(GEN) TURKISH COOPERATION AGENCY HANDS OVER HOUSES FOR GEORGIAN WAR'S HOMELESS.TBILISI, Nov 9, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The Turkish Cooperation Agency (TIKA Tika can be:
At a ceremony in the Georgian city of Gori Gori (gô`rē), city (1989 pop. 68,924), central Georgia. It has food processing plants. Mentioned in the 7th cent. as Tontio, it was later named after a fortress. Gori passed to Russia in 1801. Stalin was born in the city. attended by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Turkish State Minister Faruk Celik, 100 houses were handed over to their owners. "Once again, I am offering my deepest sympathies to the relatives of those who lost their lives. We would deem ourselves happy if we could be of slightest remedy," Celik told the ceremony. "I will never forget things that Turkey has done for us. We have neighbors which tear us down on the one side and which help us re-build on the other side," Saakashvili said, thanking for the Turkish government for the houses. (MB-MS) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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