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BELGRADE - Serbia's Jelena Jankovic and Taipei's Chan Hao-ching have reached the second round of the doubles tournament in Miami after they notched up a win against Spanish Arantxa Parra Santonja / Sílvia Soler-Espinosa 7-5, 6-4.

Andreas Lubitz, the co-pilot of crashed Germanwings plane, has hid the details of an "existing illness" and "corresponding medical treatment" from his employers, according to German prosecutors.

The prosecutors said they found torn-up sick notes in his home, including one covering the day of the crash of the Airbus A320, but didn't say what his illness was.

In an interview with France 24 on March 26, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said Turkey supports the Saudi-led mission to rout Shiite rebels in Yemen and said ground troops will be needed to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq.

France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron took gold at the World Figure Skating Championships ice dance event in Shanghai Friday, the high point of a remarkable breakthrough season for the duo.
      
The pair scored 112.34 points in the final free dance to finish with 184.28 overall, marking another milestone following their European Championships victory in January.

In the early 1990s, Turkey started to generously buy off-the-shelf arms from foreign manufacturers who had happily discovered an emerging but potentially lucrative market.

Theater is making its annual return to Turkey's south, with the 17th State Theaters Sabanc? International Adana Theater Festival set to begin on World Theater Day on March 27.

The festival will offer the people of Adana an enjoyable program throughout the month with 24 plays, including 16 local and eight international plays.

By Stathis Kousounis

Athens is among the top destinations both in Europe and the world for 2015 according to leading international travel website TripAdvisor.

In an interview with France 24 on March 26, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an said Turkey supports the Saudi-led mission to rout Shiite rebels in Yemen and said ground troops will be needed to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq.

Iran's nuclear chief said March 26 he was "optimistic" about reaching a ground-breaking nuclear deal, as US and Iranian diplomats launched down-to-the-wire talks chasing a March 31 deadline.
      

BELGRADE - The great lady of dance, Italian ballet dancer and actress Carla Fracci officially opened the 12th international Belgrade Dance Festival (BFI) in Center Sava in Belgrade.

Welcoming numerous visitors on Wednesday evening, Fracci underlined that this is her first visit to the region, and that she is sorry that she never performed in Belgrade.