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Cock and (Istan) bull storyAbout this time last year you might recall me bringing you news of CBoT's most intrepid managing director, Cathy Lyall, and her unfortunate mishaps while endeavouring to attend the AFM conference in Bucharest (for those with short memories, she was detained at the Romanian border due to a visa issue and then had a short and unplanned trip to Bulgaria as the main upshot of being deported). Well, the story doesn't end there alas, as my spy at this year's AFM event in exotic Istanbul told me that Lyall encountered yet more immigration-related problems. Arriving happily at the head of...