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ABDULLAH BOZKURT, ÝSTANBUL Last Sunday witnessed Turkish and Kurdish intellectuals gathering for the first time to hammer out what many saw as historic document in solving the Kurdish problem in Turkey. In an Abant forum held at a resort near Abant Lake in the northwestern town of Bolu, participants were eager to put their past behind them and move forward toward a promising future based on fully fledged democracy and a new constitution drawn up with the consent of the public will.

Not only Kurds, but other ethnic minorities in Turkey were dealt their fair share of frustration and disenchantment for many years by rigid state policy and oppressive practices in our recent history. People who have lived on this land for centuries have a common stake in the country's future, and every right to be heard, as they too sacrificed their lives to defend against invading forces, most recently in the War of Independence nearly 80 years ago. At the forum, Kurdish leaders displayed a willingness to leave the past in the past, which proved very difficult for some, as horror stories are still fresh in many minds. CONTINUED ON PAGE 04

‘Dýg deeper ýnto Dink murder-Ergenekon lýnk’ EMÝNE K ART, ANK ARA Cem Özdemir, a member of the European Parliament, has said that Turkey has a very serious problem in the unanswered questions around the plot leading to the January 2007 assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, particularly the issue of whether the murder was tied to the Ergenekon criminal network, which is currently the subject of a major investigation. Özdemir expressed deep concern over the way the court case in the murder has been conducted and said he personally felt ashamed of the situation

although he doesn't represent the Turkish Republic.

“We're not talking about a banana republic, we're talking about one of the leading countries in the world. This is the Turkish Republic. I'm not in charge of this republic, I don't represent this republic, but I personally felt ashamed. So I would love to see a little bit more seriousness in the followup on this Hrant Dink case and, if there is a link to Ergenekon, it has to be followed up. There are serious accusations that there is a link between the Ergenekon case and the Hrant Dink murder case,” Özdemir said in an interview with Sunday's Zaman. Özdemir's arrival in Ankara -- where he met

with President Abdullah Gül, accompanied by Renate Künast, the co-chair of the German Green Party -- came amidst widespread unrest in the country in the wake of an investigation into the Ergenekon network, which is accused of having plotted to stage a coup against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government, and a closure case against the AK Party over allegations that it is seeking to establish an Islamist state. Özdemir recalled Dink's 2004 report revealing that Sabiha Gökçen, the adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, was Armenian. The report had led to a harsh reaction

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PRISONERS’ HEALTH: A HUMAN RIGHTS PROBLEM REMEMBERED LATELY AYÞE KARABAT, ANKARA Only a few days after his release, Ergenekon suspect Kuddusi Okkýr died of lung cancer, bringing attention to the poor health conditions of prisoners in Turkey's jails. Some newspapers headlined with the story, suggesting that the investigation into Ergenekon, a crime network with links to the state, was weakened, forgetting that many other prisoners, some of whom are disabled and unable to live without the assistance of others, are still in prison. Laws regulating the treatment of inmates are sufficient according to human rights activists, but their implementation is extremely weak.

The Human Rights Association (ÝHD) has asked for an investigation into the circumstances of Okkýr's death. Since the beginning of the year it has regularly corresponded with prisoners whose health has deteriorated in an effort to raise public awareness of the matter. CONTINUED ON PAGE 05

from Hurþit Tolon, a former commander of the 1st Army Corps who was arrested this past weekend on charges of founding and leading the Ergenekon terrorist organization. Özdemir says this report played a crucial role in turning Dink into a target.

Following publication of the report by the Agos newsweekly, of which Dink had been the editor-in-chief, the Turkish daily Hürriyet approached Tolon and asked for comment on the report. The former commander then categorically called it “a crime against national unity.”

“Of course, it is obvious that the Sabiha Gökçen report played a crucial role in this context,” he said. STORY ON PAGE 08

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Ýzmir Mayor Aziz Kocaoðlu has declared at a recent press conference that the city’s water reservoirs have almost dried up.

Big cities struggle with water shortage, toxicity

Two of Turkey's biggest cities have tap water containing arsenic in excess of legal limits, while water levels in the biggest city's reservoirs have fallen alarmingly low. The problem could grow to unmanageable proportions if long-term water management policies are not developed, experts warn. By BARIÞ ALTINTAÞ CONTINUED ON PAGE 02

While the US, Europe and Japan, the conventional epicenters of the global economy, are grappling with the drawbacks caused by their over-sophisticated financial markets, in the rest of the world an economic boom is running at full steam.

Three propellants of economic growth are apparent in the developing world.

1) Export of manufactured goods: In this category, the outstanding countries are mainly in Asia, such as China and India. They compete, innovate and produce real products for real markets. Thus, they gradually become rising industrial power centers in the new global picture. They skillfully apply a wise development strategy by establishing a well-entrenched manufacturing culture within their borders.

2) Export of energy commodities: Russia (or new Saudi Arabia with nukes), Iran, Gulf countries and some mining product exporters in Latin America are the leading nations in this group. The recent economic boom and the crazy oil prices across the world have seen the coffers of these countries become flush with cash.

A couple of weeks ago, you may have read our assessment about the challenges facing these countries. In this analysis, basically, we dealt with how they could cope with the windfall before it turns into a resource curse problem for them. CONTINUED ON PAGE 06

UNESCO report creates worry over Ýstanbul 2010 YONCA POYRAZ DOÐAN, ÝSTANBUL Concerned about the latest report by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, threatening to revoke Ýstanbul's membership because of failure to protect its heritage sites, the main body behind the project for Ýstanbul to take its place among

the European Capitals of Culture in 2010 is taking the lead in an effort to make sure the city will assume the title with pride.

The Ýstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency (AKB 2010), an organizing and overseeing preparations for the Ýstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture event, is preparing an urgent action plan: “We

will take this situation that has been perceived as a dangerous development and turn it into a golden opportunity for Ýstanbul,” AKB 2010 Secretary-General Eyüp Özgüç said in a written statement to Sunday's Zaman. Özgüç said the AKB 2010 has concentrated on issues pointed out in the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO)

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World Heritage Committee report, and in order to implement measures related to the matters of concern, the body is holding a meeting today in Ýstanbul with various agencies. The gathering will be headed

by Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuðrul Günay.

“We will lay all the problems on the table and take swift action,” Özgüç said. CONTINUED ON PAGE 03

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Faced with climate change and associated problems, the world's nations are developing new strategies and water policies to adapt to the challenges ahead. However the three largest cities in the nation, which has yet to develop a long-term water management policy, are struggling with problems related to toxicity and supply of this increasingly scarce, precious resource.

Some of the most recent discussions began after an investment by the Greater Ankara Municipality to pump water to the city from the Kýzýlýrmak River last month. The discussion changed course, however, with allegations that water transferred to supplement the city's drinking water supply contained unsafe levels of arsenic. Recep Akdað, Turkey's health minister, had to get involved in the ensuing debate.

He released a statement in mid-June saying all the results from water analyses in Kýzýlýrmak complied with health standards. "We collect more than 600 samples every single day from various points in Ankara for analysis, and not a single sample to date has yielded a result outside the norm," Akdað said in a statement on June 13.

The World Health Organization includes among the risks posed by excess long-term exposure to arsenic (arsenicosis): "skin cancer, cancers of the bladder, kidney and lung, diseases of the blood vessels of the legs and feet, and possibly also diabetes, high blood pressure and reproductive disorders."

The discussion took yet another aspect when Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek diverted attention to Ýzmir by announcing that the level of arsenic in Ankara's drinking water was 0.01 parts per million (ppm), while in Ýzmir this number was 0.038 ppm (1 ppm arsenic is equal to 0.00012 milligrams per liter). He accused political rivals of not mentioning Ýzmir's arsenic levels because the Ýzmir mayor is from the Republican People's Party (CHP).

Gökçek noted that the accepted maximum world

standard set by World Health Organization (WHO) for traces of arsenic in drinking water was 10 milligrams per liter (mg/L) -- although he admitted that arsenic findings from Ankara dams showed arsenic levels of 13 to 20 mg/L in Ankara reservoirs.

However, he said, this was before treatment. "Our treatment facility brings this to below 1 microgram [per liter]. The WHO standard allows arsenic traces of up to 10 mg/L. ... Ours is clean," he insisted.

Gökçek claimed he had heard of a certain "water lobby" that he accused of working to make Ankara's potable water look suspicious. Although Gökçek's statement was denied by Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) rector Ural Akbulut -- who said that the arsenic levels in Ankara are twice as high as the acceptable limit -- no legal investigation has so far been launched.

Kýzýlýrmak water for Ankara Amidst this discussion, Ýzmir Mayor Aziz Kocaoðlu admitted that according to Health Ministry standards, he as the mayor of Ýzmir could not tell people that it is safe to drink water from their taps. He said the Health Ministry had decreased the maximum limit allowed for arsenic in tap water from 50 mg/L to 10 mg/L in 2005. Kocaoðlu said Ýzmir water's arsenic levels usually measured around 12 mg/L but that they were aware of the problem and were working toward compliance with the new standards.

