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...recent World Economic Forum conference in Istanbul, I was struck both by how creative Turkish diplomacy now is in the whole ring of instability to its east and south, from Armenia right round to Syria, and how much Turks wanted to work with Europeans to extend the area of peace and economic integration which has, since the Treaty of Rome 51 years ago, steadily moved from the North Sea eastwards...
...cream-colored converted warehouse, have human-rights advocates concerned. They say detainees don't always get proper medical care and that the warehouse is unhygienic, though Greek authorities claim to have improved the center recently, adding more bathrooms and introducing rules that allow for greater use of the outdoor area. Construction is also under way on several new centers to try to ease the burden. Still, Giorgos Karamalis, the head of the government's Civil Protection operations in Mytilene, concedes that he is struggling to respond to the flood of arrivals. Karamalis says he regularly stuffs the two-story detention...
...campaign is being driven by both patriotism and economics. Base realignments will bring 20,000 new soldiers (on top of the almost 50,000 already stationed) by 2011, and the military's economic impact in the area will go from $5 billion to $6.5 billion in the process, says Breeden Blackwell, the county commission chairman. "You can see why we take care of our investment," he says...
...excited that he is coming,” said Nick Snow. “It will be a great chance for him to see that there is support for the team from the Harvard community as well as other polo players in the area...
...serial whisperer” back in business? Female residents of Hollis North said they received late-night calls Sunday from a soft-spoken man asking to talk. The caller identified himself as “Michael,” saying that he was a construction worker from the Boston area. “He just wanted to talk to someone,” said Lauren A. Onofrey ’12, who received one of the calls. “He sounded legitimately very sad.” The description of the calls earlier this week echo those...