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Central Square’s popular haunt, The Middle East, hosts “For Amie,” a breast cancer awareness benefit on Saturday, October 17, with performances by Kristin Hersh, Bill Janovitz, Travel, and other special guests. All profits are for charity, so if you’re choosing between the Saturday night ritual of Ben and Jerry’s alone on your futon and this, choose this...
...Middle East, 472/48- Mass. Avenue...
Sometimes winning is not everything. In a game that was expected to be a one-sided battle, the Harvard field hockey team (4-7, 1-2 Ivy) held its own in a 3-1 loss to Boston University (6-8, 2-0 America East) last night. Although the scoreboard indicated a Terrier victory, the Crimson achieved a game-high 10 penalty corners and rose to the challenge against a very talented team...
...grown more forceful since Erdogan's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002. For decades Turkey was obsessed with Europe (despite a lukewarm reception) and all too keen to comply with the official NATO line, but in recent years it has started to look east, cultivating a role as a regional superpower. From Syria to Iran, the government has aggressively pursued closer ties with its neighbors. Amid the latest spat with Israel, Turkey signed a historic peace accord with its age-old foe Armenia and sent a 10-Minister delegation to Syria to negotiate...
...cauldron of Middle East politics, the unlikely alliance between Turkey and Israel often stood out. Seemingly impervious to Arab opposition and the tracts of disputed land lying between them, the two countries had over the past decade traded intelligence, struck billion-dollar arms deals and hosted each other's militaries for training sessions. Even when Turkish leaders occasionally railed against Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, military cooperation continued unhindered behind the scenes, anchored by Washington across the Atlantic...