Bush The Peacemaker and Seaweeds That Invade
May be the best political mystery of today is Bush's real intention in visiting India.
And what DPA write must be the most mysterious of all:
DPA reporters think George W. Bush is on his way to become a peacemaker- Or dreams to become one. Here is the intro of the news report Khaleej Times (and many more publications across the world) carried:
President George W. Bush may be aware that his chances of being recorded in history as a peacemaker may not be all that big. But as he prepares to visit India today, there is nevertheless a glimmer of hope in the White House.The President hopes to persuade the India and Pakistan to embark on a new path of reconciliation and dialogue, particularly over the Kashmir issue.Bush described his impending visit as a ‘historic opportunity’ to resolve the issue. However, instead of focusing on historic peace visions, the four-day visit is rather more likely to revolve around other controversial and highly explosive topics.
And moving to world of real fiction, the Da Vinci Code's auther's predicament really reads like one of those stranger-than-fiction narrations.
The charge of plagiarism against Dan Brown by Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent (two of the three authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) and the further developments have all the ingradients of a good conspiracy story.
The Herald's Rosemary Goring begins her story with this question:
Should those who make a living by conspiracy expect to die by conspiracy?
In India, the most perplexing incident today must be the spreading of a mysterious fever in Rourkela, the steel town of the state Orissa. About 3,000 people affected, reports
NewKerala.com.
The high fever is accompanied by vomiting, headache and acute colic pain, said a senior district health official. Most of the patients have been admitted to government and private hospitals.Results of blood tests on about 300 patients indicate that it could be an airborne virus, though a few were also found to be suffering from malaria, the official said.
There remain lots of questions unanswered about last Tuesdays's carsh of $1 million Ferrai on Pacific Coast Highway, near Malibu, California, in US. The Associated Press report in San Jose Mercury News:
Investigators are trying to determine whether a gun magazine discovered near the wreckage is connected to the crash, and want to interview an unnamed person they believe was with Swedish game machine entrepreneur Stefan Eriksson in the red Ferrari Enzo.As if that weren't enough, a leading Scottish bank has told sheriff's investigators that it may own the destroyed car, which was one of only 400 made. And sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said Monday that detectives are trying to figure out why Scotland Yard in London listed as stolen another exotic car that Eriksson owns, a Mercedes SLR.
Patong Beach on Phuket Island in Thailand is now being invaded by a host of slimy, brown seaweed with a stench to match its looks, informs I-Newswire.com.
English tourist Jenny Sherwin, relaxing on the beach this morning, said that this was the first time she had seen something like this. “I have been to Phuket six or seven times, but I have never seen anything like this before. It’s not very nice.”
What could've been the cause of 14-year-old Therese Nkeshimane's sudden death? A good follow-up story of today's most discussed (murder?) mystery in Bujumbura (South Africa) is available at Independent Online site.
Dr Michael Kadende was cross-examined on Monday during the court martial of Sergeant Philippus Jacobus Venter, who turned 34 last week.This South African
soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges of raping and murdering Nkeshimane in
Bujumbura in the early hours of September 20, 2004. At that time he was deployed
here as a VIP protector.
The Dubai ports deal continues to be a headache for Bush and a good amount of mystery still surrounds it. From Caren Bohan's (Reuters) report:
Facing a bipartisan uproar over the agreement to have Dubai Ports World manage terminals at six U.S. ports, the White House agreed Sunday to a new, 45-day security review of the deal.At the end of it, Bush will have to authorize or reject the agreement. As of Monday afternoon the new review had not begun, a Treasury Department spokesman said.On Capitol Hill on Monday the Senate Homeland Security committee disclosed that the U.S. Coast Guard had raised concerns late last year about "intelligence gaps" that made it difficult to assess if there were security concerns about the company.
And we have the daily share of technological mystery too. Here is how Forbes present the story:
Just as the Jeremiahs incorrectly predicted blogging would be the death knell of professional journalists everywhere--heaven forbid--the same fatidic crew probably think the advent of the blogging phone means photojournalism is now also a moribund profession.
