Category: World
President Assad of Syria
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to stop killing his own people, saying the path of repression is a “dead end”, as Damascus announced a general amnesty for crimes committed during the unrest. ”Today, I say again to President Assad of Syria: stop the violence. Stop killing your people. The path of repression [...]
Mrs. Thatcher was fighting
Pressure had been building on a number of fronts, but the issue which finally destroyed her was the yet-to-be-born euro. In the last weekend of October 1990, she travelled to a European summit in Rome, where Jacques Delors’ dream of European Monetary Union was high on the agenda. But while Mrs. Thatcher was fighting her [...]
A 6-tonne NASA science satellite
A 6-tonne NASA science satellite (picture) plunged to earth yesterday, but where any debris ended up was not immediately clear. Canada, Africa and Australia had been named as possible sites for touchdown of debris from the tour-bus-sized satellite. In its re-entry to earth, the defunct satellite passed over Canada and Africa, as well as vast [...]
Thomas Cook today warned
Tour operator Thomas Cook today warned on profits for the third time in a year after it was hit by the squeeze in consumer spending and turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa. Shares in Europe’s second biggest travel firm slumped by more than 25% after it said full-year profits will be some £60 million [...]
Turkish Family Law protects both
A Blackburn woman is locked in a child custody battle with her estranged husband in Turkey. Anisa Khansia, 29, was visiting 22-month-old son Amani’s grandparents when a bitter fight over the child broke out. Friends and relatives of Miss Khansia in Blackburn claim husband Mehmet Baki Sakaraglu tried to snatch the child. But Mr Sakaraglu, [...]
Bin Laden did not die in the American operation
The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden continues to dominate columns in the Turkish press, with many debating the way his body was treated by the US, actual developments that led to the metaphoric death of bin Laden before his actual death and a possible change in the US foreign policy discourse. In her [...]
Joint ownership of a property
Living in Beyoglu is nice but noisy. It has its own flavor, and not everyone feels happy about the offerings of Beyoglu. I received an email from a reader who is disturbed by the violence from a bar in Beyoglu. The letter reads as follows: “Your columns dealing with legal issues are always helpful. It [...]
British Government started to struggle
This is not a tax raising budget but nor is it a budget give away,” said The Chancellor, George Osborne, as he snuck through measures to make the average family nearly £400 out of pocket. The Red Book – the 100-page tome with all the details says everyone in the country is worse off as [...]
Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor
One of the best and very well known Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor’s life will be celebrated as part of a 24-hour movie marathon on TV in America on 10 April (11). Bosses at the Turner Classic Movies (Tcm) network have scrapped all programming and will run back-to-back Taylor films instead to honour the passing of [...]
British teacher jailed
British teacher at a South Yorkshire school has been locked up after he “seduced and severely corrupted” a pupil during an 18-month sexual relationship. Paul Troughton, aged 49, worked as a drama teacher at a school in Rotherham, where he began abusing the 15-year-old girl. Sheffield Crown Court heard Troughton groomed the girl “from the outset”, [...]
