Turkey's Islamic-rooted party suffers new setback with presidential candidate

Monday, May 7, 2007

ANKARA, Turkey -- The Islamic-rooted government suffered another setback Sunday when parliament failed again to reach a quorum to elect its presidential candidate in an ongoing rift between the ruling party and the secular establishment.

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