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Davenhill - Nov 20, 2002 8:20 am
Edited by Ozzie Nelson Jul 29, 2004 11:45 am
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- Nov 12, 2009 1:14 am (#887 of 902)
Vanished Persian army said found in desert
50,000 soldiers believed buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C.
By Rossella Lorenzi
updated 8:11 a.m. PT, Mon., Nov . 9, 2009
The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, solving one of archaeology's biggest outstanding mysteries, according to Italian researchers.
Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones found in the vast desolate wilderness of the Sahara desert have raised hopes of finally finding the lost army of Persian King Cambyses II. The 50,000 warriors were said to be buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C. 
- Nov 12, 2009 1:50 am (#888 of 902)
Wow!
Amazing find. Hope they don't find a way to blame us.
- Nov 12, 2009 3:27 am (#889 of 902)
Clinton dun it with his mighty penis.
- Nov 25, 2009 4:08 am (#890 of 902)
Manila - The Philippines Tuesday declared emergency rule and dispatched additional security forces to a southern province where gunmen killed at least 24 people in the worst-ever election-related violence in the country. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed Maguindanao province, 930 kilometres south of Manila, under a state of emergency to ensure that hostilities between two rival political clans would not escalate following the gruesome killings on Monday.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296031,philippines-declares-emergency-rule-after-massacre--update.html
Marc-A
- Nov 25, 2009 1:11 pm (#891 of 902)
As I said once, you and your buddy Klaatu share many similarities, such as posting Far and Southeast Asia stuff in the Central Asia thread ;)
- Nov 25, 2009 4:43 pm (#892 of 902)
Oh. Shall I delete it and repost it?
I honestly didn't know where it should go.
- Feb 4, 2010 6:03 am (#893 of 902)
War in Pakistan Christened With First U.S. Troops Killed
- Mar 1, 2010 5:15 am (#894 of 902)
That Link doesn't work.
R. Tugboat - Apr 8, 2010 4:58 am (#895 of 902)
Nothing about Kyrgyzstan yet?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/09/world/asia/09bishkek.html?hp
- Apr 8, 2010 5:00 am (#896 of 902)
I've been reading about it for a few days, but since I don't know where it is or even how to pronounce it, I declined from C&P'ing about it.
CrossTalk on Dalai Lama: CIA monk exposed
Well, well. I always suspected something of the kind, the reason why I always disliked the Dalai Lama.
R. Tugboat - Jun 15, 2010 6:33 am (#898 of 902)
Anyone understand what is behind the Kyrgyz vs. Uzbek violence in Kyrgryzstan?
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/14/kyrgyz.violence/index.html?hpt=T1
According to Le Monde, it looks like the conflict is being organised by the ousted ex-President and his family, with links with the drug trade.
http://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2010/06/13/pourquoi-le-sud-du-kirghizistan-s-embrase_1372103_3210.html#ens_id=1371930
snakesonablog - Jun 16, 2010 4:57 am (#900 of 902)
Uzbeks are wealthy, Kyrgyzis are not (all relative, of course). There have always been ethnic tensions and resentments because of this. The BH has been to both countries, when they were Soviet republics, and said they're both very tribal, with low literacy rates outside the cities. If you say you met "X" (local bigshot), you will get a free pass everywhere. They even use Arabic greetings, which is how the BH learned a little Arabic. He is laughing right now, telling me stories about his time there. They used to have water machines (for a penny/few pennies for syrup) all over the USSR, and in those republics, he'd see old men riding up on donkeys to drink water. He was there long enough to start being charged at local prices (non locals paid 200% more).
The conflict started after a fight between 2 young men. A young Kyrgyz man was beaten in the Uzbek part of town, and that was enough to spark riots.
- Aug 2, 2010 9:05 pm (#901 of 902)
Ways to help the flood victims Pakistan are listed here.
Sinbad44
- Aug 31, 2010 2:51 pm (#902 of 902)
A very interesting piece on why the Pakistan floods were so catastrophic.
PAKISTAN, A LAND LEFT TO DROWN BY THE 'TIMBER MAFIA'
"The warnings regularly given by all manner of experts had been ignored for decades.
If Pakistan's authorities continued to allow the country's timber mafia and a benighted and oppressed peasantry to strip the country's forests at a faster rate than anywhere else in Asia, as is happening, floods of Biblical proportions would be inevitable. They would not be acts of God. They would be man-made catastrophes.
And so it came to pass.."
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/29-0
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