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...where will the provisions come from? "It is the responsibility of the international community to finance our government until our infrastructure is established," says Zahira Kemal, an adviser to the Palestinian peace delegation. The World Bank last week outlined a $4.3 billion development plan covering the next eight to 10 years to rebuild the territories' primitive infrastructure. The Palestinians are counting heavily on outside investment from the European Community, Japan, the U.S. and the Persian Gulf states. In addition, says Ghassan Khatib, a member of the peace delegation, "there are a lot of rich Palestinians, and they are eager...
...Natasha, jump into bed!" The women swarm in with suitcases of cheap goods to hawk by day. By night they sell their services. The town of Hopa, which three years ago had no hotels, now has 32. "The whole Black Sea region has become a huge brothel," says Kemal Unluer, a municipal , official in Trabzon (pop. 160,000). A night with "Natasha" can cost $150, so the gold chains once common around the necks of Black Sea men are disappearing. "I love these Natashas," sighs a customs officer on the Georgia border. "God measured and created them." Hasan...
...mistakes. The intriguing thing about war is how many mistakes are made. My conclusion from military history is that successful generals are wrong 95% of the time. For unsuccessful generals, it's 99%. In the fog of war, there's so much uncertainty. I am a strong admirer of Kemal Ataturk, because he achieved so much with so little. It's one thing for generals to win when they are backed by tremendous resources and production capability. But Ataturk with few resources wrested control of Turkey from the sultans and expelled the Greeks from his country. He's my candidate...
...other four members of the ruling National Security Council took the oath of office, they chose not to swear on the Koran or any other holy book. Instead, to underscore the secular nature of the Turkish state, they swore on their honor and invoked the name of Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey...
...July 22, terrorists killed Kemal Turkler, leader of the metalworkers union and former head of DISK, the Confederation of Revolutionary Labor Unions...