Vice President leaves Jakarta for Mecca

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Vice President Jusuf Kalla left for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to perform `umrah` (minor hajj ritual) and to witness the Kabah washing procession in Mecca. The vice president left for Saudi Arabia from Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Cengkareng,...

Some 312 Indonesians die in Saudi during hajj pilgrimage

Mecca (ANTARA News) - A total of 312 Indonesians have died in Saudi Arabia up to Monday (Dec. 31) during this year`s hajj pilgrimage, according to data from the Indonesian hajj information center. Currently, 33 Indonesian hajj pilgrims were being hospitalized in Saudi Arabia,...

Saudi plans monorail for Muslim holy places: report

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia is planning a five billion dollar monorail network to transport millions of pilgrims around the Muslim holy sites during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a Saudi daily reported on Monday. The oil-rich desert kingdom is to carry out a feasibility...

Atlanta Air carriying hajj pilgrims has engine trouble

Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The Air Atlanta plane leased by Garuda Indonesia to fly hundreds of Hajj pilgrims from Medan, capital of North Sumatra province, ran into engine trouble here Tuesday. Information from reliable sources said here the Boeing 747-300, which was...

From The Nile To The Euphrates

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

Eretz Yisrael Hashleimah

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.  

Anybody Interesting?

Anybody interesting, like the C.I.A.?, or the Secret Service?, or Giuliani?

The Injection Of The Chemical Ingredients Into The Steel

"An experiment could be done to test if high explosives or a *long-burning fire* could reproduce the observed corrosive destruction of the steel. A real investigation, as opposed to a whitewash investigation, would do this. Actually, if you think about it, a long-burning fire...

Eleven Questions For The Eleventh

This question caught my attention: How did molten metal get under 7?

Unanswered Questions

"We then clarified the role of the *spin*: Give the public enough plausible-sounding information to keep our limited attention span moving past the point of contention until we no longer care."

The Dog Did Not Bark Because The Criminal Was Its Master

On September 8, 2001, the Sarasota Herald Tribune announced that President Bush would visit to Booker Elementary. On September 11, 2001, how did the Secret Service know that President Bush was immune from a hijacked plane heading straight for Booker Elementary?

Creating The Enemies You Need

"But as the Army board had concluded at the time, and subsequent de-classified documents confirmed, Washington DC knew the attack was coming, knew exactly where the Japanese fleet was, and knew where it was headed. On November 29th, Secretary of State Hull showed United Press...