The Turbans

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File - A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle lands at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 12, 2015. Six F-15E’s deployed to Incirlik from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath, England, to conduct missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Turkish Bombing In Syria Threatens Wider War

Edit GlobalResearch 22 Oct 2016

The threat of the US military intervention in Iraq and Syria erupting into a far wider war has increased sharply in the wake of a series of Turkish air strikes against Syrian Kurdish militia forces that are aligned with Washington.… ... ....

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a speech during a campaign event, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, in Gettysburg, Pa.

Trump: Clinton 'running against all of the American people'

Edit CNN 22 Oct 2016

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday ratcheted up his attacks on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, accusing her of "running against all of the American people ." ... And she's running against all of the American people and all of the American voters," the Republican nominee said Saturday, 10 minutes into a speech billed by his senior aides as his "closing argument" in the presidential race....

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File - The front entrance of Kilby Correctional Facility located in Mt. Meigs, Alabama.

Inside America's biggest prison strike: 'The 13th amendment didn't end slavery'

Edit The Guardian 22 Oct 2016

Tens of thousands of prisoners across the country withheld their labor – for which they are paid as little as 17 cents an hour – in support of inmates’ rights ... Richard Castillo has not yet been convicted of the crime – evading police in a vehicle – of which he stands accused ... Another inmate who joined the strike was Tony ... Tony described himself as “part of the prison resistance movement” ... This claim was directly contradicted by the IWOC....

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Iraqi troops guard a checkpoint near the village of Awsaja, Iraq, as smoke from fires lit by Islamic State militants at oil wells and a sulfur plant fills the air on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016.

Nearly 1,000 people treated for breathing problems in Mosul

Edit The Irish Times 22 Oct 2016

Nearly 1,000 people have been treated for breathing problems linked to toxic gases from a sulphur plant which Islamic State militants are suspected to have set on fire near the city of Mosul, hospital sources said on Saturday. No deaths were reported in connection with the incident, said the sources at the hospital in Qayyara, a town south of Mosul. The first cases began arriving on Friday morning, they said....

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The homemade political advertising on a bicycle outside the Los Angeles Central Library three days before the 2008 presidential primary.

New Bicycle Lock Fights Thieves By Making Them Sick

Edit WorldNews.com 21 Oct 2016

entrepreneur Daniel Idzkowski and Swiss-born engineer Yves Perrenoud are behind the project. They appealed for a crowdfunding investment of $20,000 to turn the lock from an ambitious – if smelly – idea into a viable commercial product.The SkunkLock was born after a friend of Idzjowski's had his bike stolen in spite of its strong lock ... Unfortunately, we learned this the hard way."....

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Kartik 'excited' to sport turban in 'Atithii Iin London'

Edit Newstrack India 22 Oct 2016

The "Pyaar Ka Punchnama" fame actor said that he had a senior Sikh man from London, who helped him with the turban for the film, which is a sequel of the 2010 film "Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?" ... from London helps me with the turban....

There's something 'Sikh' about Kartik Aaryan

Edit The Times of India 22 Oct 2016

And Kartik who plays a Sikh for some scenes is making sure that he gets the look right ... "I was surprised when I read the script and learnt that certain scenes required me to wear a turban. But it was great filming in a gurudwara there.It felt like home even on foreign soil," reminisces the 27-year-old actor, adding that an NRI Sikh gentleman helps him tie the turban every day before shooting commences ... Omkar Kapoor during the promotion....

Man on mission to save smallest community

Edit The Times of India 22 Oct 2016

He is on a mission to search followers of Mandaeans, a community which follows Mandaeism, religious tradition of John the Baptist ... In a chat with TOI, Prof Nasoraia said his mission is to find followers across the world. The three-day conference concluded on Friday ... Dressed in a plain white shirt, white trousers and a turban to match, Prof Nasoraia stood out in the gathering at the conference ... From around the web....

PM leads accolades as India celebrate Kabaddi World Cup triumph

Edit The Times of India 22 Oct 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the accolades for the Indian kabaddi team after it triumphed in the 2016 World Cup, its third in a row, on the back of a memorable second-half fightback against Iran on Saturday ... The country was prompt to react to the triumph. Congratulations to Indian team for winning the Kabaddi World Cup. The team showed exceptional skills, grit & determination....

