Canada Eases Turkey's Refugee Problem
OTTAWA - Canada will take 5,000 refugees off of Turkey's hands over the next five years and resettle them in this country. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made the announcement Tuesday while in the Turkish capital Ankara. "With escalating violence in the region, more people are seeking protection in Turkey, and our commitment to resettle 5,000 mostly Iraqi and Iranian refugees in Canada will help Turkey deal with this growing pressure," Kenney said in a statement.
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TORONTO- Turkish tradesmen explore new destinations and Turkish exportation focuses on North America, says executive director of TCCC. Enes Kula, the Executive Director of Turkish Canadian Chamber of Commerce (TCCC), has stated that the trade figures between Turkey and Canada have changed in favour of Turkey after a long time. Also being the Toronto investments region representative of Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), Kula assessed the trade relations between Turkey and Canada and informed AA. Kula stressed that Turkish tradesmen started to succeed more in trading lately and said, “Traders in Anatolian part of Turkey produce, sell and export now.”
ANKARA AA - CEO of the Coca-Cola, Kent said, it was important to hold a strong diaspora strategy to spread Turkish lobby abroad. Chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, Muhtar Kent said that it was important to hold a strong diaspora strategy to spread Turkish lobby abroad. Turkish-American business executive Kent spoke to AA after being elected as a honorary member of Turks Abroad Advisory Board. 
ESKISEHIR - CEO of GE Transportation praised the product made in Turkey: “The most modern” Lorenzo Simonelli, the President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Transportation said annually there are 3500 to 4000 locomotive sales in the world. Simonelli replied the questions of reporters in Eskisehir where he came for the publicity and customer-supplier meeting of “PowerHaul locomotive” which was produced by the strategic cooperation agreement between General Electric and Turkey Locomotive and Motor Industry A.S. (TULOMSAS).
Clifton, NJ, January 09, 2013 — Comodo, one of the leading certificate authorities and Internet security organizations, recently announced the release of its Internet Security 2013 software. Comodo® Internet Security 2013 (CIS 2013) delivers malware prevention that is unmatched in the industry and backed by Comodo's $500 Virus-Free Guarantee, an industry first. CIS 2013 assures protection of computers against viruses and malware through Comodo's innovative Default Deny Protection™. Unlike many Internet security vendors, Comodo's solutions do not rely solely upon blacklisting known threats from executing on a computer. Blacklisting can only protect computer users from known threats and therefore cannot protect users from unknown or recent malware threats. 
(WBNG Binghamton) U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that Chobani Greek Yogurt, founded and produced in Chenango County, will be served throughout the Capitol to special guests before the start of the 2013 Inaugural Ceremonies. Schumer, Chair of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, said Chobani will provide vanilla and plain yogurt to be served with strawberries, pineapples, pears and granola toppings to Inaugural guests, including the President, the Vice President and their families. 
Turkish Norwegian entrepreneur, Dilek Ayhan receives the prestigious OXLO award for her efforts to strengthen the multicultural discourse in Norwegian society and business life. The prize was awarded in Oslo City Hall by Mayor Fabian Stang on Wednesday, 28th of November. Dilek Ayhan has for many years been active in Norwegian organizations with a focus on increased participation and positive environment for children and young people from multicultural backgrounds. Through her work, and with the slogan "Diversity is profitable," Ayhan helped diversity to be put on the agenda of Norwegian industry. 
Scott Goodson, Contributor - Forbes - I am writing a new book about how our world is being reshaped by technology. How the energy and perpetual desire of youth to connect is re-engineering this brave new world into a mosh pit of “globalistas”. Amazingly, the ancient trade routes – created centuries ago by people on foot or on ships that circled the Atlantic and Pacific rims – are being smashed and reinvented by a whole new generation of connected people, creating the most exciting, and hopeful open space of people and ideas ever.
Software developer Comodo Group has launched the 2013 range -- version 6.0 -- of its free internet security products. COMODO Internet Security Premium 2013, COMODO AntiVirus 2013 and COMODO Firewall 2013 all debut a brand new, radically revamped and simplified user interface, plus come with the promise of being the lightest, fastest version of COMODO’s security tool yet. The latest build also improves virtualization technology for running applications in their own sandbox, while COMODO Internet Security also ships with a number of new integrated products, including Autorun Analyzer and COMODO Cleaning Essentials. 
ARLINGTON, Texas, Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Challenge America™ Military Opportunities (CAMO), a national veteran's support organization, announced today that Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the nationally syndicated Emmy award winning "The Dr. Oz Show" will be joining an expanding multi-disciplinary team of experts and organizations participating in the inaugural CAMO Dallas Family Fitness Day on Saturday, January 19, 2013, at Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Dr. Oz, will be joined by Dallas-area health professionals to provide information and support to active-duty military, veterans and their families on health issues. 
By Alanna Petroff - Turkish equity markets have seen phenomenal growth in 2012, with the benchmark Istanbul Stock Exchange National 100 Index rising by 50% since the start of the year. The best-performing funds of 2012 were all Turkey-centric, with the HSBC Global Investment Funds Turkey Equity fund shooting up by over 65% since the start of 2012. Other Turkey-focused funds include the UBAM Turkish Equity fund and the Charlemagne Magna Turkey fund. Both of these funds have returned more than 50% to investors since January 2012.
TIME has tapped US President Barack Obama for its Person of the Year for the second time, citing his historic re-election last month as symbolic of the nation's shifting demographics and the rise of younger, more diverse Americans. In announcing its annual selection on Wednesday, the magazine called Obama the "Architect of the New America." "He's basically the beneficiary and the author of a kind new America - a new demographic, a new cultural America that he is now the symbol of," TIME editor Rick Stengel said of Obama, who was also selected for the honor in 2008 when he became the nation's first black president. 
The son of a Turkish lobbyist in Washington was elected as the next leader of Potomac Lodge No. 5, a Masonic lodge in Georgetown, several Turkish newspapers reported on Wednesday. Çetin Durak, who is 28 years old, took over the post earlier this week. A report published in the Hürriyet daily said Durak, a University of Virginia graduate, was introduced to the lodge by masons who praised him as a “young, career oriented person with good morals, whose values are in line with Masonic values.” 
Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce that its Dream Chaser Space System Program has been selected by NASA's Commercial Crew Program to receive a Certification Products Contract (CPC). This award is the first step on the path to enabling International Space Station transportation services and to provide for government certification of the Dream Chaser commercial crew orbital transportation system. 
