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Wars, religion and football: five faces of Erdogan
Wars, religion and football: five faces of Erdogan
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Abhorred and adored, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been compared to sultans and pharaohs while stamping his outsized personality and domineering style on Turkey over 20 years. In the secular Turkey created by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Erdogan attended one of the first religious public schools, combining studies of the Koran with other subjects.

Airlines, unions in rare unity on US pilot diversity drive
Airlines, unions in rare unity on US pilot diversity drive
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Airlines and unions disagree on many aspects relating to today's tight labor market, but concur on at least one thing: the need to diversify the pilot workforce pool. The alignment stood out because Ambrosi and Black disagreed about key elements in today's employment market, including whether a pilot shortage exists.

Buffett faults US government handling of banking crisis
Buffett faults US government handling of banking crisis
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Investment tycoon Warren Buffett said Saturday that messaging from the US government over the regional banking crisis had been "poor," suggesting that is why confidence has not returned among consumers. Four regional banks have been caught up in crisis since the beginning of March in the United States, three of them subsequently taken over by other institutions with the help of authorities.