13/04/2008 by Icmeler.

Jose Manuel Barroso, head of the European Commission, said the European Union hopes Turkey will become a member.
Barroso held a news conference Thursday with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, The New Anatolian reported. He refused to make any direct comment on a court challenge to the ruling AK Party. The chief prosecutor asked a court last month to ban the party on the grounds that it is trying to reverse Turkey’s status as a secular state. “I hope the decision of the Constitutional Court would be a decision compatible with the rule of law, European standards, with jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights,” Barroso said.

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13/04/2008 by Icmeler.

Five British women have been killed and another 12 Britons injured in a bus crash in Ecuador.

Gap-year students Indira Swann, 18, of Berks, Lizzie Pincock, 19, of Somerset, Rebecca Logie, 19, of Lancs, and Emily Sadler, 19, of Hertfordshire, all died. Warwick-based tour company VentureCo’s guide Sarah Howard, 26, of Cheshire, was the fifth victim. Gordon Brown said his thoughts were with their families. The bus is thought to have collided with a truck near Jipijapa on Saturday.

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