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New Turkey Greece crisis

The Turkish government says it's expelling a Greek diplomat for spying -- and Greece says it will respond likewise.

A foreign ministry spokesman in Ankara said an official in the Greek consulate had been engaged in intelligence-gathering and had been told to leave within seven days.

Greece said the Turkish accusation was ridiculous, it was intended to create new tensions.

Correspondents say Turkish relations with Greece have grown worse since Turkey's failure -- at least for the forseeable future -- to be considered as a member of the European Union.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service