If you mess up in Turkey, a common way to laugh it off is to invoke Cin Ali, the squiggly stick figure in a cap whose benign adventures in picture books helped a generation of Turks learn to read. full story ![]()

WESLACO — Dozens gathered at Frontera Audubon Preserve as more than 100 turkey vultures circled the skies Thursday night, settling to roost.
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On May 1, I posted a cartoon online and in the print edition of the BDN entitled, “Grade the governor.” The response has been overwhelming. Thousands of readers viewed the cartoon online, and more than 100 took the time to buy a stamp, clip the cartoon from the print edition ...
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ISTANBUL -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two American allies counted on by President Barack Obama to help calm the turbulent Middle East.
goerie.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
ISTANBUL (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two American allies counted on by President Barack Obama to help calm the turbulent Middle East....
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ISTANBUL (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two American allies counted on by President Barack Obama to help calm the turbulent Middle East.
yahoo.com (1 month and 10 days ago)
ISTANBUL — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry struggled Sunday to convince Turkey's leaders they should promptly restore full diplomatic ties with Israel, two American allies counted on by President Barack Obama to help calm the turbulent Middle East.But Turkey demanded that Israel first end all commercial restrictions against the Palestinians before the once-close partners...
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She says people's struggles with weight as they age is a good reason to tackle childhood obesity.
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"The cartoon on the editorial page April 8 depicts three of the most repressive governments on Earth. . .How can the creator of the cartoon can lump them together with the NRA?"
thewesterlysun.com (1 month and 7 days ago)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has criticized U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for publicly urging Turkey's prime minister not to visit the Gaza Strip in May.
boston.com (26 days ago)
(h/t Pater Tenebrarum of Acting Man blog) Sometimes a picture paints a thousand words and with markets treading water ahead of any news out of Cyprus, Russia, or Brussels, we thought some brief levity (if not irony) was in order. Here are a number of excellent cartoons on the Cyprus situation from how we got here to where we are going... How It All Started: Cyprus: dragged...
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