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Jackson memorial a somber, spiritual celebration
LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's fans and family bid him farewell at the Staples Center on Tuesday in a somber, spiritual ceremony, watched by millions around the world as they celebrated a man whose immense talents almost drowned beneath the spectacle of his life and fame
Miracle rescue from Yemen crash
MORONI, Comoros - A Yemeni teenage girl clings to debris, barely able to swim, after being thrown from the Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean, officials say, hailing the only survivor from the grave disaster. As a desperate hunt for other survivors of the crash resumes, one of the plane's black boxes is found, French officials say
Friendship trip to Muş in rented van
ISTANBUL - Kevork Galosian, a 22-year-old from Armenia, studied Turkish at Yerevan University as a reaction against his family and now has founded a civil society organization to support the Turkish-Armenian dialog process and promote relations between the two countries
Actress’ sperm donor pregnancy stirs debate
ISTANBUL - Actress Güner Özkul chose to apply to a sperm bank because her boyfriend already has children and does not want another one, leading to a public debate on ethics. If she wants respect for her decision to have a baby, she should respect to her boyfriend’s to not have one, she says. Getting pregnant by a sperm donor is not legal or common in Turkey
Disneynature’s ’Earth’ uses planet’s landscapes as a set
LOS ANGELES -The filmmakers from the new Disneynature label, also responsible for the Discovery Channel series 'Planet Earth,' spent five years collecting footage of their first production, 'Earth.' They worked with dozens of camera crews, filming at 200 locations in 64 countries to tell a sweeping story about the planet's landscapes, seasons and species
Soft silicon robot like a human infant
A 130-centimeter humanoid created by a Japanese team is designed to learn just like a human infant. The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions, mimicking a mother-baby relationship
Hungarian FM Göncz: New concept in visa regimes
ISTANBUL - A new concept was introduced in Turkey’s diplomatic world this week; a visa center set up by the Hungarian government will have the authority to represent other countries in the granting of European Union visas, starting with Slovenia and Estonia.
Staying at the top by relying on mentality
Despite seeing his legs atrophied after contracting Polio at tha age of 4, Yavuz Şap hasn’t given up on anything. He has been an athlete since he saw Mehmet Terzi’s 1984 victory in the Frankfurt marathon on TV. Following that he began training to run a marathon
Author and film producer bringing eastern magic to life
ISTANBUL - Whether a novel or a documentary film, Handan Öztürk barely finishes one project before she is onto the next. In her fictional books and factual documentaries, her work often features female heroines who face the region’s Eastern and Western struggles.
Two films
I spent most of the weekend at the cinema halls, watching several films, from the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Reader," to some good latest examples of Turkish cinema, such as "Güneşi Gördüm" (I saw the sun) and "Issız Adam" (The Lonesome Man) and the horrible "Recep İvedik II".
Gourmets and kids taking over ovens
ISTANBUL - Have you had a grape leaf dolma moment when you tried to roll the ubiquitous rice-filled "sarmas’ as thin as your mother-in-law or neighbor? And everything fell apart. Food engineer, Dr. Teslime Mahmutoğlu, now gives regular culinary courses on the Asian side of Istanbul. Teslime, a graduate of Middle East Technical University in Food Engineering, lives as an expat in Warsaw, Poland, working for an international food certification company.
