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America’s difficult export commodity: democracy
President George W. Bush tried to sell it by a strategy of aggression. Unsurprisingly, he failed. Now there is a new man at the helm who wants to sell the same commodity to far away markets of Arabia, not by force, but by what pundits call the "mellow doctrine."
Plan to build fake island makes waves
BEIRUT - A Beirut-based developer is building an artificial island shaped like a cedar tree. The massive chunk of dredged seabed will be converted into a paradise with luxury villas, apartments, shops, restaurants, white-sand beaches, parks, schools and hospitals
Qatar welcomes Turkish partners
DOHA -Unfazed by the crisis, Qatar welcomes Turkish investors, in its drive to construct infrastructure. With an improved approach, the business volume of Turkish construction firms in Qatar could reach $10 billion in four years, says the chair of the Turkish Businessmen Association in Qatar.
Camera obscura brings a new life to simple light
ISTANBUL - The Adana Pinhole Photography Group, formed by teacher Nuri Gürdil, is using the world’s oldest known photography technique. Instead of cameras, they use tin cans, teapots, saucepans and fridge pieces. Their first photos won awards at the 4th Adana Rotary Club International Competition in 2007. ’This work is a human project,’ says Gürdil
Muslims seek more in Obama’s ’way forward’
JAKARTA - The wary Muslims seek more than gestures in the US President Barack Obama’s inaugural pledge to ’seek a new way forward’ with Muslim countries. Obama needs help to solve shared problems, including Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran’s nuclear program, energy security and the threats from radical Islamists, argue analysts
Time for TOBB to sit at the table
Debate on the positions staked out by Turkey’s prime minister relative to Israel during the Gaza war, the "Davos tirade" and all that preceded and followed, is sure to linger. What cannot be allowed to linger are steps required of the international community to restore the war-torn infrastructure and ravaged economy of this strip of land on the Mediterranean.
