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...Nicolas Sarkozy, French Interior Minister and presidential candidate, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have both said they are against full E.U. membership. Harsher critics, such as Bavarian Governor Edmund Stoiber, have condemned Turkey's press restrictions and limited rights for minorities not as problems to be overcome, but as proof that Turkey is unsuitable for the European club. "Turkey is not a European state, and to admit its accession into the Union would change the character of Europe," Stoiber declared last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Slow Train to Europe | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

Your top concern is the safety of your membership fee. Most clubs agree to refund 80% when you quit. So insist on proof that the club has enough assets to fully refund all members. Ask how long it takes to get a refund. Most clubs won't pay until they get two or three new members--a problem if growth stalls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life After Work: What's Wrong With This Club? | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

...gripes ring hollow. The truth of the matter is, most of us don’t value our own or others’ privacy as much as we claim to. With PerezHilton.com getting millions of hits per day and the quick death of the facebook.com Mini-feed uproar, the proof is in the pudding...

Author: By Ashton R. Lattimore | Title: Generation I | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

...Development Party. "But I get a bit nostalgic for the old days. I liked that time when we all knew each other on the street. But now we have opened up to the world!" Nonetheless, Cavdaroglu is proud of her city's achievements, of which she is living proof: As the first local woman to qualify as an accountant, she now trains other young women from rural Anatolia. "A lot of men said we could not do it but I am still standing!" she says with a smile, adjusting her brown silk headscarf. "There has never been such a peaceful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Western Is Turkey? | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

...University of Regensburg speech. Taking a cue from his predecessor, Benedict will try instead to speak with symbolic gestures. He has sought and received a last-minute invitation for a visit to the historic Blue Mosque in Istanbul on Thursday. Vatican officials are hoping the visit offers visible proof of the "respect and friendship" for the Turkish people - and Muslims around the world - that the Pope has spoken of repeatedly since his crash landing back in Rome after the notorious speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Pope Benedict Heading for Trouble in Turkey? | 11/27/2006 | See Source »

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