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There, in a trial that vied with the forum for global attention, the 22-year-old proprietor and editor of the Aram publishing house, Fatih Tas, stood accused of disseminating propaganda against the unity of the Turkish state. The charge is often leveled against those who question Turkey's treatment of its estimated 12 million Kurds (among a total population of 65 million). Tas' "crime" was to publish material critical of Turkey in American Interventionism, a collection of essays by Noam Chomsky, the renowned American linguistics professor and longtime thorn in the side of U.S. policymakers. Tas avoided conviction...
...school of me, but [my father] raised me believing that if you put enough elbow grease into it, you’re going to stay afloat,” she says. “This is a true independent. I’m the sole proprietor. I couldn’t have somebody telling me what to do, after being independent for so long...
...GIGOT 18 Cornelia Street (212-627-3737). This pleasant bistro recalls the Greenwich Village of the 1950s. Proprietor Pamela Decaire's staff is friendly, and the simple decor is an American's idea of what a French bistro should look like, including a Dubonnet poster and caricatures of chefs at work. Le Gigot is the place to bring the business associate who craves informality...
...moved beyond Canada, Black announced that his holding company Hollinger would sell its 50% remaining stake in the country's National Post, which he founded in 1998. "It was a painful decision, given that the Post was my baby," he says. "But a national newspaper needs a resident proprietor and I've not been a resident of Canada for 12 years." Indeed Black, who is married to columnist Barbara Amiel, a Briton who grew up in Canada (he has three children from a previous marriage), spends half the year at his home in London. He has close ties...
...instead of 3 a.m, due to the complaints of a resident living above the restaurant. In June, the resident stated that she intended to continue her push until the City Council ordered a 1 a.m. closing time for the pizzeria, which would eliminate its prime business hours, and proprietor Mian Iftakar fears that the closing time may be moved all the way back to midnight. These new zoning requirements might also jeopardize Iftakar’s plans to open a new convenience store—a welcome development after Store24’s departure—with similarly late hours...