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As a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, Rod Nordland learned to expect many dangers, but a brain tumour wasn’t one of them

Rod Norland on 20 November 2016, looking at old Istanbul city from Galata Tower. Two months later he was denied entry to Turkey without being given any explanation. [Getty Images]
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