But Gökçek was still not off the hook in the eyes of professional and trade chambers. Erdal Kurttaþ, head of the Ankara chapter of the Chamber of City Planners (ÞPO), notes that the Kýzýlýrmak River has high levels of sulfate (linked to stomach upsets) and phosphate salts (themselves sometimes associated with elevated levels of heavy metal contamination).

"In addition to industrial waste, there is a fair amount of agricultural chemicals dumped into the river. We do respect Mr. Gökçek's efforts to solve the water shortage problem," he said, but noted that Ankara's water was initially going to be sup-

plied from the Gerede basin in the northwestern province of Bolu. He emphasized that bad planning played a role in the Kýzýlýrmak move.

"It was an obvious fact from years ago that the city would suffer from water shortages. Global warming might have brought this back a few years, but Mr. Gökçek has delayed implementation of this project and has had to hastily bring in water from the Kýzýlýrmak River basin. We would have congratulated him if it wasn't for these environmental risks," he added. Kurttaþ said Kýzýlýrmak water could have serious consequences for public health.

Indeed, according to a recent report prepared by the Chamber of Civil Engineers (ÝMO), Ankara tap water continas on average 21mg/L of sulfate. That figure is 336.8 mg/L for the Kýzýlýrmak River.

Kurttaþ notes that even if Kýzýlýrmak water could be purified completely, it would eat up a major amount of the municipality's resources, as treating Kýzýlýrmak water is much costlier than it would have been treating the cleaner water of the Gerede area. He also said it was disheartening to know that the mayor was not searching for an alternative solution. "If Kýzýlýrmak did not appear to be a permanent decision, we would of course have been less severe in our criticism," Kurttaþ explained.

Water crisis for the city of straits Meanwhile, Ýstanbul was not part of a discussion on toxicity levels, but it appears t o be facing a serious shortage since: As of Friday June 11, the amount of water in Ýstanbul's reservoirs was 31.12 percent of the

maximum capacity of the city's reservoirs -- alarmingly low at the beginning of a summer that has already seen unseasonably high temperatures.

One reason was that in summer, water supplied from the Melen project, which contributes an annual 286 million cubic meters of water to Ýstanbul, decreases. As Ýstanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaþ said last week: "The Melen River normally carries around 750,000 cubic meters of water to the city each day. There has been a decrease in this amount in the last few weeks."

Only two out of five pumps supplying water to Ýstanbul are currently in order, according to officials from the Ýstanbul Waterworks Authority (ÝSKÝ).

Topbaþ also noted last week that the water remaining in the city's reservoirs would suffice for only four months if there was no further precipitation.

of water, is losing 50 percent of its supplies to unplanned or badly planned urban development.

"Water basins are being turned into residential settlements. There are golf courses, Formula 1 tracks, residential homes, everything in Ýstanbul's water basins."

Kahraman said bringing water from the Melen River would not have been necessary if the city had not lost its water resources so ruthlessly to urban projects. Ýstanbul University's Kasým Koçak, who offered his opinion to the NTV news channel on Friday, said dam reservoirs should be surrounded with forests to fend off evaporation. He also said building deep, not wide, dams would be the proper construction method to minimize atmospheric water loss.

Mayor Melih Gökçek denies Ankara’s drinking water contains unsafe levels of arsenic.

Tayfun Kahraman, secretary-general of the Ýstanbul branch of the ÞPO told Today's Zaman that the Melen naturally attenuates in the summer, for it is fed by melting snow. The most important problem Ýstanbul has, he noted, is that the city, normally self-sufficient in terms

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Human beings are the cause of global warming, but they are also the only force capable of stopping it, according to Ýbrahim Dinçer, the chairman of the Global Conference on Global Warming, which was held this past week in Ýstanbul.

In an interview with Sunday's Zaman Dinçer, a professor at the University of Ontario's Institute of Technology, said there are several ways to prevent global warming and that the most important is education. "You can educate people from kindergarten to the end of their university education about the benefits of the solar and wind energies, for example, for preventing global warming," he explained, adding that media is an important tool in educating people. He said there should be more informative shows on TV about clean energy technology, alternative energy sources and other ways to prevent global warming.

Dinçer stressed that the biggest cause of global warming is carbon dioxide emissions. In turn, the primary reason for these emis-

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Dinçer said it is not too late for Turkey because, as a developing country, it has not fully developed its industrial infrastructure, explaining, "It is easier to construct a brand new building than to fix the foundation of a building without tearing it down." Dinçer emphasized that there is a huge need for change in the world's industrial and transportation sectors. "It is difficult to switch to renewable sources overnight. So we need to fix this problem gradually. Needless to say, this will take time," he added.

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Dinçer explained that people try to have a more comfortable life as their incomes increase. "As people get richer, the electricity consumption per person increases, which increases the carbon dioxide emissions in Turkey, where more than half of the electricity is generated with fossil fuels," he said. As a counterweight to this consumption tendency, Dinçer said people need to raise their awareness and use energy resources more economically.

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hizlial.com finds niche in growing e-commerce sector ESRA MADEN ÝSTANBUL

The fast-paced lifestyles of those in metropolitan areas of Turkey have led a few forward-thinking companies to introduce the timesaving option of online shopping, with one of the latest offerings coming from hizlial.com hizlial.com, or "buy fast," is a newly established ecommerce Web site founded as a branch of Gold Computer & Electronics Company, which was established 21 years ago. Hizlial.com Assistant General Manager Can Arda said online shopping is a new phenomenon for Turkey. He noted that the sector grew by 40 percent in Turkey in 2007, with the addition of 480 e-commerce Web sites.

"Think of the problems in big cities -- traffic, crowding, long work hours. Shopping is a necessity.

People, particularly those who are working, do not have time to go to stores for even basic needs.

Besides, the sector is new for Turkey. The CEO of Gold Computer & Electronics Company foresees that the future is moving in this direction," Arda said, referring to online shopping.

As for the Web site name, Arda noted that they did not mean to give the impression that this site sends orders very fast. Yet the Web site achieves what its name suggests. The items are sent by freight on the same day an order is taken and reaches the buyer in only one day for Ýstanbul and within two days for other provinces.

The Web site has drawn considerable attention for such a new site. Arda said they chose to establish an ecommerce site because they noticed the lack of online shopping options for Turkish customers. "There is a big parent company backing us and we have benefited from its experience and a strong team," Arda noted.

Arda stated that the demand for the goods sold on the site has exceeded expectations. "When hizlial.com was first introduced, there were 5,000-6,000 people us-

ing our site daily, but now this number has increased to 40,000-50,000 users daily. In addition, we have 90,000 registered users. The biggest e-commerce Web site in Turkey has 300,000-350,000 daily users. Our statistics are quite good for a new company," Arda said, adding that they have set long-term goals for the site.

The site consists of 27 sections focusing on areas such as furniture, electronics, sporting goods and textiles; the computer and electronics section has the largest selection, as the site has the support of Gold Computer & Electronics Company behind it. Each section is managed by one person. On the site, 100,000 items are offered and 20,000-25,000 of them are stocked and awaiting buyers in a big warehouse located on the same grounds as the Web site's company headquarters. This system is not used by many e-commerce Web sites because it carries certain risks.

"Normally, when someone orders something from a Web site like ours, the item is first ordered from a supplier and then sent to the buyer. However, in the case of hizlial.com, the system works in a different way when it comes to electronic goods. We have stocked goods in our warehouse and we send the order directly to buyers," Arda said.

The monthly purchases on the site amount to around $3-4 million and daily 600-650 customers place orders. At the end of the first year, the firm estimates that they will reach 80 percent of their ambitions initial yearly revenue target.

Campaigns galore As a new e-commerce Web site, hizlial.com is attempting to attain a wider range of customers.

Therefore, it is constantly introducing new campaigns and pushing the limits with the help of its parent company. Arda claimed that hizlial.com has introduced the highest number of campaigns among Turkish e-commerce Web sites in 2008,

ucts are sold at a major discount but can only be seen when the product's page is opened. And the sales are valid only for that moment. "The discounts are exceptional and they offer prices that are impossible to find elsewhere," Arda stated, expressing his confidence in the eventual success of the campaign.

Arda also said another campaign will be introduced at the end of this month. Those who purchase over YTL 500 worth of products will earn a gift certificate from ticket and events company Biletix for the event of their choice.

Is shopping online safe?

hizlial.com Assistant General Manager Can Arda notes that online shopping is a new phenomenon for Turkey. offering new campaigns each month or even every two weeks.

Paying by installments is another unique opportunity given to hizlial.com customers, Arda noted.

"Customers are completely free to choose their payment option. They can pay with two or more credit cards, or in cash, or both in cash and with a credit card. There has never been such freedom in choosing payment type on the Internet. It is the first such application in Turkey," he said.

"Fast bonus" is another campaign offered by the site. "All Web sites and credit cards are offering bonus-

es, yet ours is the fastest and the amount given as a bonus is very high. We will run the campaign for six months. But we are a new e-commerce site and the money we have available for such things is $3-5 million; that is how we can offer these campaigns. It is a way of advertising our site as well," Arda said.

The manager noted that one man who made purchases amounting to YTL 8,000 was able to get a bicycle for his son solely using the bonuses he collected on the Web site.

