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Two of UK's biggest power companies transfer ownership of their businesses offshore to protect against possible renationalisation by Jeremy Corbyn. National Grid and SSE, who together own Britain's gas and electricity transmission networks, have created holding companies in the wake of Labour's...

I am a young Turkish-American born and raised in the US who really would love to move to Turkey. Does anyone know what kind of products that are made in Turkey that can be bought at local bazaars which can be shipped and sold to the USA for large profits. Will I be able to earn a profit from...

The number of Turkish citizens who cast their votes at Turkey’s missions abroad and at boarder gates for the Nov. 1 elections up until Oct. 25 increased by more than 230,000 people in comparison to the June 7 elections. Out of 2,899,000 voters who reside abroad and were eligible to vote for...

the headscarf debate never really did go away in the public arena but it seems to me that the issue is being pursued more vigorously by many conservative parents whofeel it is their right to cover a girl at any age ...and indeed i have recently seen some infants in alanya wearing the hijab. it...

Slowly slowly some ( not all) restaurants and shops in Hisaronu are starting to display their prices more and more in `sterling` not in lira.... by the time the season is in full swing I bet many more will be doing the same... and why ? because of the high exchange rate !! for example... 10...

I was walking up the road this morning on my way to Migros when walking down towards me carrying Migros carrier bags was this sight. He was dressed normally but her, my god. She must have weighed at least 20 stone and was dressed in a large pair of shorts, bikini top and by the size of her...

BBC News - Solzhenitsyn's One Day: The book that shook the USSR One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn's classic novel, was published 50 years ago this month. A short, simply-told tale about a prisoner trying to survive the Gulag - the Soviet labour camp system - it is...

the filters that were halted by a massıve campaign back ın the summer fınally came ınto force 22 nov ı dont think ıts showıng ıts teeth yet but ıf the bannıng of Darwın and sıtes about evolution for chıldren is an indication of intent we are looking ahead to a repressıve regıme begınnıng to...

OMG , on the way to Bodrum today they are starting to sell the poor sheep & goats for the Bayram slaughter on the roadsides I know that this is their culture but I am afraid its something that I dislike intensely, upsets me EVERY year I arrived home later only to find that my dear neighbours...

Petrol bombs have been thrown at police and a shop, two patrol cars and a bus set on fire in a disturbance in Tottenham, north London. The incident began after a protest over the fatal shooting of a young man by police on Thursday turned violent. BBC News - Fires started after...

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why...

I think ---kerbs are going in at the start of the proposed new road from Gum village over past sunlight homes, has the look of a roundabout -- ish, Kerbs in then maybe a road bed?---fingers crossed

Yahoo! Newely released photos have come about as apparently they are starting an investigation regarding the structural failures of the world trade center twin towers. I for one am very glad that this investigation is happening. It will either bring shame and legal ramifications to many or it...

What is it with this country? All the animals waking around in the street, cats, dogs, chicken, side by side. A whole family on a bike. The sun, the sea. I live in a block wiht only 6 ap. They all are so nice and warm people, they give me food, egg, bread, invite me to meal , take me to others...

Hi Anyone out there who has switched from Phase 2 to Phase 1 and is still on Phase 2 terms like us with the final deadline looming, 30 August 2009. Can you PM me, just had the final breakdown of fees and there a few additional items that we have not agreed in the original contract...

I got home late last night to see Ceni standing angrily in the hallway brandishing a broom. I said "So, are you actually cleaning, or just about to fly-off somewhere"? And that's when the fight started.....

I rear-ended an MA car yesterday. So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes even when you're stressed little things just seem funny? Well I couldn't believe it. He was a DWARF!!! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and...

Just had email cancelling my flight for March 2009. They say there are more flights as well as mine.Give them due they offered alternative flight for sameprice but no dates to suit me, so getting full refund. :132lm:

For those of you who have Turksat 2A-there is a new channel-TNT. They have lots of films and american-australian and vritish programmes. They are in their origional language and can be changed to Turkish too. Some of you might like it. The frequency is listed on their website with all the...

Today my case against a builder was started with my Turkish solicitor. Wish me luck, I hope I can get my hard earned money back. Good luck to anyone in the same position. Musicman