Friday, April 20, 2007

coming to peoria, 9/11 Hero: William Rodriguez

much has been wrtten about william rodriguez, the last man pulled from under the ruble of north tower. here he is in his own words.

http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=4380137365 762802294

he will be at lakeview museum in person - sunday, april 22, at 2 pm

Monday, April 16, 2007

pakistan at the crossroads

Pakistan at the crossroads
by Abid Ullah Jan
(Monday, April 16, 2007)

"Free and fair elections will never change the faces at the top. Civilian rule? Who else other than civilian ‘leaders’ invited the military to take over time and again? If not the civilian leadership, who helped the military dictator constitutionalise the dictatorship?"
http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/42539

The nightmare Bush dreads most

"What must worry Washington more than the massive size of the demonstration on April 9 was its mixed Shi'ite-Sunni composition and nationalistic ambience. The prospect of Muqtada's appeal extending to a section of the Sunni community, with the tacit support of Sistani, is the nightmare scenario that the Bush administration most dreads. Yet it may come to pass" Dilip Hiro

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/ID17Ak06.html

Blog Archive

israeli gunman

israeli gunman
palestinian in class at the check point

Israeli gunman

Israeli gunman
palestinian children

Musician!

Musician!
My heart will go on

Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan

Urdu Bazaar, Lahore, Pakistan
LAHORE - March 24, 2006: No way-out to avoid a traffic jam near Urdu Bazaar. — Dawn

poor animal!

poor animal!
MULTAN - March 24, 2006: A camel performance at the spring festival organised by the City District Government to mark the Pakistan Day

beast of burden

beast of burden
LAHORE - March 20: BEAST OF BURDEN: A damaged vehicle being taken to a workshop.—APP

Communing with pigeons

Communing with pigeons
KARACHI - March 20: A child enjoys the company of pigeons, whom he feeds, at Hyderi on Tuesday.—APP

Waiting for drinking water

Waiting for drinking water
HYDERABAD (India) - March 20: People stand in a line as they wait to fill containers with drinking water supplied by a mobile water vehicle in a slum area in the Saidabad colony here on Tuesday. More than 500 families living in this slum area depend on water supplied by a mobile vehicle and provided by the Metro water works once in three days. 'Coping with Water Scarcity' is the theme for the World Water Day 2007, which is celebrated each year on March 22.—AFP

Mud slide in Kashmir

Mud slide in Kashmir
BAGH - March 20: A man marooned in an area of Azad Kashmir affected by hill torrents following heavy downpour over the past few days is being rescued by local people on Tuesday.—AFP

Palestinians

Palestinians
BETHLEHEM - March 22: Palestinian students wear traditional clothing during a cultural event taking place at the Bethlehem University here on Thursday. The event, which included a mock wedding, is to promote the education of traditional ideals of Palestinian culture.�AFP

The World Water Day,

The World Water Day,
HYDERABAD - March 22: Peasant women make their way to a distant place in order to fetch water. The World Water Day, being observed on Friday, is intended to highlight the need for reducing wastage of this precious commodity. � Photo by Yousuf Nagori