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 […]
The Pride and Passion of a Manhunter
She is compact, with a shock of white hair and darting eyes that give more than a hint of the passions within the wrapping of the practice of law and its dry lexicon. Carla Del Ponte, the world’s most powerful criminal lawyer, has been chief prosecutor of the international criminal tribunals for the former Yugoslavia […]
Pakistan court upholds Musharraf election victory
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday rubber-stamped President Pervez Musharraf’s contested re-election victory in October, after he purged the court of hostile judges. "Five petitions have been dismissed. One is pending and it will be heard on Thursday," the Attorney General, Malik Qayyum, told Reuters. The five dismissed petitions were regarded as the main challenges, lawyers […]
Musharraf shuts down Geo TV
ISLAMABAD: GEO TV, Pakistan’s premier Urdu news channel, also seen round the world as the main source of news and current affairs, was shut down at 1 a.m. Pakistan time (12 midnight Dubai time) after President Pervez Musharraf put tremendous pressure to silence a media outlet which had refused to bow down to his dictates. […]
Malasia Plans to develop Islamic car
Malaysia plans to team up with Iran and Turkey to develop the world’s first "Islamic" car, Malaysia’s Bernama news agency reports. The car will incorporate features such as a compass to determine the direction of Mecca for prayers as well as compartments for storing the Koran and headscarves. "We will identify a car that we […]