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New arrests in Turkish coup probe
from BBC News | Europe | World Edition
More than a dozen ex-officers are held over an alleged coup plot in Turkey, but the operation is suspended.
Day: April 6, 2010
A video: Collateral Murder
photo credits: Boing Boing Wikileaks has obtained and decrypted this previously unreleased video footage from a US Apache helicopter in 2007. It shows Reuters journalist Namir Noor-Eldeen, driver Saeed Chmagh, and several others as the Apache shoots and kills them in a public square in Eastern Baghdad. They are apparently assumed to be insurgents. After … Read more
Pop culture roundup: Most desired woman, the Pacific and more…
Most ‘desired’ Turkish woman: AskMen Turkey chose Tuba Büyüküstün, a recently famed actress, as the most desired woman… Hürriyet has her huge photo album here. the Pacific. We have a problem. Turks are a bit annoyed with the new TV series’ reference to İzmir Fires where Turks are accused of starting the fire… Metin Şentürk, … Read more