Most of this story is about plans, and hopes and dreams. But the actual news is interesting, especially for the men who fought in and around that terrain in the Vietnam War.
Turks Jail Plotters
Jul 6th, 2008
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted party has been locked in a power struggle with secular groups supported by the military and other state institutions, including the judiciary.
Hidden Dangers in india
Aug 13th, 2007
India is another country made up of a variety of peoples welded together by a European colonial power. Despite the major PR blitz of the last decade, it, too, threatens to fall apart. Here’s a story about one of the many cracks.
BBC
More than 15 years ago, Tombi studied advertising in Delhi. These days, he is [...]
You Cannot Escape
Nov 10th, 2006
You cannot escape the tax man. Especially in India.
Swedes Under Attack
Sep 13th, 2006
From “The Local”, which bills itself as “Sweden’s News in English”
Brit Police Outlaw Playing
Aug 1st, 2006
One after another, we’re seeing stories from Old Blighty about truly nonsensical rulings and actions, and this appears to be one.
BBC
A group of youngsters have fallen foul of the law for playing hopscotch.
West Midlands Police community support officers asked parents in Spring Street in Halesowen to remove chalk markings after complaints about them.
Several children were [...]
Princess Pats Embed
Jul 12th, 2006
Here’s a nice story by a Canadian embed with the Princess Pats.
Liberian Warlord Arrested in the North Shore
Jul 11th, 2006
A former Liberian warlord accused of atrocities against civilians was found living a modest life along America’s North Shore and arrested today.
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The Bleeding Heart of Africa – the Congo
Oct 29th, 2008
The humanitarian catastrophe in the eastern Congo seems to be reaching a climax, one of the many over the last fifty years.
The Congolese Army has fled from a rebel advance. The UN is using what forces it has, including helicopter gunships, to slow the rebels, Tutsis.
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