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    Orhan Pamuk: Bridging Two Worlds

    Nov 20, 2002 05:00 AM EDT

    ... fundamentalists, radicals, Islam... whatever religion they belong to. These things should not be despised in a condescending language, should not be looked down upon. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: How would you address them? How would you advise that the western leaders to address them? ORHAN PAMUK: I'm a novelist. I don ...

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    Religion and Politics in Turkey

    Oct 31, 2002 05:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Erdogan and other AK candidates watch what they say because of fear of what the military might do. Since Ataturk, Turkey's generals have been the country's most ardent defenders of secularism. Retired Major General Armagan Kuloglu: GEN. ARMAGAN KULOGLU (Ret.), ASAM Center for Eurasian & Strategic ...

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    Turkey and the Iraqi Kurds

    Oct 23, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... said. MAN: They came here to save their lives. They haven't gone to school. They want their kids to have a normal life. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Our interpreter this night was Orhan Ketene, a Turkmen who was visiting in Istanbul when we were there. He lives most of the time ...

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    Reluctant Ally

    Oct 22, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... potatoes and other goods wait for hours, sometimes days, to cross. The empty tankers in line are heading for Iraq to pick up oil. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Hi. Where are you going? INTERPRETER: He's going to a spot between Mosul and Baghdad. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: How do things seem over there ...

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    On the Front Line: Incirlik Air Base in Turkey

    Oct 08, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... no secret here that negotiations are under way to determine just what the United States might expect from Turkey if there is a war. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: It's a sensitive issue because political parties are in the midst of a hot campaign for parliamentary elections early next month. And politicians ...

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    Then and Now: Kavita Ramdas

    Sep 06, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... a citizen of India. I spoke with her in Palo Alto, where she lives with her husband, who is from Pakistan, and their daughter. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Kavita Ramdas, thanks for being with us. KAVITA RAMDAS, Global Fund for Women: Thank you. It's nice to be with you. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH ...

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    Cartoon and Crisis in Venezuela

    Jun 18, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... we have crapulas. Crapula is a concept worse than cupula, so the idea is-- to say it as simply as possible-- nothing has changed. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Zapata has touched people in more ways than through his editorial page cartoons. He has worked in radio, television, universities, and the theater as ...

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    Discussion: Catholics in Crisis

    Jun 14, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ... the Bishops maintain all of this close to the vest, they're going to get caught once again in a very, very hard spot. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: All right. Tom Roberts, give us a little perspective on this. You heard what the Archbishop said. You heard what Barbara Blaine and Father ...

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    In Memoriam: Mildred Benson and Ilana Nash

    May 29, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Ms. Nash, why did she have to be anonymous until the '80s, and why didn't she make any money off this? ILANA NASH: She did make some money. She was paid a flat fee. The way Edward Stratemeyer ran his company-- he's been called sort of ...

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    Arming Pilots

    May 03, 2002 04:00 AM EDT

    Kwame Holman reports on the debate over guns in the cockpit. Then, Elizabeth Farnsworth leads a debate with Captain Stephen Luckey, Patricia Friend, and Michael Goldfarb.