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Donald Trump’s pursuit of the 2024 Republican presidential nomination will damage both the party and America, particularly if he succeeds. Neutral observers might think the growing mountain of legal challenges – criminal and civil – including the one filed on Tuesday in Washington, would give Trump pause, notwithstanding his current opinion-poll lead in the Republican race. And everyone not named Trump recognises the enormous risks if he becomes the first convicted felon nominated for the presidency, or worse yet elected president. For Trump, however, staying in the race increases his chances to get the nomination and secure funding to pay...

American Hellenic Institute Regarding the Mistreatment of American Citizens by Turkish Officials During the Meeting of Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew WASHINGTON, DC--On December 18, 2006, AHI Executive Nick Larigakis sent a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice regarding the mistreatment of American citizens by Turkish officials during the meeting of Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew at the Ecumenical Patriarchate in late November. Mr. Larigakis was in Istanbul as part of the Archon pilgrimage on the occasion of the historic visit between Pope Benedict XVI and Patriarch Bartholomew. The text of the letter follows: December 18, 2006...

Another key al-Qaeda man thought responsible for activities in Turkey has been captured in Hatay in southeastern Turkey.Named Malek Charahili, he is thought to have succeeded the Syrian al-Qaeda militant Luai Sakka, who was captured on the verge of a suicide attack against Israeli cruise ships in Turkey. Sakka was sent to an F type prison in Kandira, sentenced to life imprisonment. A Tunisian national, Charahili has been living in Hatay for three years masquerading as an artisan. He reportedly helped with the transfer of insurgents to Iraq. The operation in Hatay was coordinated by the national security department, the...

Stone sorry for Midnight Express Helena Smith Thursday December 16, 2004 The Guardian The Hollywood writer and director Oliver Stone has apologised for offending Turkey with his Oscar-winning film Midnight Express, which featured powerful images of appalling prison conditions and brutality that have haunted the country for decades. Visiting Turkey for the first time since the movie was released in 1978, Stone admitted "over-dramatising" the screenplay, which he wrote. It was one of his early forays into cinematography for a film that was directed by Alan Parker. The script, which won Stone an Oscar in 1979, was based exclusively on...

Turkey makes record heroin bust worth millions of euros Wed Jan 28,12:56 PM ET Add World - AFP to My Yahoo! ISTANBUL(AFP) - Turkish police said that they had seized a record one tonne (2,200 pounds) of heroin worth millions of euros in an operation in Istanbul, the biggest heroin bust in Europe ever. The massive haul was found in the basement of a small sugar cube factory in the Buyukcekmece district in Istanbul's European quarter in an operation on Monday, police said in a written statement. After trailing the suspected smugglers for three months, narcotics officers raided the site...