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...even playing the sanctions game. Prime Minister Erdogan said last week that Turkey would not be talked out of going ahead with the natural gas deals it has already signed with Iran. He told reporters in Spain, "Iran and Turkey are two friendly countries, and Turkey will continue to import gas from Iran...
...import of the awards was also reduced. Typically they are seen as leading indicators for the Oscars. This time, who knows? Will Atonement, deemed Best Drama, and Sweeney Todd, the Best Comedy or Musical (we say Musical), even be nominated by the Motion Picture Academy? And if Hollywood grandees don't ornament their big dinner, isn't the HFPA revealed as, let us say, one of the lesser critics' groups? Without the star-stacked, televised party, they're just 82 schlubs with funny accents...
...India, protestors burned the umpires and the Australian captain Ricky Ponting in effigy and newspapers called for the team to come home early, describing the Australians as shameful and cheats. "It's not cricket, it's India versus a conspiracy," says Pankaj Kehra, 39, a manager at an import company in Delhi. "There's no need to play under these conditions of harassment...
...Crimson matches up extremely well with the Wildcats. Speed has been Harvard’s forte this season, as the Crimson features a swift batch of forwards headlined by Vaillancourt along with the blistering Minnesota duo of rookie Katharine Chute and sophomore transfer Anna McDonald and freshman Ukranian import Liza Ryabkina...
Hicham Aboutaam, who is co-owner with his brother, Ali, of Phoenix Ancient Art in New York City and Geneva, attributes the increasing value to a couple of factors. For one, there is now a finite number of legitimate objects circulating in the U.S. due to more stringent art import legislation, enacted within the last few years. In addition, there is an increased interest in art and antiquities as investment. "People have started to appreciate the fact that this is a field where you can still get high quality objects for a fraction of what you would spend...