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Remembering Charlie
Over three years, in my way, I got to know the guards at Checkpoint Charlie, the emblematic Cold War crossing between two enemy worlds. In one stormy night, the Berlin Wall was breached and Charlie consigned to history. A couple of years later, however, i was to meet three of them again in a chance encounter that still haunts me somewhat to this day. Full Article | Comments [5]
Turkey's political trench warfare
With court charges of corruption against President Abdullah Gul, Turkey’s conservative establishment opens a new front in what amounts to a form of trench warfare between the AK Party and its opponents. ... Full Article | Comments [3]
Speakers' Corner, Moscow Style?
So President Medevedev would like to create a "Speakers' Corner" in Central Moscow for Russians to vent their political passions. "It looks cool," Medvedev told a group of human rights activists. "I need ... Full Article
