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Barysch failed to state the main reason why Europe and Turkey will probably never get along. There are too few common elements linking them. Turkey can't be seriously considered European in terms of history, geography, culture, religion or politics. European countries share common historic, religious, political and legal values, such as the rule of law, freedom of speech and the outright ban on armed forces participating in any political activity. Unfortunately, these are of very little importance to Turkey. This country, whose strategic value has been vastly overestimated, continues to bully, demanding that the E.U. adapts to its unacceptably...
...Safety First young rural and urban voters are also connected by their worries over security. India's cities may be the main targets for terrorist attacks, but many of its villages have become battlegrounds of a different kind. Maoist Naxalite groups have attacked more than a dozen polling stations in five different states since voting began, killing 29 security personnel. Vinay Ikka, a 30-year-old farmer and social worker, lives in Jashpur, a village in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, in a small house surrounded by a mango and lychee orchard. He loves the forest life, but fears...
...Image Makeover the concerns of young voters are complicated and deeply felt, but so far, India's two main parties, the centrist Congress Party and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are addressing them only superficially. For Congress, that means promoting 38-year-old Rahul Gandhi as its most visible public face. Boyishly handsome and educated abroad, Gandhi has made it his mission to bring more young people into positions of power. He has pledged to hold elections for the leadership of the Congress youth wing within two years, and pushed the party to field more candidates under...
...bearing brand names such as Chinese Laundry, J. Crew, and American Eagle. “I found a pair of Hollister capris that fit me perfectly that would be upwards of $100 in the store,” Anne E. P. Stone ’10 said. The main organizer of this year’s event, Gena M. Haugen ’09, said the brunch was open only to the Harvard community, a restriction that Chava E. Kenny ’12 said she favors. Kenny said that she has always wanted to do a clothing swap...
...family of Ramon Arellano Felix was around 2,400 feet long and about nine stories deep. It had concrete floors in certain sections, ventilation, electricity and a water drainage system. It went from an industrial area of Tijuana across the border to a warehouse in Otay Mesa, the main commercial port of entry near San Diego. "The technology it used was shocking," says Brian Damkroger, who heads the Borders and Maritime Security programs at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico. (View pictures of high seas border patrol near San Diego...