Contributor ReportsTwo new swine flu deaths
Posted by: chenqi
Ankara :: Turkey | updated Fri Dec 04 16:33:55 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Following the Health Ministry’s announcement Thursday of 241 dead from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, two more people have succumbed to the global epidemic. Esra Koç, 28, in the Marmara province of Kocaeli, and Şermin Akgül, 53,...
ReachFrustrated With West, Turks Revel in Empire Lost
Source: International Herald Tribune
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated Fri Dec 04 06:13:47 -0800 2009 | political-news
More than eight decades ago, Ertugrul Osman, the oldest heir to the Ottoman throne, was unceremoniously thrown out of Turkey with his family. He lived to 97, spending most of years in a modest Manhattan apartment above a bakery. But...
CAT for 5,000 students rescheduled
Source: Rediff
Çat :: Turkey | updated Fri Dec 04 01:04:21 -0800 2009 | technology-news
It needs to rework dates for the remaining 3,000 students as these students have their semester exams to write," said a professor from one of the IIMs. This could mean that the days for CAT could get extended beyond December...
More Turkish troops sought
Source: The Frontier Post
Ankara :: Turkey | updated Thu Dec 03 12:06:20 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The United States has urged Turkey to send more troops to the war in Afghanistan after President Barack Obama announced his decision to begin a troop surge there...Ambassador to Turkey James Jeffrey and was broadcast by CNN Turk on Wednesday....
Turkish court deliberates Kurdish party ban
Source: The Daily Star
Ankara :: Turkey | updated Thu Dec 03 14:26:09 -0800 2009 | disasters
Turkey’s constitutional court will begin final deliberations next week on whether to outlaw the country’s main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels. The court said on its website it would convene Tuesday to decide the fate of the...
Turkey: Minister says Muslims should 'empty' Swiss accounts
Source: AKI
Ankara :: Turkey | updated Wed Dec 02 23:10:04 -0800 2009 | political-news
Muslims should consider withdrawing their money from Swiss bank accounts in response to the country's ban on construction of minarets, a Turkish minister said. "I am certain this (vote) will prompt our brothers from Muslim countries who keep their money...
IIMs nearly dumped computerised CAT...
Source: Rediff
Çat :: Turkey | updated Wed Dec 02 23:20:39 -0800 2009 | political-news
At least three IIM professors that Business Standard spoke to, confirmed that a discussion had taken place regarding doing away with the computer-based test and reverting to the paper-pencil model for this year. Ever since CAT began on a disastrous...
Govt: Who's responsible for the CAT fiasco?
Source: Rediff
Çat :: Turkey | updated Tue Dec 01 19:40:24 -0800 2009 | technology-news
Yesterday, the HRD ministry sought a report from the Convener of CAT Satish Deodhar on the disruption of the test conducted by American firm Prometric. Nearly 2.41 lakh candidates are to appear for the exam, in order to secure admission...
CAT paper test on table
Source: Telegraph India
Çat :: Turkey | updated Tue Dec 01 19:52:58 -0800 2009 | technology-news
6 AM Sunset : 4:47 PM Today Mainly clear sky...The Indian Institutes of Management are considering a proposal to scrap the computerised Common Admission Test (CAT) midway and resurrect the pen-and-paper examination to select students afresh for the coming academic...
IIMA names viruses that caused CAT chaos
Source: Times of India
Çat :: Turkey | updated Mon Nov 30 20:14:12 -0800 2009 | technology-news
The trouble with the computer-aided CAT exam was diagnosed as ‘Conflicer’ and ‘W32 Nimda’, the two viruses that attacked the system display of the test, causing it to slow it down. Efforts are now on to quarantine the systems from...
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