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...other sympathizers joined the "death fast." With the toll of fatalities inching upward and no resolution in sight, the government ponders its options as it continues to pursue reforms that it hopes will please the E.U. "People don't have a right to die," says Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk, who is responsible for the country's prisons. Like many in Turkey, he sees the hunger strikes themselves as a kind of terror...
...stars. Roberts—appearing uncharacteristically un-attractive—may have top-billing, but she is merely an ornament to the plot; the outlaw band provides the real fun. Reiner’s Saul captures the weary, seasoned older guard while young upstart Mormon brothers Virgil and Turk Malloy (Casey Affleck and Scott Caan respectively) bicker constantly throughout and serve as comic foils to the rest of the crew. They are caricatures, but they are also depicted with unabashed glee, a homage to Rat Pack’s brazen, fraternizing spirit...
...Bosnian cell, arrested in Zenica, Bosnia Oct. 10, 2001 Lased Ben Heni, closely tied to bin Laden, nabbed in Munich on suspicion of planning a biochemical attack. Aouadi Ben Belgacem, a Tunisian national also suspected of planning a chemical attack, arrested in Milan Oct. 17, 2001 Harun Aydin, a Turk, apprehended in Frankfurt attempting to board a plane to Tehran. Believed to be a leading member of a Cologne-based extremist group. Five people arrested in separate investigations in Sarajevo Oct. 23, 2001 Yasser al-Siri, who runs the extremist Islamic Observation Center in London, is arrested. He is alleged...
...Monday morning, Williams smoked a joint with some friends at an apartment complex on Carefree Drive. Then he hung out with Shaun Turk, John Fields and Mike Wolfe outside "the Jack"--the Jack in the Box fast-food restaurant across from the school. The only unusual thing was that Williams told them, "I got to leave when it is 9:06." Says Turk: "We usually never leave the Jack until 9:15." Analisha Welbaum saw Williams there on her way to class and said he was "really calm; he wasn't shaking; he wasn't stuttering." Minutes later...
...Young Turk government regarded Turkish Armenians as a dangerous source of instability, and decided to deport the entire Armenian population of 1.75 million. In what some claim was the first genocide of the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Armenians were driven from their homes and killed. Tens of thousands emigrated to Russia, the Middle East, France and the U.S. There are currently less than 65,000 Armenians living in Turkey itself. Turks reject the accusation of genocide, stating that Armenians were among the many civilians to die in one of the most violent periods of human history...