Recently, a brand new campaign called "Find it, get crazy" was introduced to customers. Select prod-

"Every e-commerce Web site has to purchase cyber point of sale (POS) devices from a bank. And customers see what they buy online," Arda said, adding that for larger expenditures, banks call customers and accept payment from an account only when customers approve the payment.

Another advantage for online shopping customers is that a bank will normally cancel a charge if the customer claims that a purchase was not made by him/her.

Yet, if a customer lies to a bank and the bank takes money from a Web site's account, the Web site has to take the matter to court. "So the customer never ends up the loser," Arda said.

He also noted that customer rights for online shopping are protected by law: Web sites are not allowed to save the card information of a customer, except for the last four digits of the card number. For this reason, even if someone hacks into a Web site, they cannot use the credit card information of customers.

Arda concluded by highlighting the contributions and opportunities of shopping online, saying: "Some provinces are more expensive than others and some products cannot be found in certain places. Online shopping presents a wide range of products to every customer all around the world."

Asian side prime spot for five-star hotels KRISTINA KAMP ÝSTANBUL

Kozyataðý, an emerging business district on Ýstanbul's Asian side, is slowly -- but surely -- developing as the top location for a number of multinational companies. Not far behind are five-star hotels. Located in the city's new commercial crossroads and offering high-level standards in service and quality, the hotels are geared toward a constantly growing business clientele.

Elmar Derkitsch is the general manager of the Ýstanbul Marriott Hotel Asia, the first internationally known five-star hotel on Ýstanbul's Asian side. In an interview with Sunday's Zaman he talks about what led the company to invest in this region and explains why he is convinced that it is business and conventional tourism that still carry the greatest potential for the city.

Having opened its doors just 10 months ago under a franchise agreement with the Büyükhanlý Group, the Ýstanbul Marriott Hotel Asia already has excellent capacity utilization. "In our class, occupancy levels usually are at around 70-80 percent. With room rates at a competitive level, our Ýstanbul location can easily keep up with these numbers," Derkitsch says.

Around 90 percent of the hotel's clientele is business travelers, a situation to which the city's location contributes significantly, the manager says. "In economic terms, Ýstanbul is a very rapidly growing and developing city; one-third of the gross domestic product [GDP] is earned here," he underlines, adding that the location of the rapidly developing business district of Kozyataðý "could not have been chosen better."

Situated directly in the middle of the city's two important highways, both connecting to bridges that lead to Europe in one direction and Sabiha Gökçen Airport just a 15-minute taxi ride in the other direction, the hotel is indeed located at an important traffic axis.

The nearby 20-story retail multiplex as well as the offices of several multinational companies such as Proctor & Gamble, Novartis, ABB, Bosch, Honda, Siemens and Unilever testify to a new commercial center in the city. "There are indeed many international companies currently choosing to base their operations on the Asian side," Derkitsch says. "These attract a lot of business traffic and increase the need for adequate hotels," he notes, proud of the fact that the Marriott is a pioneer in this field, having erected the first international five-star brand hotel in the area.

Derkitsch: Everything necessary for a convention Convention tourism is especially strong. "It is probably the most promising sector for the hotel business," Derkitsch estimates, adding that it is "extremely lucrative" for a hotel to include the whole product portfolio of accommodation, catering and support programs in its lineup.

With this in mind, the 22-story hotel, with its 219 spacious guest rooms and 19 suites, is well equipped. The Ýstanbul Marriott Hotel Asia has 11 meeting rooms covering 1,240 square meters of space in total, including a 757-square-meter ballroom, several meeting rooms in varying configurations and two boardrooms.

Business services and amenities include five executive floors, a lounge and a business center.

From a city planning perspective, is Ýstanbul well equipped for big events and conventions? "Well, I really appreciate the Ýstanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau [ÝCVB] and their work. They are really doing a good job," he states.

Though, he adds, their budget could be better. The slogan he

The Ýstanbul Marriott Hotel Asia's restaurant Orange offers a menu featuring both southern Mediterranean and creative modern Turkish cuisine. Special feature: A mini camera installed at the bar delivers live pictures of the daily specialties directly to the guest rooms.

Marriott growing in 68 countries

Marriott International, Inc. is a leading worldwide hospitality company. Today it has nearly 3,000 lodging properties in the United States and 67 other countries and territories across 19 lodging and vacation resort ownership brands. It was ranked

as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best places to work for by Fortune. The company has been recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the 2007 Sustained Excellence Award and Partner of

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the Year since 2004. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and had approximately 151,000 employees at 2007 year-end. In fiscal year 2007, Marriott International reported sales from continuing operations of $13 billion.

goes by is "Provide everything necessary for a convention!"

Catered meetings, conferences and conventions naturally aim to attract clients from the upscale market. With leading names from around the world among its portfolio of brands, including the flagship brand JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, the elegant and luxurious Renaissance Hotels and the RitzCarlton, the Marriott group is surely one of the market leaders in this field. So, how does the hotel manager sees the five-star segment developing -- particularly in Turkey?

"Well, actually, I am a bit skeptical about overstressing the five-star label too much," he says. "Having five stars can mean a lot of things because the label varies a lot between different countries and world regions." In this regard, he says, it is a definite advantage to have a name in the market.

"A Marriott hotel, for example, is the same all over the world. We guarantee internationally consistent standards of service, quality and security and this is what our clients hold in high regard," he underlines.

As a general business strategy, however, the manager points out that diversification is still the most important means for the riskfree management of a multinational company like the Marriott group. Operating, managing, leasing and franchising hotels under more than 15 brands, the group serves both upscale and mid-range segments. "We have the right product for every market segment, and that makes us strong," he points out. Ýstanbul: modern, open, creative and safe Building a five-star business hotel in the Mediterranean region, well known for its long struggle with revenue, "has to be evaluated very well," he says and points to the problematic all-inclusive packages offered in this region. "Currently, southern Turkey is absolutely dependent on prices dictated by the international market. There is an immense number of hotels in the Mediterranean region which are -- despite the lowest room rates -- full in the summer but have challenges in the winter months. As a consequence they lack the money to repair and maintain and eventually drop in quality within a few years," he says, describing the situation, and adds that in his opinion it is "very, very difficult to get out of this pattern."

Since 2007, however, the Marriott group has had its own developer based in Turkey. Asked what makes Turkey very attractive for foreign investors at present, he cites "an excellent labor market at concomitant low wage costs" as the most important location factor and underlines that he is truly impressed again and again by the motivation of his personnel.

"They are really well educated and, moreover, their dedication to their job is really extraordinary," he states.

More difficult for foreign investors is Turkey's international image, he says. "There is still a quiet antiquated picture of Turkey haunting people's mind," Derkitsch says, suggesting that the government exert more effort to rectify this by offering more public funds for the country's promotion.

"Did you know, for example, that Barcelona receives 20 times more funds for its city marketing than Ýstanbul does?" he asks. "Ýstanbul has to show the world how modern, progressive, open, creative and safe it actually is."

Derkitsch also appears to be a dedicated advocate of Turkey's EU accession. "Turkey is a huge market for the EU. Europe has to finally understand that," he says. Asked whether the Marriott group is currently thinking about further investments in Turkey, he says, "Always. I am convinced that we are facing a very strong and healthy market here … and this market continues to grow."

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SUNDAY’S ZAMAN 09

SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2008

Smoking bad for you inside and out

TechnoMarine Diamond Cruise Chrono watch collection sparkles

FATÝH KARAKILIÇ BURSA

TechnoMarine watches are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Diamond Cruise Chrono collection. The Diamond Cruise Chrono collection is the must-have item of summer 2008, with its diamonds adding a different touch to the yellow and black combination and providing sparkle to the green-purple and fuchsia-pink combinations.

The cosmetics sector undoubtedly cashes in on our desire to look good. We spend large amounts of money on creams and different products to enhance or maintain our appearance. However we often fail to remember how much what we consume affects us.

Cigarettes, which are universally acknowledged to take a toll on our lungs, are an item that can hinder our appearance as well. Whether we are simply social smokers or chain smokers, we may be doing damage to more than our lungs.

Recent research carried out by dermatologists has shown that people addicted to smoking cigarettes have around five times as many wrinkles as those who do not indulge in the habit. Experts, noting that some studies have even proven that cigarettes yield a stronger effect than sunrays, say: "If you don't want to experience early aging, quit smoking!"

Dull, wrinkled, dirty-gray skin, recognized by many as being "smokers' skin," is a phenomenon experienced by 79 percent of smokers, says Dr. Bayram Börekçi, a skin and venereal diseases expert. He explains; "Some of the symptoms we see on smokers' faces include permanent lines and wrinkles, as well as a collapsed facial expression resulting from the protruding bones underneath the skin. We also see thinning skin, a light-gray appearance, as well as a light orange/purple/red coloring. The ‘cigarette addict's face' is the same face seen on women over the age of 70. It is worth noting that people addicted to cigarettes start getting wrinkles very early. The amount of wrinkling is parallel to the number of cigarettes smoked over the course of a year.

