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...earlier version of the Feb. 26 news story "Economics Department Votes For Gopinath's Tenure" incorrectly stated that Professor Gita Gopinath was the first woman to leave her town to pursue a bachelor’s degree. In fact, she was one of the few who had such an opportunity, according to Gopinath...
...checked the weather forecast for the weekend, and we have bad news for you: it’s gon’ rain. Those late night treks to Lams will have you sniffling soon, but we’d hate to see that stop you from going...
...backed by the military - and the ruling Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But although tension has always existed between the two sides, an uneasy truce has kept it in check - until now. On Monday, the country awoke to the seismic news that 49 active and retired military officers, including generals and colonels, had been rounded up in dawn raids and taken in for questioning over allegations they had plotted to overthrow Erdogan's government shortly after it took power in 2002. Twenty officers have since been formally arrested, ending years...
...still unclear how exactly Tehran caught wind of Rigi's presence in Dubai. News of the arrest has only been gleaned from accounts revealed by Iranian state-media sources and cannot be independently confirmed. On Feb. 25, Iranian state television broadcast footage of a supposed confession made by Rigi, saying he was flying to Central Asia to meet with American handlers at the U.S.-run Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan. Intelligence Minister Moslehi had already pointed his finger at Washington and the hand of the CIA, claiming to have evidence that Rigi was earlier housed at a U.S. base...
That's welcome news for Washington as it struggles to bring stability to Afghanistan nearly a decade after its invasion. It's less welcome for Rigi, who now sits in an undisclosed location in Iran, at the mercy of Tehran's interrogators...