Many years ago I did a stint for Food not Bombs in San Francisco, while there I met a student activist from the Free Burma group. She was a cool gal. We were riding the bus back from taking the food...
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Three months after it was devastated in Pakistan's worst suicide attack this year, the luxury Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital Islamabad reopened on Sunday with a "fortress-like" arrangements that included...
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Loreto's airport is empty, airlines flying to that destination have gone bankrupt, yet this millionare project will be opening for pre-sales this november 2008. World crisis is definetely not affecting...
Worried with sagging safety level in Pakistan capital Islamabad, the United Nations has ordered its staff to take their children out of the country. Canada, Australia, the US, the Netherlands and Denmark all have a no-dependents policy. The US has alredy closed...
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Thursday, 25 September Islamabad: The terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack on the Marriott Hotel in the Pakistani capital has issued fresh warnings that it will carry out more strikes on American targets. An SMS...
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" The massive suicide bombing of an upscale hotel in Islamabad last week that killed 60 and injured over 270 has started to take its toll on Pakistan’s aviation and tourism industries and experts fear the deteriorating law and order can scare off foreign carriers and...
"India will go ahead with their tour of Pakistan early next year despite last weekend’s bomb blast at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. India will arrive on January 4, and will play three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 international, as planned in the original official...
"ISLAMABAD: A militant outfit, Fidaen-e-Islam has claimed responsibility of the suicide attack on Marriott hotel in Islamabad.Militants of the outfit made a telephone call to Geo News and claimed responsibility of the deadly act of September 20. According to Geo News, in a...
"The dead body of Czech ambassador who was killed in the suicide bomb attack on Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, was repatriated to Czech Republic through special aircraft. The Guard of honour was also given to the slain Czech envoy by Pakistani army. The 47-year-old father of...
" The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, which promptly claimed responsibility for all major recent suicide bombings including the ones at the Wah Ordnance Factories and a public hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, has chosen chose not to do so in case of the devastating attack on the...
At least 40 people were killed, including foreigners and over 70 others injured when an explosives laden truck rammed into a five star hotel here on Saturday. The wounded, many of them critically, have been brought the local hospitals. The powerful explosion caused fire in...
Marriott International is considering building a hotel in Baghdad's Green Zone.I'm not sure I would want to stay there to be honest; it wouldn't be my first choice for a holiday destination at the moment. "The...
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"Patagonia to Lead Congress Avenue Comeback April 10, 2008 20:58 Filed in: News Congress Avenue was always meant to be the heart of Austin. Over the last 40 years, it's destiny as a ...
Interesting article about an auction in Miami. Warning adult content."Just how dismal is the city’s condo market? Well, if last week’s Platinum Condo auction was any indication, a bloodbath is in the...
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"In an effort to woo more business travelers as well as move into the 21st century, Marriott Hotels and Resorts has started to upgrade their rooms (Warning: Plays music without asking). They are now becoming...
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