Some of the factors which lead to the formation of wrinkles on the skin as a result of cigarette smoking are the widening veins due to the stimulation of the nervous system by nicotine, the reduction of oxygen in soft tissues, the increase in clotting and the reduction of collagen."

Börekçi, mentioning the toxic, mechanical and genetic effects of smoking, notes that the reduction of moisture in smokers' skin is connected with the toxic effect of cigarettes. The doctor also notes that the wrinkling seen around the lips of some smokers is a result of the "mechanic" effects of cigarette smoking, the muscles used when actually inhaling smoke. He notes: "Many people believe that there are also genetic factors at play here, as not all cigarette smokers have a ‘cigarette addict's face.' The elasticity layer in the parts of bodies which are not regularly exposed to the sun in cigarette smokers are, when compared to the same areas of the body in non-smokers, much thicker and more fragmented. The chronic reduction of oxygen to the skin also reduces the synthesis of collagen, making visible wrinkles emerge."

He went on: "Cigarettes can cause a variety of anti-estrogen effects, such as infertility, early menopause and menstrual irregularities.

The physiological effects and importance of estrogen to the skin can be seen clearly in the post-menopausal period. In women who are addicted to cigarettes, the hypo-estrogen situation that is brought about shows itself in dry skin and wrinkles. Cigarettes reduce the levels of vitamin A in the body, which means that the cells have a greatly reduced level of protection against their number-one enemy, free radicals. This too makes it easier for wrinkles to appear. In people who already have white or grey hair, there is a yellowish color that appears in the hair because of the tar in cigarettes. The same sort of yellowish-brown color appears on the fingers and fingernails of people who smoke. This is called a ‘nicotine stain.' The insides of smokers' mouths are darker than other people's mouths. In fact, sometimes the insides of the cheeks develop a tough, irregular whitish film. The fact that veins become narrower as a result of smoking means that it is harder for wounds to heal. It has been shown that even smoking just one cigarette can have the effect of narrowing veins for up to 90 minutes. There are more than 4,000 chemical elements found in cigarette smoke, although it is mostly nicotine, which is responsible for the decrease in the flow of blood."

So bearing all this mind, you might want to ask yourself: Is enjoying a cigarette really worth all this potential physiological damage you could be dealing yourself?

Cat-eye sunglasses from Chloe put you on the prowl this summer Chloe presents a feminine and courageous style with its 2008 cat-eye sunglasses collection. The Chloe CL 2158 women's model, with a design inspired by chic 1950s cat-eye sunglasses, will leave its mark on this season. Popular colors of the season are available in the series, including bright candy pink, turquoise and a pink combination with black frames, and will appeal to women who like to reflect their personalities in their fashion. Be sure to select color combinations that suit your face's shape and skin tone.

For example cat-eye sunglasses go best with square and sharply angled faces. Frames with bold, warm colors go well with bronze-toned people, on the other hand.

Samsonite’s summer sale offers travelers up to 30 percent off Do not miss out on the 30 percent discount at Samsonite stores between July 8 and Aug. 29.

Famous for its high quality products, Samsonite will make travelers shriek with pleasure when they shop for 30 percent off items. The Samsonite Concertine collection, which was inspired by musical instruments, is also among the discounted products. Do not forget to take your sun cream with you, because after purchasing your Samsonite luggage, you can take off for a relaxing vacation!

An upbeat perfume from Rebul this summer

Ýnci shoes welcomes summer with colorful shoes and sales Ýnci shoes, which always delivers the most beautiful styles, will not disappoint customers this summer. The company makes sure that it provides high quality shoes while paying attention to the health of your feet, and now many items are 50 percent off. Known for their trendy leather items that are sure to flatter your wardrobe, you can easily find this season's products at incredible prices in their numerous stores located throughout Turkey.

Turquoise, a special summer perfume from Rebul, is sure to give you the perfect sunny scent you're looking for. Rebul's Colors perfume series provides a formula lasting eight hours that stays fresh on your skin. The series comes in four different formulas and colorful boxes, so pick your color and make sure you never leave it out of your purse. The series features the scents of musk, sandalwood, vanilla, fruit and flowers, as well as orange, mandarin, jasmine and violet.

Turquoise in particular is made up of the high notes of fresh fruits such as Italian mandarin, Maltese plum, peach and apple, while its mid-notes are floral, featuring magnolia, linden tree flower, jasmine and rose; its low-notes are musky, featuring white iris. You can purchase this perfect summer perfume for YTL 22.

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Dolce & Gabbana offers hippy nostalgia Peace, one of Dolce & Gabbana's 2008 summer collections, speaks to youth and entertainment, while throwing in some hippy style. Pendants of the collection are embossed with sweet teddy bears, and the gold models in addition to steel ones add a cheerful interpretation to classical bracelets.

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SUNDAY’S ZAMAN 11

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Five classic 3-D films and what makes them work SUSAN KING HOLLYWOOD

When movies seemed in danger of losing audiences to TV in the early 1950s, Hollywood tried to find ways to lure people back into theaters. (Remember wide-screen movies?)

One gimmick that worked for a while was 3-D films.

Their golden age began in 1952 with the action flick “Bwana Devil.” Over the next few years, 50 3-D movies were made before the novelty wore off.

In the ‘80s, 3-D returned with such forgettable entries as “Jaws 3-D” and “Amityville 3-D.” More recently, audiences have been donning the special glasses again. The next time will be for a new adaptation of Jules Verne’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”

Among the old clinkers are some worthy 3-D films. Jeff Joseph, president of the 3-D Film Preservation Fund and producer of World 3-D Film Expos I and II at Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, picks these five greatest films from the golden age.

“House of Wax” (1953): Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones and a young Charles Bronson star in this classic thriller about a deranged wax figure sculptor (Price) who uses real bodies for his chamber of horrors wax museum.

Ironically, director Andre De Toth was blind in one eye and couldn’t experience the 3-D effects.

“It’s not only really well made,” Joseph says, “but the 3-D is terrific, and it’s a good story. It’s not cheaply done in any sense. It’s very much a studio (Warner Bros.) film with a good budget.

Every time it got rereleased and when we have run it at the expos, it draws a huge crowd.

“There were 50 movies done in English in 3-D during the golden age, and maybe 15 or 16 were originally shown in stereophonic sound. Of those, only two [soundtracks] have survived. The others were lost. The worst one that is lost is ‘House of Wax’ because not only is it a terrific score -- they made a big deal of it being in stereo -- it was more or less the first time people heard stereophonic anything. It played all over the country in stereo.”

“Kiss Me Kate” (1953): George Sidney directed this rollicking version of the Cole Porter Broadway hit about divorced theater stars (Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel) playing Katherine and Petruccio in a Broadway-bound musical adaptation of “The Taming of the Shrew.”

“It has a few gimmicks cut into it, but it’s not a gimmick film,” Joseph says. Although most reference books state that “Kiss Me Kate” had a limited 3-D release, that isn’t true, even though “it did not show in 3-D at Radio City Music Hall. It showed flat there,” Joseph says. “But actually, it had the largest 3-D print run that Technicolor did up to that time.

It was a huge print release -- 250 -- that’s a lot.”

“Dial M for Murder” (1954): Alfred Hitchcock directed this thriller based on the Frederick Knott play set in the London flat of a former tennis player (Ray Milland) married to a beautiful young woman (Grace Kelly) mainly for her money. After learning of her affair with a crime writer (Robert Cummings), Milland’s Tony plans his wife’s mur-

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der. “Dial M” is best known for the scene of Kelly grabbing a pair of scissors to defend herself.

“The 3-D is so subtle in most of the film that when it really gets out there with the scissors scene, the audience really reacts to it,” Joseph says.

“That’s why it works so well. It’s a terrific scene.

That movie plays a lot better in 3-D than it does flat. It’s a very stagy movie. But when you watch it in 3-D, you feel like there is some depth to it.”

Because the 3-D format was dying out by the time “Dial M” was set to open, Warner Bros. ended up releasing it in the flat, 2-D version. In fact, when a theater in West Hollywood showed the 3-D version a few decades ago, the theater’s owner, Tom Cooper, advertised that it was the first time “Dial M” had been shown in public in 3-D. “We all thought that was true,” Joseph says.

“We knew that Warners sent it out in 1954 in 3D, but it didn’t play that way. I have ads from the Wednesday it opened saying in ‘3-D,’ and the next day, the ads don’t say 3-D. Literally, the Tuesday [before it opened] Warners decided not to release it in 3-D. However, we recently found a small theater in the middle of nowhere Tennessee

that ran ‘Dial M’ in 3-D for three days in 1954.”

“Creature From the Black Lagoon” (1954): One of the great Universal monster movies, “Creature From the Black Lagoon” is about a geology expedition to the Amazon that uncovers a prehistoric Gill Man, who falls for the girlfriend (Julie Adams) of one of the scientists (Richard Carlson).

“It’s one of the most iconic films of the period,” Joseph says. “It holds up really well. There’s underwater 3-D cinematography. The film was so successful that, in 1955, Universal did ‘Revenge of the Creature’ in 3D even though 3-D had died by then.”

“It Came From Outer Space” (1953): Jack Arnold directed this Universal sci-fi flick -- its poster proclaimed: “Fantastic Sights Leap at You! In 3-Dimension. Amazing! Exciting! Spectacular!”

