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Ankara, Aug 8: Issuing a new threat against the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) has warned Muslims to stay away from the games or be within the vicinity.

The threat was issued in a six-minute video named "Call to the Global Muslim Ummah".

According to the Site Intelligence Group, the speaker identifies himself as a representative of TIP, and in a warning said: "Do not stay on the same bus, on the same train, on the same plane, in the same buildings, or any place the Chinese are."

"Choose your side", the speaker urges Muslims.

The representative also calls upon Muslims to offer support financially, physically, spiritually, and by their words.

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Damascus - Syrian presidential sources have denied Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be vacationing in Turkey following his talks with officials there.

Istanbul, August 2 : Archaeologists have unearthed two piers belonged to the first century A. D. in the ancient city of Aphrodisias in Turkey.

According to Professor Dr. Roland Smith of the Oxford University, who heads the archaeological excavations in the ancient city, they found pieces of a beautiful arch and two piers during this year’s excavations.

Aphrodisias was a small city in Caria, Asia Minor. It is located near the modern village of Geyre, Turkey, about 230 km from Izmir.

Aphrodisias was named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of Love, who had here her unique cult image, the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias.

Ankara - The number of dead in the dormitory collapse in central Turkey rose to 18 when the body of another schoolgirl was pulled from the rubble of the building early Saturday morning.

According to local media, rescue workers had already ceased operations, but began again when a family reported that one of their daughters was still missing.

In addition to the dead, 27 girls were injured when the three- storey dormitory building in the Taskent region of Konya collapsed early Friday morning.