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"this is diyarbakir," he said. "you're not in istanbul anymore."


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heading east.


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Ahoy faithful readers!


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The Iraqi animal market is an unregulated 'black' market through which many endangered species can be viewed and bought. Markets may be attended by people who go simply to view rare species they would otherwise not see, or to purchase animals despite having dangerously insufficient knowledge of how to care for them, such as crocodiles, snakes or ( Read more... )

with his australian passenger in the grips of fear paralysis & showing no signs of budging from the truck, the driver has no idea what to do with me. "i'm sorry!" he says. "i not go to prague. me - poland ( Read more... )

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& what is it about the place? Is it just some kind of exoticism that has me captive? & is it utterly, lamentably unethical to chase these feelings over the plains of Turkey & in to Iraq, the one Dubya saw fit to pull from the burning wreckage for his own ends? & sign up for a fucking non-profit? Dunno, but I'm struck with the irresistable notion, ( Read more... )

Candy: from Old French sucre candi, via Arabic قند qandi "candied," derived from Persian قند qand, meaning "sugar." Probably ultimately derived from Sanskrit खुड् khanda sugar.Other words that come from Persian ( Read more... )

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