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...Allah Rock You It's only a game, but you wouldn't know that from all the advance anxiety generated by this week's potentially explosive European football championship qualifier in Istanbul between England and Turkey. Officials in both countries are raising security precautions to new levels. Tensions between Turkish and English football fans have been high since 2000, when two Leeds United supporters were stabbed to death amid crowd mayhem before a UEFA (Union Européene de Football Association) Cup match against Galatasaray in Istanbul. When the two countries played in Sunderland last April, some English fans chanted...
...Decision time TURKEY The country's unpredictable parliament is expected to vote as early as this week on a U.S. request to send up to 11,000 troops to Iraq. Given that Turkey rejected an American request to admit U.S. troops to Turkish soil before the war, officials in Ankara are not forecasting the outcome. But there are reasons to believe that the result will be different this time. Turkey's armed forces and the pro-Islamic government both realize that failing Washington again could endanger Turkey's economy, says Dogu Ergil, a political scientist at Ankara University. They also...
...suddenly decides to quit his mundane job as a physics teacher and travels to Istanbul in search of his dream girl. He shares most of his European travails with Juli (Christiane Paul), a vibrant young woman who predicts Daniel will soon find his one true love. In German, Turkish, Bulgarian, and Serbo-Croatian with English subtitles. 8 p.m. $8 students. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston...
...plans to redevelop the ground zero site. Deutsche has also filed suit against New York City authorities for putting fuel tanks near its building, which it alleges contributed to the damage. Whatever the outcome of the suits, Deutsche is leaving town anyway, moving across the river to New Jersey. Turkish Pop Culture A new Turkish soda is giving Coca-Cola and Pepsi a fizzy fit - with a little help from U.S. foreign policy. Since Cola Turka hit local shelves two months ago, a high-profile ad campaign has been stoking nationalist sentiment. Starring Chevy Chase as a confused New Yorker...
Rebels Retract TURKEY The Kurdish rebel group PKK called off a four-year cease-fire, accusing the government of failing to reciprocate. The move threatened to upset talks between Ankara and Pentagon officials on the possible deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq. Washington has not yet fulfilled its promise to eject the estimated 5,000 PKK militants believed to be based in northern Iraq...