Avoiding in-flight “are we there yet?” By Richard Davis It’s often said that flying is one of the safest forms of travel. That may be true but it certainly isn’t the most pleasant, especially in this post-9/11 era of poverty-stricken airlines. Add kids and summer crowds to the picture, and you may be tempted to […]
Cheyenne – a story from the Great Plain -part 2
The Cheyenne Indians are one of the most notable of the western tribes who inhabited the Great Plains, the open country lying west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. They were famous among early travelers for chastity of their women and the courage of their warriors, in later years, when everything […]
Touched Down
Sunita Williams came back on Earth after setting a record of staying in space for 195 days. The space craft Atlantis landed safely on 23 June 07, with all the 7 Astronauts including Sunita. Sunita is of Indian origin, her father(Deepak Pandya) is from Gujrat (a western state of India) and her Husband is American. […]
Latin America:the invisible people
A very glossy presentation from the Miami Hearld on African Latin Americans The descendants of Africans living in Central and South America have for the most part lived the past 400 years as invisible people as this video shows. A couple of years ago I wrote about a meeting I attended of mainly African Latino […]
Two people are killed in Kohat district of NWFP Pakistan
Noman son of Adil resident of Sheikhan village of Kohat is killed, his father Mr. Adil in his first information report registered in police station Jungle Khel Kohat district of NWFP Pakistan, has mentioned that yesterday night around eight o’clock, accused Iqbal son of Younus and accused Afnan son of Ajab Gul have opened […]
Suu Kyi’s 62nd birthday marked as Burmese Women’s Day
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi turned 62 on Tuesday while being under house arrest. Such a notable day that not only did hundreds of Suu Kyi’s supporters stand at National League for Democracy (NLD) party headquarters demanding her freedom, but this her fifth consecutive birthday spent under house detention also marked as “Burmese […]
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