet

November 30, 2015November 30, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkey’s prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday his country will not apologise for shooting down a Russian fighter jet last

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Paris primer: rundown on climate talks

November 30, 2015May 10, 2024 Rosanne Skirble of VOANews

Despite the recent terrorist attacks in the French capital, the climate meeting set for November 30-December 11 in Paris will

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Lavrov: Turkey downing jet ‘planned provocation’ but not going to war

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane “looks like a planned provocation,” but

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NATO backs Turkey but seeks to lower tensions with Russia

November 24, 2015November 27, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Nato, Russia, Turkey

NATO says it stands with Turkey following an emergency meeting in Brussels of its 28 ambassadors requested by Ankara to

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Bulgarian PM: Tension between Nato, Russia ‘not good’

November 24, 2015November 26, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Nato, Russia, Syria, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on November 24 that the downing of a Russian military plane by Turkish fighter

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Putin accuses Turkey of ‘stabbing’ Russia ‘in the back’ after fighter downed

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 VOANews Russia, Syria, Turkey

Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of “stabbing” Russia “in the back” and supporting terrorism after Turkish F-16s shot down

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UN Security Council urges action against IS

November 21, 2015November 21, 2015 Margaret Besheer of VOANews

One week after the deadly Paris attacks, the U.N. Security Council called Friday on nations to “redouble and coordinate their

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Global internet freedoms decline fifth year in a row

October 28, 2015October 28, 2015 Doug Bernard of VOANews

When it comes to protecting freedom of expression online, the news is not good. For the fifth straight year in

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Turkey shoots down unidentified aircraft near Syria

October 16, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkey says it has shot down an aircraft of unknown nationality that had intruded into its airspace near the Syrian

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