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ANKARA – The Turkish government on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of more than 15,000 officials, as well as the closure of at least 550 NGOs and nine media outlets, the official Anadolu news agency reported. They were suspected of having links to Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who was accused by.... |
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Sharon Jones, a powerhouse soul singer with a gritty voice, fast feet and indomitable energy, died Friday of pancreatic cancer. She was 60 and was surrounded by members of her band, the Dap-Kings, and other loved ones when she died. Ms. Jones sang and shouted the kind of gospel-charged soul and funk she had grown up on. |
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Friendship Santa (aka Avery Robertson) has been spreading holiday cheer from his self-built yuletide fairyland for six years now. He’ll be perched atop a big red sleigh led by a 17-foot-tall wooden Rudolph with a real light-up nose amidst a forest of lights from 5:30-8:30 p.m. every night from Nov. 26-Dec. |
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The unexpected death of popular radio presenter Billy McCarthy “silenced a familiar voice” that had brought news and debate, light and meaning, and engagement and fun to thousands of people over many years, his funeral Mass heard yesterday.
The Church of the Holy Cross in Tramore was packed to.... |
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In the United States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, but here in the Cayman Islands, the Christmas Season has already begun. You can tell by the weather – our famous “soft, fresh breezes” have arrived, driving off the heat and humidity of another glorious (but sweltering) summer. |
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The many novels and short stories of William Trevor, who died this week aged 88, and the adaptations for television and radio which he made of several of them, firmly and subtly stake out a territory he made his own. From The Old Boys (1964) on, he ruefully chronicled the genteel, the isolated, the.... |
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Bali is a popular holiday destination for Australian tourists. An Australian teenager could face up to 12 years in jail after being arrested in Bali, Indonesia, on suspicion of possessing a drug. Jamie Murphy, 18, was detained at the Sky Garden nightclub at Kuta beach about 01:00 local time on Tuesday. |
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It was a pathetic spectacle: TV news executives and anchors filing in to Trump Tower on Monday to be the president-elect’s whipping boys. Donald Trump had summoned them for a talk, but it turned out to be part tongue-lashing, part perp walk. The TV news people had foolishly agreed that the session.... |
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Never tire, Tuggeranong thrives on your unrelenting snideness. Good luck to that young mum (CT, November 22) who bought a little family home in Kambah, which she loves. But otherwise please keep up The Canberra Times' perennial good work by sometimes publishing snide and faintly sneering stories.... |
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Never tire, Tuggeranong thrives on your unrelenting snideness. Good luck to that young mum (CT, November 22) who bought a little family home in Kambah, which she loves. But otherwise please keep up The Canberra Times' perennial good work by sometimes publishing snide and faintly sneering stories.... |
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Never tire, Tuggeranong thrives on your unrelenting snideness. Good luck to that young mum (CT, November 22) who bought a little family home in Kambah, which she loves. But otherwise please keep up The Canberra Times' perennial good work by sometimes publishing snide and faintly sneering stories.... |
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