Archive for September, 2008

Property in Morocco: Medina madness

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

If you don’t watch out, your restored riad could end up with hot-flushing loos and cold showers, writes Zoe Dare Hall lThere is no shortage of people wanting to take your money in Marrakech - and that includes …

Fort Riley has ceremony for brigade going to Iraq

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Another brigade of soldiers from Fort Riley is heading to Iraq.The northeast Kansas Army post is having a ceremony marking the deployment of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division.

Olmert says peace requires Israeli withdrawals

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Top Story Headlines US ex-astronaut’s son to be next space tourist Richard Garriott will become the first child of an American astronaut to travel to space when he takes his seat aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket …

Car bomb at Damascus shrine kills 17 in deadliest attack in Syria for years

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A CAR bomb killed 17 people and left at least 14 more wounded in Damascus , in the deadliest such attack in the Syrian capital in decades.

Lebanon, Syria blame attacks on militants

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Lebanese and Syrian authorities yesterday each placed blame for recent bombings on Islamic militants tied to Al Qaeda and probably based in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

Afghans use Saudi Arabia to broker peace with Taliban

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Afghanistan’s government signalled it was open to a deal with the Taliban as President Hamid Karzai revealed he had used Saudi Arabian envoys to relay messages of peace.

US official: Somali pirates had shootout on ship - AP

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Disagreements between Somali pirates holding a Ukrainian ship laden with tanks and heavy weapons escalated into a shootout and three pirates are believed dead, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday.

Iraqi police: Car bomb in Baghdad kills 3

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

A parked car bomb targeted a restaurant in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three people and injuring eight others.

Freed hostages recount chaotic release in Sahara

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

CAIRO, Egypt - A European tour group kidnapped in the Sahara Desert was abruptly freed after a phone call to one of the captors, and all 19 hostages piled into a single car, some clinging to the roof as they …

TDSH plans flu shot clinics

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Influenza season is nearing and the Texas Department of State Health services would like to let the community know of upcoming flu clinics: * Oct.