Amid the rabble of Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Italians we trundled our bicycles across the gang-plank, which for us was the threshold of Asia, the beginning of an inland journey of seven thousand miles from the Bosporus to the Pacific.

Gold traded at $909.00 an ounce, up 0.2 percent from New York's notional close of $906.65 on Wednesday.

However, the posttherapy scans frequently reveal diffuse I-131 uptake in the liver.

Shuffling his feet in the sand, head bowed low, Joseph stopped at the paanwallah for tea.