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Sri Lanka destroys giant illegal ivory haul

Sri Lanka's government on Jan. 26 destroyed its biggest ever illegal ivory haul in the first public crushing of poached tusks in South Asia, intended to send a stark message to smugglers.

The international trade in ivory has been banned in most of the world since 1989, but illegal smuggling persists in many parts of Asia where ivory is highly prized for medicinal and decorative uses.

Turkey's Y?ld?z Holding plans 'strong investment' to raise capacity in Turkey, US and Britain

Y?ld?z Holding will ramp up investments this year to above 1.6 billion Turkish Liras with a new planned project in East Africa and capacity increases in Turkey, the United States and Britain, the company's deputy chairman told reporters late Jan. 13.

More people infected with HIV in Turkey this year

The number of patients infected with the HIV virus has increased in Turkey over the past year, according to Hayati Demiraslan, an academic at the Medical Faculty of Erciyes University in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri.

The number of patients infected with HIV increased from 1,400 in 2013 to 1,967 in 2014, Demiraslan said during an address to students. 

32nd Ayd?n Do?an International Cartoon Competition winners awarded

The 32nd Ayd?n Do?an International Cartoon Competition Awards were distributed during a ceremony on Nov. 17, with Albanian cartoonist Agim Sulaj receiving top prize for giving a voice to terror threat across the world.

Organized by the Ayd?n Do?an Foundation (ADV), founded by its honorary president Ayd?n Do?an, the awards ceremony was held at the Trump Towers in Istanbul on Nov. 17.

Eritrean footballers seeking asylum in Botswana face deportation

Ten Eritrean national football players seeking asylum in Botswana should be deported, Botswana's security minister said on Oct. 15, a decision their lawyer said he would challenge in court.

The Eritreans refused to board their plane home on Oc.t 14, the latest in a series of defections by athletes from a country under investigation by the United Nations for human-rights violations.

Mafia island is not exclusively for mobsters…

The island of Mafia has nothing to do with any of the characters in ‘The Goodfellas’, or ‘The Godfather’, except of course if Robert De Niro or Joe Pesci happened to visit the archipelago of Tanzania. The island’s airport named ‘Mafia Airport’ is located in Tanzania. It’s name derives from the Arabic word ‘morfiyeh’, which means archipelago.

Turkey ranks sixth in Brookings' financial inclusion study

The Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings has launched the 2015 Brookings Financial and Digital Inclusion Project (FDIP) Report and Scorecard, which evaluates access to and usage of affordable financial services across 21 countries. According to Brookings? FDIP analysis, Turkey ranked sixth among the countries for its financial inclusion efforts. 

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