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Debts of some 6 million people, including those to utilities and phone companies, amounting to 30 billion Turkish Liras will be canceled as part of the government's plans to support low-income groups.

Those debts to be canceled include unpaid electricity, water, natural gas and telephone bills.

Turkey is starting a phone diplomacy with about 70 countries to relaunch air traffic in a bid to bring tourists to the country starting from June, the culture and tourism ministers said on May 10.

A passenger plane accident has closed the international airport in the American city of Newark, New Jersey. The machine left the runway on landing.

There are no perished and seriously injured. Several people had minor injuries and received medical help on the spot, Nova Television reported.

There were 166 passengers on board.

An explosion damaged a wall next to a military area belonging to NATO in the western Turkish province of Izmir on Thursday, CNN Turk reported, but there were no reports of any casualties.

Controversial campaign "pitches Serbia as 3rd world country"

BELGRADE -- "Invest in Serbia - a country with qualified, yet cheap labor" is the essence of an ad broadcast on CNN, paid for by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS).

The daily Blic writes that the campaign that has drawn the ire of trade unions is jointly financed by "Invest in Serbia."