'31st October': A cathartic experience (IANS Review, Rating: **1/2)

Edit Newstrack India 22 Oct 2016

This film pays tribute to the Sikhs killed after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984 and those Hindus who helped some Sikhs survive the aftermath of the fanatics' wrath ... With a beard and a turban, actor Vir as the do-gooder, Delhi Electric Supply Undertaking employee with a low blood-pressure problem is sincere in his portrayal of Davinder Singh ... The sepia tone frames add to the charm....

Watch: This is the first drone footage of suicide attack released by Taliban

Edit DNA India 22 Oct 2016

An Afghan government official said the video posted online appeared to be authentic. The use of video taken by a drone is unusual for the Taliban but more common among the more media-savvy Islamist groups fighting in Iraq and Syria ... "This is the happiest moment of my life," the man says, dressed in a black turban and white tunic ... Later, a drone-mounted camera silently films the Humvee speeding towards a compound....

Trump campaign mailer features man, misidentifies him as Muslim supporter

Edit AOL 21 Oct 2016

(WTTV) – A Trump campaign mailer circulating throughout the U.S ... Gurinder Singh Khalsa, 44, emigrated to the U.S ... Khalsa is in the very top left hand corner of the flier pictured wearing a red, white and blue turban under the caption "Muslims." ... "For many Americans, the sight of a beard and turban conjures images of Osama Bin Laden and Islamic terrorist," said Khalsa....

Cancer Society to teach makeup techniques for cancer patients

Edit Springfield News-Sun 21 Oct 2016

The American Cancer Society is holding a Look Good, Feel Better facilitator training class for licensed cosmetologists and aestheticians from 10 a.m ... 24 at the Springfield Regional Cancer Center, 148 W ... During the sessions, ......

In the West Bank, Samaritans provide a sanctuary

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 21 Oct 2016

The 81-year-old high priest with a white turban and white beard chatted about Islam and the Samaritan religion as his Palestinian employees held up their phones to photograph the concentric circles of pomegranates and greenish-yellow lemons accented by a stripe of citrons, a fruit associated with the holiday....

31st October Review: The film tells you nothing you don't already know

Edit DNA India 21 Oct 2016

The movie neither serves as a grim yet unforgettable reminder of the day some men became monsters or offers hope that history won't repeat itself ... The day a Prime Minister was shot down in cold blood by her bodyguards. The day rioters made Delhi burn. The day a community feared for its lives, its identity and its soul ... Because there were crazed people in the streets killing and maiming anyone in a turban ... The lead pair make you yawn....

'31st October': Opens up wounds that never healed

Edit Newstrack India 21 Oct 2016

I was very young on the day Indira Gandhi died ... Made on a meagre budget, "31st October" is a big-hearted attempt to bring us the ghastly incidents on that fateful day through the eyes of a traumatised Sikh couple, played with reassuring sincerity by Vir Das (very convincing in his turban) and Soha Ali Khan (whose Punjabi accent makes a guest appearance at the start and then vanishes as we go along) ... That day it was the Sikhs....

'31 October': Opens up wounds that never healed (Movie Review, Rating: ***)

Edit Newstrack India 21 Oct 2016

I was very young on the day Mrs Indira Gandhi died ... Made on a meager budget, "31 October" is a big-hearted attempt to bring us the ghastly incidents on that fateful day through the eyes of a traumatized Sikh couple, played with reassuring sincerity by Vir Das(very convincing in his turban) and Soha Ali Khan(whose Punjabi accent makes a guest appearance at the start and then vanishes as we go along) ... That day it was the Sikhs....

9 Life lessons from the book 'My Dog, My Guru'

Edit The Times of India 21 Oct 2016

It's an idea that now finds the support of Frenchman Gilles Moutounet ... The bandhani turban and John Lennon eyeglasses that Skottï sports on the cover of the book are missing today, but on his head is a perfectly round brown spot a `guru's tilak' as Moutounet calls it and he's wearing his best smile, an expression that radiates genuine, heartfelt joy ... Take a break from the rat race ... Dogs are happy because they live in the now....

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