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Political Assassinations in Paris

The pointblank murder of Kurdish activist Sakine Cansiz in Paris last week has called into question whether it’s the PKK or Turkish hit squads who deserve to be brandished as terrorist organizations. Cansiz was killed along with two other female activists at a Kurdish information center in Paris on Thursday, in an attack the French authorities called an execution. The news of the deaths has outraged Kurds, who claim the killings were political assassinations.

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Ice Capades in Turkey

A hockey match turns into a no-holds-barred melee in Erzurum, Turkey. Alongside these young Turks, the NHL players are just pussycats. H/T Blazing Cat Fur

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The Next Breakout Nations

Ruchir Sharma, head of the Emerging Markets Equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, says China, Brazil, Russia and South Africa might have reached a plateau in growth, and that India has no more than a 50 percent chance of sustaining its good performance. So which countries will become breakout nations, maintaining high growth or exceeding expectations in the coming years?

Sharma identifies four prospects — Turkey and Indonesia, two Muslim democracies, have strong credentials to become the next breakout nations. And in Europe, he sees the top two candidates as being Poland and the Czech Republic. He projects a mixed outlook for the United States, saying innovation and entrepreneurship could help the nation to beat expectations, but we have pressing current problems that demand attention. H/T CATO Institute

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The Price of Sex

Bulgarian filmmaker Mimi Chakarova has spent a decade and traveled to nine countries researching and shooting her documentary The Price of Sex, following the trails of destitute Eastern European women duped into serving as prostitutes in the Middle East and Europe. Here are two excerpts, featuring interviews with women held hostage at brothels in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

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Death Be Not Proud

Quite possibly the worst movie death scene ever from the 1974 Turkish actioner Kareteci Kiz or Karate Girl. H/T The Clearly Dope

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