A ship full of tranquility clichés
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Belgian artist Hans Op De Beeck’s movie titled ‘Sea of Tranquility,’ currently on display at Dirimart’s Garibaldi building, discovers the clichés of society
Holder Fener out, rivals in the Champions League
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Holder Fenerbahçe Universal will not be defending its continental title at the Champions League after the European volleyball’s governing body, CEV, surprisingly gave the wild card to Galatasaray yesterday.
OECD: Euro crisis risk to growth, emerging economies promising
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) sees the ongoing euro area as the largest risk to the global economy.
Wonder boys step into the limelight
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Major championships provide a stage where promising players turn into superstars and Euro 2012 will not be an exception.
Şermet: I canceled Kıvaner’s show for disrespectfulness
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
The owner of the Istanbul Jazz Center, Aytek Şermet, was recently accused of behaving violently toward jazz musician Uraz Kıvaner, which has negatively impacted Şermet’s standing among the jazz community.
Fitch downgrades Japan credit rating two notches
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Fitch cut Japan’s credit rating by two notches yesterday, citing the country’s massive public debt, as Tokyo struggles to set the world’s third-largest economy back on a growth track.
Robot fish take to sea to monitor pollution
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Robot “fish” developed by European scientists to improve pollution monitoring moved from the lab to the sea in a test at the northern Spanish port of Gijon yesterday.
Vodafone cuts sales target on weak European market
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Vodafone cut its medium-term sales target and took a write down of 4 billion pounds ($6.3 billion) yesterday.
Pitt scotches rumors of wedding
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
half of Hollywood’s hottest couple, Angelina Jolie, would take place in August. ‘She’s prepping for a movie that starts pretty soon,’ he said.
The world’s silliest spy network
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
It’s Mossad! In 2008, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s official news agency, Wafa, reported that Israel (read: Mossad) had released ...
FIFA names first woman in board
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
FIFA co-opted a woman to its executive committee for the first time yesterday and continued its reform process by pressing ahead with changes to its ethics committee.
Turkey and Pakistan
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Pakistan is as peculiar a country as Turkey is. It is in the league of countries that have hanged their prime minister in recent history.
Orchestra conductor speaks about his career
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
“Being a conductor in Turkey” was the title of a talk given by orchestra conductor Gürer Aykalat the headquarters of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Ankara May 21.
Municipal changes plan comes under criticism in Turkey
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
A new draft bill by the government which redraws the boundaries of local administrations raises concern from the opposition who says that the changes will gain more voters to the AKP in the next elections
Argentine boom may be coming to an end
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Argentina’s nine-year economic expansion appears to be slowing sharply, according to analysts.
Allah protects churches, Islamists attack them
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Yesterday’s New York Times had two separate but equally worrying opinion pieces on the religious bigotry in Indonesia ...
Turkish movie theaters draw more audiences
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Some 21.36 million people in Turkey have gone to a movie in the country so far this year, representing a slight increase over box office numbers over the first 20 weeks of 2011, according to new data.
Turkey, Abu Dhabi ink energy deal
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
The Turkish Energy Ministry and the state-run Abu Dhabi National Energy (TAQA) have agreed to form a joint committee to explore future energy investment opportunities in Turkey.
Brazil unsure of growth, forecast due to euro jitters
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Brazil has admitted it is unlikely to meet an economic growth forecast of 4.5 percent over concerns about the eurozone and announced a new stimulus package in a bid to reverse a recent slowdown.
Students charged with 255 years of jail in Turkey
Hurriyet Daily News 23 May 2012, 12:01 am CEST
Seven suspects arrested on terrorism-related charges for involvement in demonstrations against Turkey’s 1980 coup, other acts of protest and possession of certain books are set to appear before an Ankara court on May 29.
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