-- about an alien spacecraft that crash-lands in the Arizona desert. “Not only is it terrific 3-D,” Joseph says, “it also had a wonderful stereophonic soundtrack, which we restored. It’s very early stereo, and it’s very clean and wonderful stereophonic sound.” © Los Angeles Times, 2008

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Finnish theater troupe introduces novel form into opera woman,” Barber said, adding that dozens of people from several countries auditioned. Director Marianne Aro made sure that every singer found their own way of signing. Together with the actors she translated the show into sign language.

Canadian actress Dawn Jani Birley said it was a chance to show the depth of the language she has been using all her life. As she had more REUTERS

Finding the right performers for the opera, played on small stages and seen by sellout audiences of about 700 so far, was the hardest task.

“We needed a baritone, a soprano -- we needed facial expressions and gestures to get the feeling and the atmosphere across,” Barber said.

Volkudottir, as Leonora, a fisherwoman, signed the soprano role in a graceful and delicate way. “We found the perfect

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On a small island off southwest Finland, a new art form has enraptured audiences, bringing opera to those who might seem farthest beyond its reach: the deaf. “This is like a new food you order, you don’t know what it’s going to taste like. You just take it and try it out,” said Juho Saarinen, one of a new order of ‘opera signers,’ amplifying the mime characteristic of normal opera with sign language adapted to convey the mood and tone of music.

Producer Marita Barber, who gave signed opera its world premiere on the tiny Aland Islands of southwestern Finland, had mixed feelings about the concept when it first arose three years ago. She accepted that, like with ‘hearing’ opera, the taste may for some take a while to acquire. “I thought this was going to be a success or a flop ... then I saw that other people reacted to it and I really wondered why in the world no one had ever done this before,” she said after a performance in Helsinki. Signed theater is performed frequently at venues around the world, and regular sung opera has been interpreted into sign language on the side of the stage, but this summer the 10year-old Theatre Totti was the first to make a sign-language opera.

After a performance of 19th-century Finnish composer Fredrik Pacius’ “The Hunt of King Charles,” signer Kolbrun Volkudottir said she felt exhausted, but the effort was worth the pain. “Usually when you go to the theater, the show itself is the message. In this case, the most important message was to show that deaf people can do opera ... that we can do whatever we want,” she said.

Casting call In sign language opera, all performers sign rather than sing, with body language and facial expressions central to the experience.

Two musicians provide the score for the hearing. Just as in Milan’s La Scala and other grand opera houses of the world, there are subtitles for those who cannot understand the signed libretto.

Deaf actors Juho Saarinen (L), Kolbrun Volkudottir (C) and Aliisa Lehtonen perform in the world’s first sign opera in Helsinki.

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than one role in the opera, she transformed her signing style as quickly as she changed costumes. “Unlike what people think, there are no limits or obstacles to sign language, it’s a really beautiful, three-dimensional thing,” she said. Some of the actors in the show, 60 percent funded by the Ministry of Culture, had theater experience, others none.

The audience arrived as unsure of what would unfold as the cast. “I was afraid it would be a pitiful imitation of opera by the hearing but, oh, how wrong I was!” said Kaisa Alanne, Director at the Finnish Association of the Deaf. “It is as if a new form of art was born.” She said that though she was deaf, she could feel some sounds vibrate through her body, and could sense the rhythm. Some deaf people can also feel high notes, she said.

Out into the world Saarinen saw a bright future for opera for the deaf. “We are an example of something that could be replicated elsewhere ... but we have just found it, we have to develop it.”

The audience agreed. “They created a new form of signing, an opera-type of signing,” said Ojala-Signell, who as a daughter of deaf parents says her native tongue is sign, though she can hear. “In the opera, the words of the songs were stretched, they had joined different signs together ... and their facial expressions were very rich as well.”

Barber said they chose to emphasize the aesthetic aspects even when it might have made understanding harder. “There are times when it is difficult to understand the signing, it requires concentration, and gradually the audience will get to understand it better,” she said.

No concrete plans for another production have been made yet, but the group is in talks with Ukraine’s deaf theater Raduka to produce William Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” next year, starring 16 signlanguage singers. Italy has shown interest in the project as well, Barber said. “But we got there first,” she said with a proud smile. Helsinki Reuters

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Next time you need to make the run between Ýstanbul and Ankara, let me make a suggestion. Set aside a few days, and instead of taking the high road (i.e., the quick but boring motorway), take the slow road, which runs southeast via Taraklý, Göynük and Beypazarý with, perhaps, a diversion to Mudurnu. If you do this you will not only pass through some exquisitely green and beautiful scenery, but also get the chance to explore a cluster of Safranbolu-esque old Ottoman towns that hardly anyone knows about. It's the sort of journey that could be completed in a day but which is so much more enjoyable when strung out over two or three.

Let's start with Taraklý, the little town "with a comb," so named because ever since the 17th century the locals have been carving combs, spoons and all manner of other wooden bric-a-brac here. It's a delightful light and open place centered on a square, which is framed by a small park and the Yusuf Paþa Camii (1517), an early Ottoman mosque with a portico, a central dome and a single minaret. Right beside it is the newly restored Ottoman Çakýrlar Konaðý, the closest Taraklý gets to a hotel (guests are encouraged to rent an entire floor rather than a single room and enquiries are handled at the petrol station on the road out to Göynük).

Taraklý's most revered resident was one Saim Özel, a renowned calligrapher who died as recently as 2005 and who is commemorated by a sign near the mosque. You can admire samples of his handiwork in the large building on the far side of the park which was once a school and now functions less as a museum than as a depository for odds and ends for which no one can find a use any more.

Not far from the old school you can also inspect the shattered remains of what was once a caravanserai on the old Silk Road to Baghdad. Here travelers from Ýstanbul would have put up for the night with their animals, while across the road was a depot where goods en route for the then capital could be stored. Apparently plans exist to completely renovate the building.

In the meantime you'll need a vivid imagination to re-populate it with spitting camels and their exhausted handlers.

Taraklý is a small town of just over 5,000 people, but its back streets are filled with once imposing Ottoman houses, many of them slowly being given the kiss of life again. Finest of all is the Fenerli Evi, which has a windowed lantern on the roof, a rare feature also to be seen on buildings in Kastamonu and Silifke. Not far from it you may stumble upon the remains of a hamam dating back to the 14th century. In its heyday this bathhouse was supplied with water from a nearby stream, which was dredged up by a waterwheel, long since vanished. You will also be able to stroll through the pretty streets of the Arasta (bazaar), which are lined with cute little wooden-framed shops where, should the mood take you, you will be able to stock up on painted wooden spoons.

Taraklý is clearly visible from the main road as you approach from Adapazarý. In contrast, Göynük, just 30 kilometers further east, sits so discreetly in the dip between two hills that it used to be called the "saklý kent (hidden town)." Like Birgi, Göynük is a delightful place, its pavements level, its streets lined with mature trees, and you'll probably catch yourself thinking "if only all Turkish towns could be like this." It's not

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that there are many specific sights to see.

Indeed, the closest the town gets to an actual "attraction" is the cute little Zafer Kulesi (Victory Tower), which perches on top of one of the hills and featured prominently in the 2001 film "Akrebin Yolculuðu" (The Scorpion's Journey).

Unlike most such structures, the Zafer Kulesi was not actually a clock tower, although it used to boast a bell which chimed the hours, thus permitting it to serve the same function. Instead, what makes Göynük such a pleasure to visit is its fine array of Ottoman mansions, most of them in a surprisingly decent state of repair. Of course there are also some modern buildings, but for once almost all of them are just two or three stories high and designed to blend in with the old housing stock.

Less surprisingly these days, a couple of the finer mansions have been converted into hotels. The Hacý Ali Paþa Konaðý feels rather like a bed and breakfast in someone's home, with a small café in the garden. Altogether more impressive is the Akþemsettinoðlu Konaðý (managed in tandem with the much simpler Göynük Oteli), which has taken a leaf from the Safranbolu book of Ottoman hotel design and boasts, on its top floor, a light, airy and enormous sitting room, as fine as any to be found in the better-known town.

The bedrooms, too, are charming, and the splendid breakfast is served at low tables, atmospherically alaturca.

The Akþemsettinoðlu Konaðý is so named because the owner's family is descended from a popular local holy man called Akþemsettin whose tomb can be seen beside the 14th century Gazi Süleyman Paþa Camii. Born in Damascus, Akþemsettin moved to Amasya where he studied languages and medicine, becoming one of the first people to explore the significance of germs. He became an associate of Haci Bayram-ý Veli, served as a teacher to Mehmet the Conqueror, and eventually moved to Göynük, where he died in 1459. He is buried inside a simple tomb with his two sons; his wife and daughters are interred outdoors. The mosque is currently under restoration, but work on repairing the adjacent hamam was completed in 2006. It's now back in business serving both men and women.

Try to time your visit to Göynük to include a Monday when there's a lively street market attended by women who travel in from the surrounding villages to sell their butter, yoghurt and triangular cheeses.

One and all wear checkered þalvar with red and white shawls, a uniform unique to this corner of Turkey.

