Lebanese troops opened fire Thursday on Isreali warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, but no hits were reported. Israeli warplanes frequently fly over Lebanese airaspace in what Israel says are reconnaissance missions, but this was the first time the Lebanese army has fired on the aircraft since an August 14,2006, ceasefire ended a monthlong war […]
Plane crash
17/09/07 By Roger J Duyong PHUKET, Thailand: A budget airliner crashed while trying to land in lashing rain on the resort island of Phuket Sunday, exploding into flames killing at least 88 passengers. Main newspapers in the region reported that flight manifest at the Phuket airport suggested that more than half of the 123 passengers […]
Part 3: el Camino de Santiago
LARRY Chapter 2 We left the house at 6:45 AM. The drive to El Paso is through the high desert and to the East. The sunrise was magnificent and I hoped it was an omen of good things to come. I only wished that I hadn’t packed my camera, it would have made a great […]
: Part 2 el Camino de Santiago
JAMES Camino – Day 3 Buenos dias amigos! Today’s stage took us from the historic city of Pamplona to the historic town of P……… To be fair, pretty much everything on the Camino involves going from one historic place to another, so not too much should be read into this. This day was the first […]
Case of the missing writer
NO! This is not a newly discovered Perry Mason mystery novel! It’s a real life mystery, as baffling today as it was 70-odd years ago. December 4, 1926: Early in the morning, a teenaged gypsy was wandering around a popular "Lovers’ Meet", near a lake known as Silent Pool in rural England. He found a […]
A trip to Caracas, Venezuela
The plane flew through the thick white Caribbean clouds with relative ease as it approached the green hills that adorn the coast of Venezuela. I look out the window as the plane begins to make its descent into Aeropuerto Internacional Simon Bolivar (or Maiquetia as its commonly referred to). It’s been two years since I […]
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