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Turkey's constitutional referendum Can Erdogan pull it off? Turkey prepares to vote on a constitutional-reform package that pits the government against the generals Sep 9th 2010 | ankara and Istanbul SALIH SEZGIN, a Kurd, was in Diyarbakir prison when Turkey’s generals seized power in 1980. “After the coup I was forced to eat my own shit and repeatedly raped with a truncheon,” he recalls. ..

Lexington 9/11 plus nine Barack Obama’s expected advantages are turning into handicaps in the war on terrorism Sep 9th 2010 EVERY September 11th America mourns the people al-Qaeda murdered in the atrocities of 2001. And every year the anniversary compels an assessment of how the “war on terror” is faring. After a year that saw a successful terrorist attack and two near-misses on American s..

I PREFER not to reward people for doing crazy, foolish things to get in the news, but the people who run most news outlets disagree with me, probably because the public at large does too. And since the public likes to read news about people who do foolish, crazy things to get in the news, the news is often dominated by people doing crazy, foolish things. Sometimes this leaves me feeling stuck; ..

Sep 5th 2010, 15:19 by J.P. | LONDON WHEN a prominent man (or woman) of faith asserts the existence of God, nobody takes notice. But whenever a prominent scientist raises the opposite prospect, all hell is sure to break loose. The latest furore was provoked by Stephen Hawking, one of Britain's best known scientists and a likely future recipient of the Nobel prize in physics (if, as expected, his..

Carter wins release of American from North Korea By the CNN Wire Staff August 27, 2010 -- Updated 0606 GMT (1406 HKT) Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to arrive in the United States Friday with a U.S. citizen who was imprisoned in North Korea after entering it illegally in January, the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, said. The communist nation sentenced the ..

Corporate psychology How to tell when your boss is lying It's not just that his lips are moving Aug 19th 2010 “ASSHOLE!” That was what Jeff Skilling, the boss of Enron, called an investor who challenged his rosy account of his firm’s financial health. Other bosses usually give less obvious clues that they are lying. Happily, a new study reveals what those clues are. David Larcker and Anast..

Coffee, concentrate Aug 13th 2010, 4:45 by G.F. | SEATTLE THE regular hiss of the espresso machine turning grounds into gold isn't all that distracts you at a coffeeshop. Internet access and power outlets available in most cafés in the developed world might sap your productivity as much as it beefs it up. Most independent and small chain coffeeshops have had a long-running battle between offer..

By Liz Hull Last updated at 12:46 PM on 12th August 2010 Female bosses were seen as more temperamental and more likely to get caught up in petty office politics They are hormonal, incapable of leaving their personal lives at home and only too happy to talk about their staff behind their backs. Female bosses are a nightmare to work for, a survey of employees concludes. And it is not just men who..

Strategic jousting between China and America Testing the waters Tensions rise over efforts to create a new Chinese lake Jul 29th 2010 | BEIJING, SEOUL AND TOKYO ON THE face of things, North Korea was supposed to quiver at the presence of a powerful American aircraft-carrier, the USS George Washington, at the head of a fleet of American and South Korean warships off the south-east coast of the Ko..

Wealth, poverty and compassion The rich are different from you and me They are more selfish Jul 29th 2010 LIFE at the bottom is nasty, brutish and short. For this reason, heartless folk might assume that people in the lower social classes will be more self-interested and less inclined to consider the welfare of others than upper-class individuals, who can afford a certain noblesse oblige. A rece..