With lots of time on your hands you could divert north to Mudurnu, another delightful, little-known Ottoman town.

Otherwise you should press on east via Nallýhan to Beypazarý, perhaps the best known of the three Ottoman settlements along this road. Beypazarý ("the Market of the Lord") has everything going for it: an atmospheric bazaar where you can buy locally made fabrics, fruit juices and carrot-flavored delights; a string of old wooden houses; a small museum which lets you see what such houses looked like inside; and several Ottoman-style hotels. It's the perfect place to stop the night before confronting the urban stresses of Ankara.

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WHERE TO STAY Akþemsettinoðlu Konaðý: (374) 451 6278 Çakýrlar Konaðý, Taraklý: (264) 491 2803 Doða Otel, Göynük: (374) 465 1269 Mevalar'ýn Konaðý, Beypazarý: (312) 762 3698 Hacý Abdullahlar Konaðý, Mudurnu: (374) 421 2284

HOW TO GET THERE Getting around this stretch of Turkey without a car is not easy. There are a few buses from Adapazarý to Taraklý, but from Taraklý to Göynük you will probably have to take a taxi. From Göynük there is one dolmuþ a day to Nallýhan, whence hourly midi buses travel to Ankara's small Etlik bus terminal (note: not AÞTÝ).

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (far right) met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan, the first Turkish leader to visit Iraq in nearly 20 years, on July 10.

Erdoðan’s ýcebreakýng výsýt to Baghdad SAMÝR SALHA*

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoðan's visit to Baghdad, which had been postponed several times for varying reasons, finally took place under extensive security measures. With the said visit, our government once again showed that the urgency of the external agenda should not be ignored despite the crammed domestic agenda.

The following are notable points regarding the lead up to the Baghdad visit, the visit itself and its aftermath: The possibility emerged that the security dimension will continue to be a focus, with a long discussion of details of the visit in both the National Security Council (MGK) and the meeting between Erdoðan and Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Ýlker Baþbuð.

The positive messages by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who commented: "The [Kurdistan Workers' Party] PKK should lay down its arms or leave northern Iraq immediately. Relations between Baghdad and Ankara should not be harmed by these kinds of incidents."

The statement by Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper: "Iraqi people will never transfer sovereignty to the US; we want Washington's influence lessened in our country and we will never grant privileges to the American administration."

The statement by Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Ahmad Salih, who said Iraq was waiting for Erdoðan's visit with excitement and hope.

Remarks by Sunni leader of the General Council for the People of Iraq Adnan al-Dulaimi, who underlined that the negotiations between Turkey and Iraq should add momentum to the bilateral relations between the two countries in political, security and economic terms, sending the message that the visit would be vibrant and multidimensional.

Following positive talks by State Minister for Foreign Trade Kürþad Tüzmen, who went to Baghdad to discuss issues including the doubling of trade volume between the two countries, allocation of greater shares in the agreements on the restructuring of Iraq to Turkish contractors and

restructuring of the Mersin-Baghdad highway project and the railway network between the two countries, the comments coming from Iraq were well-received in Ankara.

The remarks of Nouri al-Maliki noting that he would request support from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in modernizing the Iraqi army and that constructive steps would be taken to revive the security and strategic cooperation agreement -- which was signed by Ankara and Baghdad last year but later suspended by the Iraqi parliament because of the negative stance of the US and obstructions by Kurd leaders -- show that the security dimension of the visit will hold priority.

A will to overcome the deadlock in bilateral relations because of the mutual red lines that had been drawn, the constructive change in the political discourse of Iraqi President Talabani during his visit to Ankara last March and his moderate statements on the Turkish operation into northern Iraq were the major reasons behind the realization of the said visit.

In current times when the strategic cooperation agreement between the US and Iraq is being discussed, the Iraqi government has realized that this agreement, which is approached by the people with suspicion, may not be implemented without introducing protections for the sectarian and ethnic properties of the country and mutual guarantees for neighboring countries. The realization that the Baghdad administration's sovereignty may not be protected by the artificial walls constructed by the American army and that steps toward peace can only be effective through cooperation and dialogue with neighboring countries became obvious with the importance attached to Erdoðan's visit.

The increased tension because of the recent developments in northern Iraq and the allegations that Erdoðan's decision would harm the interests of some in Iraq and in the region should be taken seriously.

I think the issue that has become a matter of curiosity and constitutes the most important item on the agenda is Erdoðan's talks with the leaders of the northern Iraqi administration and how these talks will end. The praise by our prime minister, who said everything was going well in Iraq, and Kurdish administration Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's message that he was ready to head to Baghdad to join the meetings are the first concrete indicators that the ice is being broken between Turkey and northern Iraq.

To this end, the Kurdish leaders should set aside their harsh and rigid stances on the Iraqi constitution and the Kirkuk question and stick with the positive process that they started toward dialogue and cooperation for pursuit of a moderate resolution. This will become visible in the local elections to be held in October in Iraq.

The steps that should be taken in association with Erdoðan's one-day visit include: Both Turkey and the northern Iraqi administration should adopt a more lenient approach toward "tribal leader" and "Kurdish reality" equilibrium.

The successful operations by the TSK inside and outside of the country should have an influence on the new political developments that will take place.

The Baghdad central authority, Talabani and the northern Iraqi administration should take steps to ban the actions of terror organization members, maintain Turkey's border security and take concrete steps to eliminate the PKK. Ankara should consider initiation of direct talks with the regional administration led by Massoud Barzani, who holds control of northern Iraq.

Massoud Barzani should abandon his insistence on shutting down the Turkish military centers in northern Iraq.

The northern Iraqi administration, which has up until recently viewed Kirkuk as an internal problem of Iraq, lobbied for recognition of the legitimacy of the northern Iraqi entity by Turkey and needs to see this visit as a new start to resolving long-standing issues.

To this end, the said visit is an outcome of the balanced policy that our country has been pursuing since 2003 with regard to Iraq and will make great contributions to end the problems in Iraq and to stabilize the region. Once more it became evident that Turkey's policy vis-à-vis Iraq was realistic and accurate, proving wrong the criticisms that Turkey would have to make great compromises because of the said policy.

The remarks by Erdoðan noting in reference to the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) policy that important steps would be taken toward recognition of cultural rights in the Southeast, that the issue includes socio-economic, psychological and cultural aspects and that "we should take our steps by considering long-term, broad plans" should be recalled once again in connection with this visit. *Professor Samir Salha is an instructor at Kocaeli University.

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COPENHAGEN - When it comes to global warming, extreme scare stories abound. Al Gore, for example, famously claimed that a whopping six meters (20 feet) of sea-level rise would flood major cities around the world.

Gore's scientific advisor, Jim Hansen from NASA, has even topped his protégé. Hansen suggests there will eventually be sea-level rises of 24 meters (80 feet), with a six-meter rise happening just this century. Little wonder that fellow environmentalist Bill McKibben states that "we are engaging in a reckless drive-by drowning of much of the rest of the planet and much of the rest of creation."

Given all the warnings, here is a slightly inconvenient truth: Over the past two years, the global sea level hasn't increased. It has slightly decreased. Since 1992, satellites orbiting the planet have measured the global sea level every 10 days with an amazing degree of accuracy -- 3-4 millimeters (0.2 inches). For two years, sea levels have declined (All of the data are available at sealevel.colorado.edu.)

This doesn't mean that global warming is not true. As we emit more CO2, over time the temperature will moderately increase, causing the sea to warm and expand somewhat. Thus the sea-level rise is expected to pick up again. This is what the United Nations climate panel is telling us; the best models indicate a sea-level rise over this century of 18 to 59 centimeters (7-24 inches), with the typical estimate at 30 centimeters (one foot). This is not terrifying or even particularly scary -- 30 centimeters is how much the sea rose over the last 150 years.

Simply put, we're being force-fed vastly over-hyped scare stories.

Proclaiming six meters of sea-level rise over this century contradicts thousands of UN scientists and requires the sea-level rise to accelerate roughly 40-fold from today. Imagine how climate alarmists would play up the story if we actually saw an increase in the sea-level rise.

Increasingly, alarmists claim that we should not be allowed to hear such facts. In June, Hansen proclaimed that people who spread "disinformation" about global warming -- CEOs, politicians, in fact anyone who doesn't follow Hansen's narrow definition of the "truth" -should literally be tried for crimes against humanity.

It is depressing to see a scientist -- even a highly politicized one -- calling for a latter-day Inquisition. Such a blatant attempt to curtail scientific inquiry and stifle free speech seems inexcusable.

But it is perhaps also a symptom of a broader problem. It is hard to keep up the climate panic as reality diverges from the alarmist predictions more than ever before: The global temperature has not risen over the past 10 years, it has declined precipitously in the last year and a half and studies show that it might not rise again before the middle of the next decade. With a global recession looming and high oil and food prices undermining the living standards of the Western middle class, it is becoming ever harder to sell the high-cost, inefficient Kyoto-style solution of drastic carbon cuts.

A much sounder approach than Kyoto and its successor would be to invest more in research and development of zero-carbon energy technologies -- a cheaper, more effective way to truly solve the climate problem.

