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POPSal-Qaeda Confirms Death Of Arms Expert: report DUBAI (AFP) — Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of a chemical and biological weapons expert whose killing in a suspected US strike was reported by Pakistan, an Islamist militant website said on Sunday. Abu Khabab al-Masri was among a group of "heroes" who joined "the caravans of martyrs," said a statement signed by Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, Al-Qaeda's general commander in Afghanistan. Its authenticity could not be independently confirmed. Pakistani officials had said that a July 28 missile strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area killed Abu Khabab al-Masri, an Egyptian militant whose full name was Midhat Mursi al-Sayid Umar.
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POPSJucy Rentals New Zealand Offers Next Generation Caravans Jucy Rentals, New Zealand is one of the fastest growing car rental and campervan hire companies. It is now all set to revolutionise the caravan industry by introducing stunning next generation caravans to pamper and comfort your travel in every way possible around the beautiful country of the Long White Cloud.
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POPSWhere are the Republicans? Only .5% of Americans fighting in Iraq.
By Cptenaud. There's no vacation for our troops in Iraq, Joe Galloway writes that as we are, "hard upon the dog days of August. Members of the U.S. Congress and the Iraqi parliament will soon slither away to the shade of cooler rocks, and President Bush will no doubt head off to Crawford to take his frustrations out on some brush with a chainsaw. Meanwhile, in Iraq, the 60,000 American combat troops who daily patrol the most dangerous streets and roads in the world will carry on fighting, dying and bleeding in the broiling sun where temperatures nudge the 130-degree mark and 40 pounds of body armor and Kevlar helmet plus weapon and ammunition weigh more with every step an Infantryman takes. The politicians in Washington and Baghdad will take their summer breaks, happy to postpone any further thought of Iraq at least until September, when the U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus makes his progress report on the American troop surge to Congress, as though that may make some dif
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POPSChina's 1,600-Year-Old Dunhuang Frescoes Enter the Digital Age
Seeping Rain Tourists are not the only threat to the relics. Caretakers have been working since 1989 with Los Angeles-based Getty Research Institute to preserve 16 large sutras in cave 85, a chamber commissioned in 867 depicting the life stories of King Divi before he reached enlightenment to become the Buddha. The murals, painted in mineral and plant dye over plaster, have been peeling away from their bedrock because of increasing moisture and mineral salts that crystallize from seeping rain water, Fan said in the April 30 interview. There are a total of 812 caves along a 1.7 kilometer (1 mile) of cliff face, hewn into the sandstone of the Mingsha Mountains in the Gobi desert. The Mogao caves were designated in 1991 as a World Cultural Heritage Site by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Tourists to Mogao reached 550,000 last year, from about 200,000 in 1998. ``I'm sure we'll easily top the 2006 numbers this year,'' said Fan, 68. ``The numbe
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POPSIrish stereotypes I don't entirely agree with this chap, but this piece and another clip got me thinking. It is true that Irish stereotypes seem to be used a lot more than others (perhaps you disagree), and they also seem to be considered less offensive than others. I was born in Ireland and lived there until I was 25 when I moved to England. I have a very strong Irish accent, obviously, and I've had to put up with a lot of stereotyping since I've got here - being a drunk, having a funny accent, coming from a family of 20 children (which I don't), being a terrorist etc. etc. I find it offensive, but moreso I find it just really tedious. And I sometimes feel like I'm a bit of a freak show; that the rest of the world thinks that Irish people are just somehow here for their entertainment. Does this make sense to anyone? Anyway, just thought I would put it out there.
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