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  1. Board Members Resign to Protest Chair's Ousting

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Education - Jul 4, 2008

    The issue that has roiled U.S.-Turkish relations in recent months -- how to characterize the mass killing of Armenians in 1915 -- has set off a dispute over politics and academic freedom at an institute housed at

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  2. Historic data suggests that the first shelter ... [Some Things Never Change]

    Historic data suggests that the first shelter ... [Some Things Never Change]

    jezebel.com » Jezebel - Jul 1, 2008

    Historic data suggests that the first shelter for abused women was in Istanbul — in the late 1600s. Women escaping abusive husbands or fathers were allowed sanctuary at the Hatuniye convents (otherwise known as the

    Also tagged: turkey, spousal abuse, domestic abuse, the first battered shelter for battered women, some things never change

  3. Where The Wild Cards Are

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - May 8, 2008

    The potentially transforming events in the 2008 campaign are matters of war and peace. Both may be in play between now and November, in ways that add extra volatility to the presidential race.

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  4. The Three Revolutions

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Apr 7, 2008

    The long-predicted national debate about national security policy has yet to occur. Essentially tactical issues have overwhelmed the most important challenge a new administration will confront: how to distill a new

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  5. In Turkey, Students Test a New Policy on Head Scarves

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Feb 26, 2008

    ISTANBUL, Feb. 25 -- One of the agents of Turkey's cultural transformation stood, 5 feet tall and less than 100 pounds, at the gate of Istanbul Bilgi University on Monday, a flying wedge of social change in a fuzzy

    Also tagged: policy, test, new, iran, in, scarves, students, turkey, on, head, a, istanbul, mustafa kemal ataturk, abdullah gul, turkish justice and development party

  6. The Consequences of Kosovo

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns - Feb 19, 2008

    As not everybody now remembers, the wars of Yugoslavia began not in Bosnia, not in Croatia, but in Kosovo. The chain of events that led to the Srebrenica massacre and the bombing of Belgrade started there, in the late

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  7. President Calls Action of Iranian Boats 'Provocative'

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Intelligence - Jan 8, 2008

    President Bush warned Iran yesterday that its confrontation with three U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf on Sunday was a provocative act, as the Pentagon released audio and video recordings of the dawn showdown.

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  8. For Kurds In N. Iraq, A Familiar Foreboding

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Middle East - Nov 1, 2007

    DESHTETEK, Iraq, Oct. 31 -- The last three women left this tiny hamlet on Monday, carrying no more than their clothes and prayers. They joined 250 villagers who fled in the past two weeks, locking their homes and their

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  9. For Kurds In N. Iraq, A Familiar Foreboding

    washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Iraq -- Washington Post Continuing Coverage - Oct 31, 2007

    DESHTETEK, Iraq, Oct. 31 -- The last three women left this tiny hamlet on Monday, carrying no more than their clothes and prayers. They joined 250 villagers who fled in the past two weeks, locking their homes and their

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  10. Ottoman Cradle

    Ottoman Cradle

    bloggingbaby.com » ParentDish - Aug 17, 2007

    Filed under: Gear, Celebrity gear, Celebrity style, Baby furniture, Cribs and cradles If your little one is a little too little for the Audi pedal car I wrote about earlier, perhaps this cradle might be more

    Also tagged: japan, gold, cradle, crib, ottoman

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