the bit about the russian pilots and
the planes carrying guns..reminded me of this excellent book,
by Philip Caputo:
Acts of Faith
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375411666
Its a work of fiction but with very
real parallels, set in the (now newly independent) state of
South Sudan
On Fri August 18 2006 9:05 am, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
unmarked typically means it is not an official police car - it doesnt
have the usual shield / star etc decals and fixed light that mark a
regular police cruiser
This is what is incredible about the story. Most cars one sees are
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Every year, 1.5 million women attempt to take their own lives, and a
further 150,000 succeed in doing so.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/5086754.stm
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On Fri August 18 2006 3:07 pm, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote:
Every year, 1.5 million women attempt to take their own lives, and a
further 150,000 succeed in doing so.
Strange sentence construct, although when I think about it, it probably isn't
wrong. Only weird.
Reminds me of a man who
On 8/18/06, ashok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
what has now become an annual occurence is a statement by either
the gov. of uganda or kenya stating that they are going to build this
huge canal scheme using the bounties of lake victoria..., and the
egyptians immediately declare that it is an act of
I read excerpts from it, which were serialized in
the local newspapers.
It is a book tainted with propaganda, but is not badly
written and the
parts about the failed 1982 Airforce coup and his
subsequent
incarceration and torture (which were serialized)
are very interesting
at the very least
