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    PRESS ROUNDUP

    Today's Zaman
    08 October 2009, Thursday

    Press Roundup - Public and private sector workers demonstrate during a
    protest march in Marseille on Wednesday. France's major trade unions
    held a sixth round of protests against the government's handling of
    the economic crisis.

    Public and private sector workers demonstrate during a protest march in
    Marseille on Wednesday. France's major trade unions held a sixth round
    of protests against the government's handling of the economic crisis.

    Sabah: "Take into account the voices of protestors," read the
    headline of the daily's main story yesterday, quoting remarks from
    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who delivered a speech opening
    the World Bank-IMF annual meetings in Ä°stanbul on Tuesday. Calling
    for institutions to embrace diverse points of view, he said that if
    these bodies want to maintain their legitimacy, institutions need to
    incorporate the voices of protesters who are being kept away from the
    summit. "Everyone that steers the global economy, that means you, has
    to put their heads between their two hands and carefully contemplate
    where all these faults stemmed from. Also, we have to lend an ear to
    the ongoing protest outside this hall," Erdogan said.

    Yeni Å~^afak: "Sarksyan criteria," was the headline of the daily's
    lead story yesterday, which reported that some security measures
    will be taken when Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan visits the
    western province of Bursa to watch a soccer match between the Turkish
    and Armenian national teams on Oct. 14. President Abdullah Gul, who
    talked to administrators in Bursa, asked them to be a good example of
    Turkish hospitality during Sarksyan's visit. As part of the security
    measures, officials will attempt to prevent provocateurs from entering
    the stadium, Azerbaijani flags will not be permitted in the stadium
    and chanting political slogans and holding signs that have political
    messages will not be allowed, said the daily.

    AkÅ~_am: In a front-page story yesterday, the daily reporte ~Y
    (TSK) mandate to strike bases of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers'
    Party (PKK) in northern Iraq was approved by Parliament on Tuesday,
    receiving the support of 452 deputies. Some 47 deputies from the
    Justice and Development Party (AK Party), mostly from the Southeast,
    were absent during Tuesday's vote.
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