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04 Nov 2010 10:09

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Tech, World: Turkey proves that no, they don’t really understand YouTube

  • dumb Turkey, concerned about clips offensive to founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, bans YouTube from the country.
  • smart Now that the clips are offline, Turkey unbanned YouTube. Hello, Keyboard Cat! Hello, Numa Numa Guy!
  • dumb Turkey found ANOTHER clip that offended them, and now YouTube could get blocked for another 30 months. source
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31 Oct 2010 11:12

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World: Dozens hurt after suicide bombing in busy Turkish district

  • 32+ people injured in the attack in a busy Istanbul tourist district
  • 17+ of those hurt were police officers, the targets of the attack source
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10 Sep 2010 11:18

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Cats!: A cat-abuse story that should make you pretty angry

  • On Sept. 1, police found a home filled with animals. The Estancia, New Mexico home, being checked as part of a routine mental health check of its resident, had so many animals in it that officers had to use respirators to go inside the home, due to all the ammonia smell caused by all the animal waste. “It was the most filthy thing I’d ever seen in my life,” said police Sgt. Andy Baldridge. How many animals were there? Here’s a rough count.
  • 70 animals living under one roof; most were in poor health
  • 30cats were found in the home, many were feral and most were sick and had to be put down
  • 25dogs were in the home; some were so malnourished that they couldn’t eat
  • 20other animals, including chickens, two geese and a turkey, were also found on the property source
  • » What happened to the owner?: The owner, 63-year-old Raymond Karbel, is reportedly in the care of an Albuquerque veterans’ hospital. But it’s not the first time he’s been accused of animal abuse. In fact, he was arrested in May on suspicion of extreme animal cruelty. Charges were dropped, however. (Editor’s note: While this isn’t cute, we’d like to think that cat-rights-related issues in general need to be brought up. All cats should be treated well.)
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05 Jul 2010 10:12

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World: Does Israel plan to apologize to Turkey for the flotilla incident?

  • NO even though it might cost them diplomatic ties source
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23 Jun 2010 11:14

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World: Who thinks Israel’s flotilla raid was a bad idea? Raise your hand

  • 13 European countries, including Turkey, raised their hands source
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09 Jun 2010 20:34

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World: Iran sanctions: Most countries, but not all, supported them

  • 12-2 Turkey and Brazil weren’t buying that garbage source
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03 Jun 2010 10:27

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World: Flotilla activists chewed up, spit out after Israel stops detaining them

They’re not in Israel anymore, but they’re not back home, either. It’s kinda like they just threw them out on the edge of the curb, eh? source
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02 Jun 2010 10:25

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World: That flotilla was getting a little help from Turkey’s money

  • We became famous. We are very thankful to the Israeli authorities.
  • Insani Yardim Vakfi board member Omar Faruk • In an immediate reaction to the incident that killed nine and left hundreds stuck in the country for a day. Faruk’s Turkey-tied group, better known as the IHH, has been helping fund the Free Gaza Movement. The group’s goal with the flotilla seemed not to get the flotilla to Gaza but the draw a reaction from Israel. It worked. Israel, for its part, says that the IHH has terrorist ties and seem to have the ultimate goal of destroying the Israeli state. They deny it, of course. source
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01 Jun 2010 10:16

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World: They may not be dead, but the flotilla survivors are in purgatory

  • 600 flotilla activists are still in
    Israeli custody source
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31 May 2010 10:56

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Politics, World: Twitter’s in a #freeiran-like tizzy over the Gaza flotilla incident



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