Istanbul, Dec. 6 : Visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Islamabad is yet to be provided with concrete evidence on its role in the Mumbai terror attacks.

Addressing a joint press conference here, along with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai and Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Zardari said Pakistan too was a victim of terrorism.

According to The News, Zardari replied in negative when asked whether Pakistan’s direction in the war against terror will change following the tense situation between Pakistan and India.

Istanbul, Dec. 6 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who is on an official visit to Turkey, has said that his country is determined to carry on fighting terrorists on its soil, and added that last week’s attacks in Mumbai, will not affect Pakistan’s efforts to combat the menace.

“The focus of the government of Pakistan has been anti-terror.... We will continue with our fight against the perpetrators and stateless actors of terrorism,” the Dawn quoted Zardari, as saying.

Istanbul - The influence of the US and the EU in the Middle East and the Caucasus is dwindling, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Friday.

Speaking on the edges of the World Economic Forum meeting in Istanbul, Mottaki said the most recent Western attempts to intervene in the Caucasus following August's war in Georgia were "fruitless."

Regional efforts to solve the crisis would function better without them, he said.

"Perhaps what has recently occurred in Lebanon could serve as a model for the solution of conflicts by countries from within the region," said Mottaki.

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Istanbul, Oct 15 : Excavation work in southeastern Sanliurfa province in Turkey has led to the discovery of a Roman palace (fifth to sixth century A. D.) and floor mosaics, which feature an ancient Amazonian queen from the early Byzantine period.

According to a report in Today’s Zaman, the Anatolia news agency reported that the Haleplibahce district, one of the oldest historical residential areas of the city, constitutes an important part of the ancient city of Edessa, famous for its wall pictures depicting the Amazonian queens Hippolyte, Antiope, Melanippe and Penthesileia hunting in the forest.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism began the excavation work two years ago after these wall pictures were found.

Istanbul, Oct 14 : Archaeologists have found a tomb featuring intricate mosaics in a district in Turkey, which includes 55 skeletons buried in five graves and 18 pieces of delicate 
1,700-year-old golden jewelry.

According to a report in Turkish Daily News, Austrian Archaeological Committee President Sabine Ladstatter said that they found a variety of objects, including silk clothes with golden threads, but that the jewels in particular were a big surprise.

“The uncovered pieces have meticulous details. So, these graves surely belonged to upper-class people in Ephesus,” she said.