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FIFA World Cup 2006 – The Fans

By Lee Ridley • Jun 21st, 2006 • Category: Photos

As football loving nations across the globe turn their eyes towards the FIFA World Cup 2006, being held in Germany, PBs would like you share with you some pictures of the fans in full regalia:



Uganda – Children On The Frontline

By Lee Ridley • Mar 24th, 2006 • Category: Africa

Paul was just six-years old when the rebels came for
him in February 2002.



Review – The Bradt Travelguide To Uganda

By Lee Ridley • Feb 10th, 2006 • Category: Books

Guidebooks for the world’s dark places? – Lee Ridley reviews the Bradt Travelguide to Uganda.



Kyrgyzstan – A Day At The Races

By Lee Ridley • Jan 26th, 2006 • Category: Central Asia

Horsing around with the French, Americans and Swiss in a little-known corner of the world.



News Desk – Aggressive Exorcists in Iran

By Lee Ridley • Nov 4th, 2005 • Category: Logs

Iraq – Alcohol sales at Baghdad International Airport have been banned by Iraq’s transportation minister Salam Maliki, a Shiite Muslim, who says the facility is a holy and revered piece of Iraq. The airport duty-free shop so far has refused to comply, and Maliki is threatening to destroy its $800,000 supply of alcoholic beverages. Anyone [...]



The Daily Planet

By Lee Ridley • Oct 14th, 2005 • Category: Logs

Thailand
Unregistered mobile phones will stop working in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces by mid-November, in an effort to curb bomb attacks triggered by cell phones. Since May only users of pre-paid mobile services have been required to register with authorities, but Thai communications authorities have expanded that programme to include all cell phones. The plan aims [...]



A Helpful Email…

By Lee Ridley • Sep 13th, 2005 • Category: Logs

I know I’ve already posted information on this subject, along with Dave Perkins’ article “The Hills Have Eyes” but I received this email just a day or two ago, from a Journalist in New Jersey, requesting certain extra information on SE Turkey and N Iraq.