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Sacha Baron Cohen’in Arap Baharı
Hitler’in yükselişine dikkat çeken 1940 tarihli Büyük Diktatör filminden uzun yıllar sonra şimdi de Sasha Baron Cohen, Arap diktatörlerini ti’ye alıyor. Borat ve Bruno’nun yaratıcıları, bir diktatörün yönettiği Wadiya Cumhuriyeti adlı hayali bir ülkede karşımıza çıkıyorlar.
Protests, violence follow Iran vote
TEHRAN - Tehran sees Iran’s worst street violence in a decade yesterday, after demonstrations contesting President Ahmadinejad’s landslide electoral victory flare up for a second day. Ahmadinejad is dismissing claims of election irregularities, while his main opposition, reformist Mousavi, calls on supporters to continue the protest peacefully.
What does Bashir know too well?
Last month, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the prime minister, reminded us "what the Jews know too well." And just last week, crowds in Khartoum’s Martyrs Square were shouting loud to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, or ICC, and the Jews: "We’ve been trained to confront people like you!" A simple twist of fate? Yes Ğ if one believes in fairy tales.
Value of political links, a la Turca
The Treasury’s record tax levy against the Doğan Media Group, or DMG, managed to bypass even the Central Bank’s 1.5 percent rate cut as the shocker of last week. It is true that given the past surprises, the real surprise would have been if the Bank had cut the policy rate in line with expectations, but the Treasury still deserves some credit for stealing the show.
Mehmet Y. Yilmaz: Glimpses from Aleppo: was it love I witnessed, or something else?
I returned from Aleppo in Syria, where I had gone to watch the "friendship match" between Fenerbahce and the Syrian team "El-Ittihat," with pessimistic feelings about the future of the Middle East. My experiences in Aleppo destroyed my beliefs that the future of dictatorships in the Middle East was not very long. While I had not thought that the nearly 70,000 people shoved into a stadium in Aleppo in inhumane conditions would really "boo" the very people who had made them wait, I truly had not counted on such a show of love for those who had made them wait either.
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Babam bir daha Amerika’ya dönmek istemedi
Charlie Chaplin’in büyük oğlu Michael, yıllar süren çabasının karşılığını aldı. Michael Chaplin, İsviçreli yetkililerle yaptığı uzun görüşmeler sonucunda, babasının Manoir de Ban’de bulunan ve hayatının son yıllarını geçirdiği evi müzeye dönüştürdü. Daphne Barak, 70 yaşındaki ikinci kuşak Chaplin’le o evi dolaşarak anılarda bir yolculuğa daldı.
#Charlie ChaplinBOĞAZ'DA JAMES BOND GİBİ HİSSEDİYORUM
Yarattığı Şarlo karakteriyle akıllara kazınan, sessiz sinemanın efsane ismi Charlie Chaplin’in torunu Kiera Chaplin, Çırağan Sarayı’nda düzenlenen Mango defilesinin özel konuğu olarak İstanbul’a geldi. Daha önce de pek çok kez ülkemizi ziyaret eden Chaplin, “Boğaz’dayken kendimi James Bond gibi hissediyorum” dedi.
Indonesian president poised to win second term in office
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was poised to win his second term in office on the back of recent economic and political stability, according to early returns Wednesday in the country's presidential election. An unofficial quick count of ballots sampled from 2,000 polling stations gave Yudhoyono 60 percent of the vote, which would be enough to avoid a runoff in September. He needs 50 percent of cast ballots to win in one round.
US vice president starts visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden held talks with Iraqi leaders on Friday focused on bridging the country's sectarian divide ahead of a complete American military pullout in 2011. He also met with Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. officer in Iraq, as well as Christopher Hill, Washington's ambassador to Baghdad.
4 US soldiers killed on eve of pullout
BAGHDAD - Four U.S. soldiers were killed in combat shortly before the American military completed a withdrawal from Iraq's cities, even as the prime minister assured Iraqis that government forces taking control of urban areas on Tuesday were more than capable of protecting the country.
Disturbing, ’provocateur’ movies dished up at Cannes
CANNES, France - This year's Cannes film festival saw a slate of disturbing and thought-provoking movies. Only a couple of light-hearted films had made it into the small group of 20 movies competing for the coveted Palme d'Or. 'Violence reaps rewards at Cannes,' wrote The New York Times.
Turkish minority marks anniversary of uprising
DZHEBEL, Bulgaria - Although the Turkish minority party in Bulgaria is a vital force in Bulgarian politics today, this was not the case until 20 years ago. Bulgaria’s Turkish minority last week celebrated the anniversary of their uprising against the assimilatory policies of the regime that helped topple it
