ISTANBUL, February 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- - Diary Event: Wednesday 23rd February Leaders of two of the world's principle Muslim majority democracies, Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak and the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Ali Babacan are coming together with leading religious, business and youth leaders on Wednesday 23rd February in a public call for moderate Islam to stand up and be counted. The call for moderate Islam to speak out against extremism and for the Muslim world to embrace political and economic reform comes as events in Egypt and Tunisia demonstrate the problems of failing to take account of the needs of the people.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, visiting New Delhi, voiced support Friday for energy cooperation between his country and India.

By ANNE GEARAN By Anne Gearan The Associated Pre

By ANNE GEARAN ANKARA, Turkey - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Turkish officials today that Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq were a "common threat" and that the United States would help Ankara in its fight against them.

ANKARA, Turkey _ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday branded the Kurdistan Workers' Party a "terrorist organization" and a "common enemy" of the United States, Turkey and Iraq, but she stopped short of committing Washington to military action against the guerrilla force.