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ANKARA (AFP) - China slumped to a crushing 87-40 defeat to Turkey in their final group game at the world basketball championships on Thursday, but still reached the second round thanks to Puerto Rico.

ANKARA: The United States will not take part in upcoming air drills in Turkey, a US Embassy official said Wednesday, as media reports said Washington had conditioned its presence on Israeli attendance. The US Air Force will not join the October exercises, the official told AFP, saying they had already taken part in the previous edition of the drills in June.

Ankara: support of international community, regional countries 'compulsory' in peace process.

Ankara, Aug 28 : Police in Turkey's largest city of Istanbul confiscated around 77 kg of heroin and detained six suspects in a major anti-drug operation.

LONDON/ANKARA - International investment consultation organization Schroder Salomon Smith Barney (SSSB) forecast on Wednesday that Turkey will complete 2002 with 6.3 percent of growth. According to economic analysis of SSSB, the growth rate of Turkey increased as exports climbed 16 percent annually.