Word: istanbul
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...meetings with his underlings and potential customers, Khan favored other exotic locales: Istanbul and Casablanca. Pakistani sources say Khan used Dubai gold dealers to launder smuggling profits. At the height of his power, Khan was worth as much as $400 million...
...Academy of Arts. "Turks," the institute's latest extravaganza (through April 12), draws visitors into a souk of dimly lit, treasure-filled galleries. Following a timespan from 600 to 1600 A.D., from the nomadic Uighur people of Chinese Central Asia to the Ottoman splendor of Sultan Mehmed III in Istanbul, "Turks" illustrates how successive groups learned from the cultures they encountered and sometimes conquered. It's a tale of assimilation and adaptation in the exotic landscapes crossed by the Silk Road, the ancient network of trade routes between Asia and Europe. Although the exhibition has been drawn together from collections...
...your job is to track down an international gang of car thieves. First you need to learn to steer straight (not as easy as it sounds), then to smash into other vehicles without destroying your own. As you move through the game's 16 levels, you'll travel to Istanbul and Nice in trucks, motorcycles and sports cars. It's a tough assignment but well worth the ride...
...Turkey should be invited to start E.U. membership talks. Verheugen seemed to be enjoying his trip immensely: he feasted on stuffed vine leaves and pastry filled with sheep's cheese in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir. He tapped his feet to Kurdish folk dances, met with Christian leaders in Istanbul, and accepted a specially made bracelet: it had 26 glass beads - one for each of the 25 E.U. member states, plus Turkey. Verheugen's pink cheeks beamed from the front page of every newspaper, while posters proclaimed: citizen verheugen! welcome to greater europe! Nothing spoiled the fun - not an attack...
...effort to set up its own programs worldwide. In the future, no art history student should be contented with visits to the Fogg museum and the Museum of Fine Arts—and with limited study abroad options at less challenging schools. Instead, a semester in Florence, Paris or Istanbul alongside a Harvard professor should be a requisite—and central—component of the curriculum...