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Saturday, August 23, 2008

ANALYSIS: 'Fire in Neighbor's House' has Turkey on Edge

"ANALYSIS: 'Fire in Neighbor's House' has Turkey on Edge

ANKARA (Reuters)--The conflict between Russia and Georgia threatens to undermine NATO member Turkey's ambitions to become an energy hub and could exacerbate misgivings among EU states about expanding the bloc right up to the Caucasus.

The fighting over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, which has unsettled oil markets, is another reminder that Turkey, a country that wants to join the European Union, sits in a volatile region bordering Iran, Syria, Iraq and former Soviet republics."

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