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...initial season-ending knee surgery in September. It's now possible that his knee will have to undergo another operation, which could delay his return until 2010. Staph seems to be the likely culprit, but neither Brady nor the Patriots will confirm that. During training camp staph infected a bursa sac, which acts as a cushion between bones, in Manning's left knee. The infection required surgery and forced him to miss most of the preseason. Though the Colts released a statement on Friday insisting Manning didn't contract a more perilous staph, the anti-biotic resistant strain known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Slew of Staph Infections Tackles the NFL | 10/25/2008 | See Source »

...biggest changes is to be found in Bursa, a 90-minute boat ride from Istanbul across the Marmara Sea. Just outside the old town is a sprawling Renault plant that dates back almost four decades. During the first years of its operation, the factory produced small cars for the Turkish domestic market - models that were already at the end of their life in Western Europe. But since 2000, Renault has used the Turkish plant as a significant export hub. It makes Renault's Mégane and Clio cars there for the rest of Europe, and has been upgrading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey's Wild Ride | 10/22/2008 | See Source »

...enough was far more advanced than we thought,” Lu said over the weekend. “Again and again, girih tiles provide logical explanations for complicated designs.” Prominent buildings throughout the Islamic world feature such configurations, ranging from mosques in Isfahan, Iran, and Bursa, Turkey to shrines in Herat, Afghanistan and Agra, India. Lu said he detected the decagonal ornamentation on a 16th century Islamic building in Uzbekistan while he was in the region surveying a space center in Turkmenistan. Lu added that he confirmed his observations with the help of the Harvard?...

Author: By Sonam S. Velani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study: Mosques Reveal Mathematical Insight | 2/26/2007 | See Source »

Sixteen suspected members of Ansar al-Islam, a group linked to al-Qaeda, were arrested by Turkish police in Bursa in April 2004 for allegedly preparing to bomb the June 2004 NATO meeting in Istanbul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rush Hour Terror: Europe's War on Terrorism | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...deal with them." Uzan's real venom, however, is reserved for Prime Minister Erdogan, whose Justice and Development Party was founded on Islamic principles. The move to shut down the family's profitable utilities stung. "What kind of a Muslim are you, man?" Uzan told a crowd in Bursa after the government seized the utilities. "You infidel!" The speech was subsequently re-broadcast on Uzan-owned television stations, earning Cem another libel suit - this time from Erdogan, who is seeking $600,000 in damages. Last week a prosecutor charged Uzan with insulting the government, a crime under Turkish law punishable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Not Just Business As Usual | 7/27/2003 | See Source »

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