Turkish PM cancels German trip
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a trip to Germany on Saturday following the death of 12 Turkish soldiers in Afghanistan, but police warned thousands still planned to protest against a decision to award him a prize for tolerance.
Erdogan had been due to receive the Steiger Award in the western German town of Bochum but his office said he had called off his trip because of the soldiers' deaths in a NATO helicopter crash near Kabul on Friday. (Reuters)
