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Frog In Aircraft Window
http://www.pointniner.com/ 2008/ 09/ frog-in-aircraft-window.htmlNot something you see every day. This little amphibian was spotted in a window of a Turkish Airlines' Airbus A320 in July during a flight from Moscow to Istanbul. A passenger quickly snapped this shot before he slid back in to the side wall. The frog was between the pressurized outer window and the inner cabin pane.
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Another Soap Box: Iran’s View of the TV Series Nour
http://www.kamilpasha.com/ 2008/ 09/ 04/ another-soap-box-irans-view-of-the-tv-s…Thanks to a reader for alerting me to this review in the Tehran Times of the Turkish TV series “Nour” that has become so popular in the Arab world that it has led to a fatwa being issued against it and doubled Arab tourism to Turkey. Looks like the series is a kind of Rorschach test, with every country projecting its own fears onto it.
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Russia’s Response to Black Sea Ships: “You’ll see.”
http://www.kamilpasha.com/ 2008/ 09/ 04/ russias-response-to-black-sea-ships-you…Russia is getting nervous about all the (war)ships massing in the Black Sea to provide aid and not incidentally a message of Western support to Georgia. Currently there are the following NATO ships there: two US, one Polish, one Spanish and one German.
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Turkish Airlines adds more destinations, as Stockholm becomes key market
http://www.eturbonews.com/ 4761/ turkish-airlines-adds-more-destinations-stockho…Turkish Airlines adds more destinations, as Stockholm becomes key marketBy Unal Basusta ISTANBUL, Turkey (eTN) - Turkish Airlines is rapidly expanding its number of departures to Stockholm. It will offer two flights from Turkey and back on Sundays beginning September 7.
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Graz: quite possibly the most underrated city in Europe
http://seandodson.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 09/ 02/ graz-quite-possibly-the-most-unde…I’ve just returned to Graz in Austria on the second leg of a journey to Istanbul (and back) on the InterRail pass. I first visited over five years ago, a little before the city enjoyed its status as European City of Culture. I am amazed that much more is not made of Graz.
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Carpetblogger's Menu of Ramazan Suck
http://carpetblog.typepad.com/ carpetblogger/ 2008/ 09/ carpetbloggers-menu-of-r…It's Ramazan again! It seems like just yesterday the Ramazan Davulcusu passed through the neighborhood beating their drums and chanting their 4 am prayers, disturbing the rest of believers and infidels alike (described and photographed here, here, here and here).
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Carpetblogger's Menu of Ramazan Suck
http://carpetblog.typepad.com/ carpetblogger/ 2008/ 09/ carpetbloggers-menu-of-r…It's Ramazan again! It seems like just yesterday the Ramazan Davulcusu passed through the neighborhood beating their drums and chanting their 4 am prayers, disturbing the rest of believers and infidels alike (described and photographed here, here, here and here).
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Turkey Urged to Respect LGBT People’s Right to Freedom of Association
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 09/ turkey-urged-to-respect-lgbt-peoples…"A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. The court ruled on May 29 in favor of a complaint by the Istanbul Governor's Office that Lambda Istanbul's objectives were against Turkish "moral values and family structure".
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W magazine goes to Istanbul with Kate Moss
http://chicanduntroubled.com/ 2008/ 09/ 01/ w-magazine-goes-to-istanbul-with-kat…In what can only be considered cruel and unusual, my university doesn’t allow its students to have off from school for labor day. So no, there wasn’t any relaxing for me today, which makes it even harder for me to watch this video of Kate Moss’ shoot in Instanbul for W magazine.
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High-Tech Fasting for Ramadan
http://www.kamilpasha.com/ 2008/ 09/ 01/ high-tech-fasting-for-ramadan/Turkish Muslims plan to resort to appetite suppressing diet patches to help them get through the daily fast during the Ramadan holy month, the Anatolia news agency reported Friday. One of the most popular questions asked on a help line run by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate is “whether diet
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