Hansen is not alone in trying to blame others for his message's becoming harder to sell. Canada's top environmentalist, David Suzuki, stated earlier this year that politicians "complicit in climate change" should be thrown in jail.

Campaigner Mark Lynas envisions Nuremberg-style "international criminal tribunals" against those who dare to challenge the climate dogma. Clearly, this column places me at risk of incarceration by Hansen & Co. But the globe's real problem is not a series of inconvenient facts.

It is that we have blocked out sensible solutions through an alarmist panic, leading to bad policies.

Consider one of the most significant steps taken to respond to climate change. Adopted because of the climate panic, bio-fuels were supposed to reduce CO2 emissions. Hansen described them as part of a "brighter future for the planet." But using bio-fuels to combat climate change must rate as one of the poorest global "solutions" to any great challenge in recent times.

Bio-fuels essentially take food from mouths and puts it into cars. The grain required to fill the tank of an SUV with ethanol is enough to feed one African for a year. Thirty percent of this year's corn production in the United States will be burned up on America's highways. This has been possible only through subsidies that globally will total $15 billion this year alone.

Because increased demand for bio-fuels leads to cutting down carbonrich forests, a 2008 Science study showed that the net effect of using them is not to cut CO2 emissions, but to double them. The rush toward bio-fuels has also strongly contributed to rising food prices, which have tipped another roughly 30 million people into starvation.

Because of climate panic, our attempts to mitigate climate change have provoked an unmitigated disaster. We will waste hundreds of billions of dollars, worsen global warming and dramatically increase starvation.

We have to stop being scared silly, stop pursuing stupid policies, and start investing in smart long-term R&D. Accusations of "crimes against humanity" must cease. Indeed, the real offense is the alarmism that closes minds to the best ways to respond to climate change.

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Today is the National Day of Commemoration in Ireland. Held on the Sunday closest to July 11, this day commemorates the anniversary of the truce signed in 1921 ending the Irish War of Independence. The day commemorates all Irish men and women who died in past wars or in service with the United Nations. The day is observed with both military and religious ceremonies. Recently the religious ceremonies have become multi-faith events.

On this day in 1927 Mimar Kemalettin Bey (b. 1870), the last great architect of Ottoman architecture and the first of Turkish national architecture, passed away.

Mimar Kemalettin served at several posts during the Ottoman era and not only created some of the last wonders of Ottoman architecture, but also educated many architects and construction engineers. By 1919 a Kemalettin school had been established within architectural circles. He served as the chief architect of the renovation activities of the British Mandate in the al-Aqsa

Today is the Feast of Kalimat in the Bahai faith. Bahais name the 19 months of their calendar with names of God and words with spiritual meanings. The month of Kalimat starts today in the evening and ends on the evening of July 31. The purpose of the feast is for Bahais to gather together to show hospitality and fellowship and become spiritually renewed for the coming month.

On this day in 1977, about 9 million people lost electricity in a blackout in the New York City metropolitan area. Over 3,000 people were arrested, mostly for looting, during the 25-hour power outage.

Today is the Night Watch Day in Finland and France. This is a half-day holiday before Bastille Day. The day is known in France as La Retraite aux Flambeaux, The Torchlight Procession.

Today is the first day of the three-day Bon Festival in East Japan. This is a Buddhist feast of lanterns during which the memory of the dead is honored. Some Buddhists believe that the souls of the dead revisit Earth

In 2028, when 3D holodecks are in every strip mall and we’ll be able to have games downloaded directly into our brains, we’ll look back wistfully on the hits of 2008. Wasn’t “Grand Theft Auto IV” quaint, we’ll muse. Aren’t our alien overlords much nicer than that nasty Locust Horde in “Gears of War 2”? That’s assuming that the games of today have the staying power of those we played 20 years ago. The legendary games of the 1970s and ‘80s have been subjected to frequent updates, which usually dilute the charm of the originals. Taito, however, has refurbished two of its biggest hits with some clever innovations that should please newcomers and old fans alike.

“Space Invaders Extreme” (Square Enix): Five rows of aliens are slowly approaching, and you have to destroy them with your laser cannon before they land. That’s the essence of “Space Invaders,” which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year with an electrifying revamp. The first thing fans will notice is that the bunkers, which you could hide your ship behind, are gone. There are far fewer enemies onscreen at any time. The levels zip by really quickly, and most players will be content to simply rest a thumb on the fire button and blast away. If you want to rack up high scores, though, you need to hit aliens of the same color consecutively. If you succeed, you’re blessed with more powerful weapons or shields. That simple addition adds some real juice -- and a lot of replay value -- to a time-tested formula. Three stars out of four.

“Arkanoid DS” (Square Enix): One of my favorite games of the ‘80s was Taito’s “Arkanoid,” a variation on Atari’s “Breakout,” in which the object was to destroy a cluster of blocks by bouncing a ball into them. “Arkanoid”

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“Space Invaders Extreme” innovated by adding power-ups that, for example, made your paddle longer, slowed down the ball or gave you lasers that you could use to shoot the blocks directly.

“Arkanoid DS” delivers 140 levels with increasingly difficult formations to eliminate. The major addition is a “quest” mode that lets you tackle any of the screens you’ve already completed but tacks on some restraints. You may be given a time limit, for instance, or be limited to hitting the ball a certain number of times. The “Arkanoid” makeover isn’t as radical as “Space Invaders Extreme,” but the core gameplay holds up. (Both games, by the way, allow multiplayer competition.) It’s a solid little portable time-killer that outclasses most newer puzzle games. Two-and-a-half stars.

“Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy” (Majesco): “Blast Works” doesn’t have the name recognition of the Taito titles, but it certainly has the look and feel of an oldschool arcade game. It’s essentially a side-scrolling shooter like “R-Type” or “Gradius.” It adds one brilliant gimmick: when you destroy an enemy, you can add its weapons to your vehicle. Enemies’ parts cling to your ship, sometimes awkwardly; if a gun is pointing up when it gets stuck, it will fire bullets upward. The package includes a basic editing program that lets you build your own levels. Other users will be creating new levels that you can download once you’re finished with the main game. “Blast Works” looks primitive, but it’s certainly original. Two-and-a-half stars. Washington AP

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For Andrew Heffler, Yankee Stadium is hallowed ground not just because baseball immortals such as Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle played there but because mere mortals like his father and grandfather took him there to see games.

One cherished memory was of Mantle hitting two homers into the third deck a few seats from where he and his dad sat in 1964, he said. Another was the 1991 Father’s Day gift of game tickets his children gave their granddad, who spoiled them with hot dogs, soda and Cracker Jacks. Heffler and other longtime Yankee fans who say outings at “The Stadium” are touchstones of family life now face a difficult decision: when the famous ballpark closes for good after this season, do they follow the Yanks to their new home across the street or cut their allegiance out of loyalty to family memories and traditions?

“What’s the difference between another team that wins and the New York Yankees? The New York Yankees play at Yankee Stadium,” Heffler said. “Players come and players go and the only tradition is the uniform and the place where you play,” he said. “This is the common bond throughout the generations.”

Heffler, a human resources manager from Scotch Plains, New Jersey, remembers how his grandfather, a Yankee fan since 1903, dropped the team flat in 1964 when it fired popular play-by-play man Mel Allen -- a key lesson he learned in personal loyalty.

When his father-in-law bought his son a New York Mets jacket, for instance, he made him take it back. A defection to the Yanks’ cross-town rivals “was not going to happen on my watch,” he said before a game last month. As the Major Leagues prepare for the July 15 all-star game being played at Yankee Stadium to honor its last year, work continues on a new $1.3-billion ballpark in the New York borough of the Bronx in time for next spring’s opening day.

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it will have monuments to the team’s greatest players. Yet the old stadium inspired more than personal ties. Its arched windows and limestone facade lent it an air of grandeur. Because of the Yankees’ consistent excellence, it became a metaphor for the American Century, a landmark of New York’s emergence in the 1920s among the world’s great cities and a focal point for the city’s social life.

When it opened in 1923, the stadium became known as “The House that Ruth Built” after the game’s biggest hero, Babe Ruth, a larger-than-life personality recognizable to the world. For the next eight decades, the Yanks were led by such names as Ruth and Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Mantle, Reggie Jackson and Derek Jeter. The stadium was the showplace for America’s national pastime as the Yanks hosted 37 World Series, winning 26.

It also hosted prize fights and three popes celebrated Mass there, the last in April by Pope Benedict. Critics say they will not miss the old stadium’s outmoded bathrooms and dingy confines. Others say its character was altered irretrievably by a 1970s renovation when the frieze was replaced with a replica atop the outfield bleachers, and the playing dimensions and seating capacity were reduced.

Yet even after the renovation, sports and cultural history continued to be made there. The team’s owner, George Steinbrenner, has long craved a new ballpark and threatened to move the club to Manhattan or New Jersey. The impatient owner, who fired managers frequently and dressed down players openly, complained in the 1990s that the stadium’s age and Bronx location suppressed ticket sales, often below two million a season. For the last several years the Yanks have hosted more than four million, tops in baseball.

