Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted party has been locked in a power struggle with secular groups supported by the military and other state institutions, including the judiciary.

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India is another country made up of a variety of peoples welded together by a European colonial power. Despite the major PR blitz of the last decade, it, too, threatens to fall apart. Here’s a story about one of the many cracks.
BBC
More than 15 years ago, Tombi studied advertising in Delhi. These days, he is [...]

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You cannot escape the tax man. Especially in India.

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From “The Local”, which bills itself as “Sweden’s News in English”

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One after another, we’re seeing stories from Old Blighty about truly nonsensical rulings and actions, and this appears to be one.
BBC
A group of youngsters have fallen foul of the law for playing hopscotch.
West Midlands Police community support officers asked parents in Spring Street in Halesowen to remove chalk markings after complaints about them.
Several children were [...]

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Here’s a nice story by a Canadian embed with the Princess Pats.

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A former Liberian warlord accused of atrocities against civilians was found living a modest life along America’s North Shore and arrested today.

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Punching above their weight, like usual, the Canadian Princess Pats fight for freedom in Afghanistan.

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Ethiopian troops are reported to be as far as 140 miles inside Somalia.

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Our friends, the Bulgars, are aiding in Iraq.

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More details emerge about the SBS and Special Forces fight at the mud-built prison-fortress of Qala-i-Jangi

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eat oatmeal in a kitchen?
The Star
A West Vancouver woman felt a little like Goldilocks in reverse when she arrived home to find a bear happily eating oatmeal in her kitchen.
“It sounds like a nursery rhyme, doesn’t it?” quipped Sgt. Paul Skelton of West Vancouver Police. “At least we have a health-conscious bear on our hands.”
When [...]

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