| Sat, 31 Jul 2010 As David Cameron calls for Turkey to join the EU, PETER HITCHENS on the disturbing ... | Down a glum, dark back alley in Istanbul, I found a sinister sight. In a workshop two stern and bearded men were bent over sheets and patches of very black cloth, their sewing-machines whirring urgently. | I was plainly unwelcome and they objected to the very idea of ... | Brian Viner: A list of bad books is incomplete without sport's many turkeys | Robin Ince's Bad Book Club is the eponymous comedian's homage, published earlier this month, to really execrable books. | It's very funny and I recommend it. He skewers self-help manuals and thrillers, poetry books and sex books, but has most fun in the chapter on aut... | Chequered diplomacy | Go east, young man! When David Cameron uttered this stirring slogan in Bangalore on Wednesday, he was following his own advice. And yet his eastern journey has not met with wholly happy results. Visiting India, Britain's prime minister seems to have been ignored by So... | A Persian message for Obama | Jul 31, 2010 A Persian message for Obama | By M K Bhadrakumar | The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. Another harsh winter has passed. Rhetoric has touched a point of diminishing returns. | The logical co... | In Turkey, the chilling face of domestic abuse | Kapikoy, Turkey (CNN) -- Hamide Yeni is a woman on the hunt. | The women's rights activist wears a determined expression on her face as she paces the dirt roads of this remote village, looking for the man who Turkish authorities say beat his wife and put her in a hosp... | Turkey sued in California over Armenian genocide | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Lawyers for two Armenian men have sued Turkey and two of its major banks, claiming they and others were victims of genocide and seeking what could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. | The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S.... | Turkey to Pick Military Head as Sides Jockey for Power By MARC CHAMPION | ISTANBUL—Turkey's top generals and government meet this weekend to choose a new military command, in what promises to be a crucial front in a divisive battle over this country's political future. | For four straight days beginning Sunday, Turkey... | | |
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