5 men accused of viciously assaulting a footballer outside a Crete nightclub have failed in a High Court bid to block their extradition to Greece. Curtis Taylor, Daniel Bell and Sean Branton – all from Horley – George Hollands, from Reigate, and Benjamin Herdman, of Worth, West Sussex, have denied involvement in the attack on [...]
The uk passports used by a hit squad that killed a Hamas leader in Dubai were secretly copied by Israeli border police, British ministers believe. Diplomatic sources have told the Sunday Mirror they are convinced officials at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport took away and copied the passports of six Britons who unwittingly became involved [...]
GulfNews – The assassination of a senior Hamas commander would have been a failed attempt had he travelled with a guard or if the local authorities were notified of his visit to Dubai, Chief of Dubai Police said. Leaked information obtained by suspects involved in the assassination significantly served their mission.Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was tracked [...]
A court on Corfu last week heard how two British children died in their hotel room from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning during a family holiday, as the trial of 11 people, including two former employees of the Thomas Cook tour operator, went on trial on the Ionian island yesterday. The 11 defendants, including the manager [...]
Paris Hilton took part in an impromptu belly dance during the Miss Turkey 2008 contest in Istanbul yesterday. The heiress was a judge at the beauty pageant – but she clearly didn’t want to be left out of the limelight. Paris, 27, took to the stage to join a professional belly dancer and was seen [...]
South Wales police are investigating a possible suicide chain after the seventh hanging of young people in Bridgend in a year. The seven dead are not known to have been close friends but several of them posted personal profiles on the social networking internet site Bebo. Police are worried that youngsters may consider it fashionable [...]
Turkey will help the United States to operate and transport neighbouring Iraq’s oil as part of its drive to become an energy hub, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told CNN Turk on Friday. Guler visited the United States this week with President Abdullah Gul for talks with U.S. officials dominated by energy. ‘We have reached [...]
A man charged with murdering five prostitutes in a series of killings that shocked England and led to a manhunt by hundreds of police officers went on trial Wednesday. Prosecutor Peter Wright opened the trial at Ipswich Crown Court by telling the jurors that Steve Wright, 49, a former pub landlord, was responsible for killing [...]
U.S. President George Bush meets with Turkey’s president Tuesday before departing this evening on a trip to visit several U.S. allies in the Middle East. Mr. Bush and Turkish President Abdullah Gul are expected to discuss the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as Istanbul’s efforts to join the European Union. The talks are [...]
A British tourist has been found dead on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. Barbara Scott Jones, 61, had been reported missing a week ago and her body was found in a pit near the house she was staying in. Jamaican police have launched a murder investigation into the death and have said they are looking [...]
Restrictions to the number of pieces of luggage passengers are allowed to check-in are set to be eased next week. From January 7th 2008, the Department for Transport (DfT) will lift restrictions on the one piece of hand luggage rule at 22 of the UK’s largest airports, including Heathrow, Stansted, Birmingham and Manchester. Smaller British [...]
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is scheduled to pay an official three-day visit to Turkey on January 23-25, the first such visit of a Greek premier since 1959, the government announced Thursday. Karamanlis is set to hold talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan during the trip, which will include visiting the capital Ankara [...]
A Birmingham woman injured in a fall on holiday in Turkey has received a £56,000 out-of-court settlement with holiday firm Thomas Cook. Pauline Goodall, 63, was in the resort of Marmaris with her daughter and granddaughter when the accident happened in August 2004. As Mrs Goodall, from A*****s Green, walked along a corridor in the [...]
British Airways plans to launch a new service to the Antalya region on April 10th. The introduction of new flights to Turkey is set to trigger huge interest amongst overseas property buyers. In addition, after its purchase of GB Airways, EasyJet will soon begin offering services to the south coast of Turkey. A new airport [...]
Gumbet located at 2-3 km distance from Bodrum, Sınce the swimming possibilities are very limited in Bodrum, many people prefer nearby Gumbet. Gumbet recently became very popular resort. The town is named after numerous white-domed cisterns in the area. Gumbet, which offers one of the longest and most popular beaches on the peninsula, is also [...]