It surely was not lost on Steinbrenner that most of the other teams were building beautiful new parks. Philip DePaolo is another lifelong fan who says outings with relatives to the stadium helped to define them as a family. Later, as an adult, he attended 30 games a year, he said. But now he is boycotting the team because it is abandoning the stadium.

Former world and Olympic champion Irina Privalova is back after almost eight years away from athletics, hoping to qualify for the Beijing Games. The Russian, who turns 40 in November, has not competed on the big stage since winning gold in the 400 meters hurdles at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After testing herself against some of the country’s top sprinters at a local meeting last month, Privalova has decided to try her luck at the July 17-20 national championships, setting her sights on her fourth Olympics. Privalova has chosen to go back to her first love -- the 100 meters.

She won the first of her four Olympic medals, a bronze, in the 100 and added a silver in the 4x100 relay at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

“Honestly, after all these years I still have the hunger to compete,” the mother of three children, Alexei, 20, Maria, six, and two-year-old Katya, told Reuters in an interview. “Although, my approach is a bit different now. Winning is no longer a matter of life and death. I don’t put any extra pressure on myself to win or get a medal,” she said.

“Competing is pure fun now. I just enjoy what I’m doing.” The Muscovite said her decision to turn back the clock had irked some of her younger rivals. “I do get that dirty look from time to time as if to say ‘What’s that old grandma doing here? Hasn’t she had enough already’?”

Privalova said she understood their feelings.

“They may feel that I’m taking their spot on the team,” she said. “Big-time sports is a very competitive, even cruel business, there’s no room for sentiment.” She said she also wanted to show that women could be successful at combining top-level sports and motherhood. “Of course, with three kids, it’s a big challenge.”

Key dates in the history of Yankee Stadium in New York Yankee Stadium, which will close after this season, hosted 37 World Series, with the Yanks winning 26. It also hosted prizefights and notable US football games.

Following are important dates in the stadium’s history: April 18, 1923: Yankee Stadium opens. Babe Ruth hits the stadium’s first home run.

October 1927: Ruth sets the then-record of 60 home runs and leads the famed “Murderers’ Row” to a World Series victory.

1928: Notre Dame Coach Knute Rockne invokes the memory of school football hero George Gipp, telling his players during halftime to “Win just one for the Gipper.” Notre Dame rallies to beat Army 12-6.

June 22, 1938: Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in the first round in defense of his heavyweight boxing title.

Schmeling, a German championed by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi government, had earlier knocked out Louis in a non-title bout.

Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson and Muhammad Ali all had at least one fight at the stadium.

July 4, 1939: The terminally ill Lou Gehrig gives a tearful farewell, saying he was “the luckiest man on the face of the earth,” after playing a then-record 2,130 consecutive games for the Yankees.

Oct. 8, 1956: Don Larsen pitches the only perfect game in World Series history, retiring every Brooklyn Dodgers batter in Game Five.

Dec. 28, 1958: The New York Giants lose to the Baltimore Colts 23-17 in overtime in the National Football League championship, in what is often referred to as “the greatest game ever played.”

Oct. 1, 1961: Yankee Roger Maris hits his 61st

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Oct. 4, 1965: Pope Paul VI celebrates Mass before 80,000.

On Oct. 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II celebrates Mass.

April 15, 1976: After a two-year renovation, the stadium reopens. The Yanks make it to the World Series for the first time since 1964 but are swept by the Cincinnati Reds.

Oct. 18, 1977: Reggie Jackson hits three home runs on three consecutive first pitches in Game Six against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yanks win the Series.

October 1998: Yanks win 114 regular season games and then sweep the San Diego Padres in the Series.

Sept. 23, 2001: A memorial service is held for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

April 20, 2008: Pope Benedict celebrates Mass before 57,000.

Sept. 21, 2008: Scheduled final regular season game.

Privalova’s husband and coach Vladimir Parashchyuk called her comeback a test of human potential. “Being the mother of three, I don’t think it has been done before, at least in athletics,” he said. Fanny Blankers-Koen, a 30year-old mother of two, won four gold medals, in the 100, 200, 80 meters hurdles and the 4x100 relay, at the 1948 London Olympics.

Being the world record holder in the high and long jump, the Dutchwoman could have won six but the Olympic rules at the time allowed women to compete in only four events. “I don’t think it’s a fair comparison,” Parashchyuk said.

“It was a long time ago. The competition is a lot tougher now, especially among women. For Irina, just making the Russian Olympic team would be like winning a medal.” Privalova rated her chance of competing in Beijing next month as a long shot.

“Just qualifying would feel like victory and winning an Olympic medal would simply be a miracle.”

She said the wear and tear of many years in the sport had taken their toll on her body. “I may have a young mind when it comes to competing but my body often feels like a 40-year-old,” she smiled.

“As you start serious training and want to push yourself to the limit, all these old injuries, little twinges, are suddenly coming back.

Staying injury-free is my biggest concern now.”

Knowing her determination and competitive spirit, not many would bet against her making it to the starting blocks in Beijing, however.

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The 2008 season marks the final season the Yankees will play in the stadium as they will move to a new Yankee Stadium nearby starting in 2009.

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In 2000, she won the Olympic gold in just her eighth hurdles race over 400 meters, taking a full second off her personal best to win the Sydney final against a strong field that included defending champion Deon Hemmings of Jamaica.

The Russian missed the next season after tearing knee ligaments, then took the following year off after giving birth to her second child in December 2001. She made a comeback, switching to the 800 meters, but it was short-lived as she could not find the stamina needed for the longer distance and failed to qualify for the 2004 Athens Games.

Privalova said she felt happier over the shorter distances.“The 100 meters is a glamour event in all of track and field. Besides I just love short sprints, the shorter the better,” said the Russian, who still holds the 60 meters world indoor record of 6.92 seconds, set 15 years ago in Madrid. Moscow Reuters

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Heartbeat irregularity in athletes appears benign A new study offers more evidence that the rapid heartbeat seen in many hard-training athletes is typically a benign side effect of physical conditioning. Elite athletes usually have lower-than-normal heart rates when at rest, but when they are active, some develop rapid heart rhythms known as ventricular tachyarrhythmias. New York, Reuters WWW.SUNDAYSZAMAN.COM SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2008

Peru doctors pull screws, nails from metal-eating man

when pain was accidental, brain circuits involved in the processing pain first-hand came into play.

Decety said these same areas have been shown to become active in studies in adults and are thought to be part of the empathy response.

"We can say children are like adults when they see people in pain," Decety said in a telephone interview.

But when the pain was intentionally inflicted, areas involved in social functioning and moral behavior also came into play.

These areas are involved in assessing threats, he said.

"The children were looking for a reason," Decety said. "If you watch someone being hurt, you want to know why."

Decety said many of the children asked whether the situation had been fair. "If you think about looking for a reason, this is more like caring for others," he said.

Decety said he hopes to use these results to better understand brain function in children who are aggressive or engage in anti-social behavior, such as bullying. Chicago Reuters

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When children see others in pain, their brains respond as if it were happening to them, US researchers said.

This response, which also has been shown in adults, suggests that normal school-age children may be naturally prone to empathy, they said.

"What it shows us is that we have this inborn capacity to resonate with the pain of others.

That's probably a very important step toward empathy," said Jean Decety of the University of Chicago, whose study appears in the journal Neuropsychologia.

For the study, the researchers showed 17 children aged 7 to 12 animated images of people experiencing pain while they were undergoing a type of imaging known as functional magnetic resonance imaging or fMRI. The series of images depicted accidents, such as a heavy bowl falling on a pair of hands, and situations in which pain was inflicted on purpose, such as someone slamming a car door on a person's hand. They also were shown images without painful encounters. The study showed that

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Doctors in a coastal town in northwestern Peru have rescued the innards of a 38-year-old man by removing 17 metal objects -- among them nails, a watch clasp and a knife -that he ate. Luis Zarate was taken to the regional hospital of Trujillo earlier this week by his family after complaining of sharp stomach pains. Doctors took X-rays of his chest that showed his insides littered with screws. "There were 17 strange objects found at the level of his stomach and colon," said Dr. Julio Acevedo, one of the surgeons who operated on Zarate. The black-and-white scans showed Zarate's skeleton interlaced with things like bolts, barbed-wire and pens. "The objects had caused the stomach to expand," said Acevedo. Doctors said Zarate was mentally ill but it was not clear why he ate the metal. Lima Reuters

Dog meat off the menu during Beijing Olympics Canine cuisine is being sent to the doghouse during next month's Beijing Olympic Games. Dog meat has been struck from the menus of officially designated Olympic restaurants, and Beijing tourism officials are telling other outlets to discourage consumers from ordering dishes made from dogs, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Waiters and waitresses should "patiently" suggest other options to diners who order dog, it said, quoting city tourism bureau Vice Director Xiong Yumei. Dog, known in Chinese as "xiangrou," or "fragrant meat," is eaten by some Chinese for its purported healthgiving qualities. Beijing isn't the first Olympic host to slap a ban on the dish. South Korea banned dog meat during the 1988 Seoul Olympics by invoking a law prohibiting the sale of "foods deemed unsightly." After the Olympics, the ban was not strictly enforced. Dog meat is also eaten in some other Asian countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos. Beijing AP

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