Archive du mois : décembre 2017
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British tourist Laura Plummer will be transferred to the notorious Qena prison in Egypt after being sentenced to three years’ imprisonment yesterday. Laura, 33, fell to the floor after being handed the jail term by an Egyptian court over powerful painkillers found in her suitcase. Stunned, the woman from Hull sobbed before slumping to the…
Mirza Ghalib, who was born on December 27, 1797, in Agra was a well-known poet in the Persian and Urdu languages. Today, he remains as the one of most popular and influential masters of the Urdu language, and is known simply as Ghalib. He remains popular not only in India and Pakistan but also among…
When Alirio Gamez was served a deportation order earlier this year, he decided to push back rather than submit himself to authorities to be returned to his native El Salvador. On August 8, the 40-year-old, who fled his homeland after receiving a slew of death threats, joined a growing number of undocumented people taking sanctuary…
One of the biggest safety threats Boeing and SpaceX had to address was space debris. Both have to make sure their capsules are sufficiently protected from orbital debris, tiny meteors and other particles hurtling through space that could cause serious damage. Boeing plans to use 3D-printed plastic components that can endure extremely harsh environmental conditions…
According to research from the Center for Economics and Business Research in London, China will overtake the United States as the world’s largest economy by 2032. “In 2032, three of the four largest economies will be Asian – China, India, and Japan,” Bloomberg News points out, citing CEBR’s research. India will pass the United Kingdom…
Aid agencies are evacuating critically ill Syrians from Eastern Ghouta, a region home to around 400,000 people that has been under government siege since 2013. One of the last rebel strongholds in the country, medical supplies and food have been in short supply. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Syrian Red Crescent, Syrian…
Brazil has declared Gerrardo Maldonado, Venezuela’s top diplomat in the country, persona non grata in a tit-for-tat move that comes just days after Caracas expelled the Brazilian ambassador. Ties have worsened between the Latin American states since 2016 when Venezuela voiced criticism of the impeachment of leftist former President Dilma Rousseff, who was removed from…
Was für ein böser Albtraum. Hurghada (Ägypten) – Am Dienstag hat ein ägyptisches Gericht die britische Ägypten-Touristin Laura Plummer (33) zu drei Jahren Haft verurteilt. Der Grund: 290 Tabletten des Schmerzmittels Tramadol, die sie bei der Einreise im Gepäck hatte! Jetzt muss sie laut britischen Medien in den Horror-Knast Qena – wo Insassen Berichten zufolge…
Garhi Khuda Bux, Pakistan – « Bhutto is still alive. » « We salute our martyred princess. » « You are dearly missed. » These are some of the messages written on the large banners that drape over the towering walls of a mausoleum in the southern province of Sindh. Garhi Khuda Bakhsh is the ancestral village of Pakistan’s Bhutto family,…
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