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  • Jailed Turkish philanthropist ravaged in pro-AKP media (Adalet? Justice?)

    10/23/2017 11:05:31 PM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 1 replies
    Al-Monitor ^ | October 23, 2017 | Amberin Zaman
    The veil of secrecy shrouding the detention of Osman Kavala, a tireless and generous supporter of civil society in Turkey, has yet to be lifted since his detention at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Oct. 18. But the slander campaign against the prominent businessman and philanthropist is continuing full blast. Aydin Unal, a columnist for the pro-government Yeni Safak, likened Kavala to Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based imam who is accused of seeking to violently overthrow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “It is quite clear that Kavala, just like Fethullah Gulen, is one of the baby-faced, masked as peace-loving, humanitarian-seeming tools collected...
  • 500-Mile Pizza Delivery: No Charge

    04/10/2006 11:43:19 PM PDT · by Westlander · 16 replies · 903+ views
    The Associated Press ^ | April 10, 2006 | AP
    NOME, Alaska -- A pizza to go from Airport Pizza may do some real traveling. The pizza joint offers the only delivery service in Nome. But the deliveries can be far longer than a few blocks. Airport Pizza delivers to remote Eskimo villages 100 or more miles away. Pizza is a welcome break from whale, walrus and reindeer eaten by the villagers. The pizzeria has even delivered to the Arctic Ocean town of Barrow, the northernmost community in the U.S., 500 miles to the northeast. Air delivery usually doesn't cost anything extra. Frontier Flying Service flies the pies for free...