The just released Cyber-shot digital camera phone range--the K800i and the K790 are both equipped with Google's free Blogger application. If a user chooses to send a picture via "blog", Google's servers automatically create a unique address on its blogspot for the handset/SIM card combination in question.
May be the best political mystery of today is Bush's real intention in visiting India.
And what DPA write must be the most mysterious of all:
DPA reporters think George W. Bush is on his way to become a peacemaker- Or dreams to become one. Here is the intro of the news report Khaleej Times (and many more publications across the world) carried:
President George W. Bush may be aware that his chances of being recorded in history as a peacemaker may not be all that big. But as he prepares to visit India today, there is nevertheless a glimmer of hope in the White House.The President hopes to persuade the India and Pakistan to embark on a new path of reconciliation and dialogue, particularly over the Kashmir issue.Bush described his impending visit as a ‘historic opportunity’ to resolve the issue. However, instead of focusing on historic peace visions, the four-day visit is rather more likely to revolve around other controversial and highly explosive topics.And moving to world of real fiction, the Da Vinci Code's auther's predicament really reads like one of those stranger-than-fiction narrations.
The charge of plagiarism against Dan Brown by Richard Leigh and Michael Baigent (two of the three authors of The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail) and the further developments have all the ingradients of a good conspiracy story.
The Herald's Rosemary Goring begins her story with this question:
Should those who make a living by conspiracy expect to die by conspiracy?In India, the most perplexing incident today must be the spreading of a mysterious fever in Rourkela, the steel town of the state Orissa. About 3,000 people affected, reports
NewKerala.com.
The high fever is accompanied by vomiting, headache and acute colic pain, said a senior district health official. Most of the patients have been admitted to government and private hospitals.Results of blood tests on about 300 patients indicate that it could be an airborne virus, though a few were also found to be suffering from malaria, the official said.There remain lots of questions unanswered about last Tuesdays's carsh of $1 million Ferrai on Pacific Coast Highway, near Malibu, California, in US. The Associated Press report in San Jose Mercury News:
Investigators are trying to determine whether a gun magazine discovered near the wreckage is connected to the crash, and want to interview an unnamed person they believe was with Swedish game machine entrepreneur Stefan Eriksson in the red Ferrari Enzo.As if that weren't enough, a leading Scottish bank has told sheriff's investigators that it may own the destroyed car, which was one of only 400 made. And sheriff's Sgt. Phil Brooks said Monday that detectives are trying to figure out why Scotland Yard in London listed as stolen another exotic car that Eriksson owns, a Mercedes SLR.Patong Beach on Phuket Island in Thailand is now being invaded by a host of slimy, brown seaweed with a stench to match its looks, informs I-Newswire.com.
English tourist Jenny Sherwin, relaxing on the beach this morning, said that this was the first time she had seen something like this. “I have been to Phuket six or seven times, but I have never seen anything like this before. It’s not very nice.”What could've been the cause of 14-year-old Therese Nkeshimane's sudden death? A good follow-up story of today's most discussed (murder?) mystery in Bujumbura (South Africa) is available at Independent Online site.
Dr Michael Kadende was cross-examined on Monday during the court martial of Sergeant Philippus Jacobus Venter, who turned 34 last week.This South African
soldier has pleaded not guilty to charges of raping and murdering Nkeshimane in
Bujumbura in the early hours of September 20, 2004. At that time he was deployed
here as a VIP protector.
The Dubai ports deal continues to be a headache for Bush and a good amount of mystery still surrounds it. From Caren Bohan's (Reuters) report:
Facing a bipartisan uproar over the agreement to have Dubai Ports World manage terminals at six U.S. ports, the White House agreed Sunday to a new, 45-day security review of the deal.At the end of it, Bush will have to authorize or reject the agreement. As of Monday afternoon the new review had not begun, a Treasury Department spokesman said.On Capitol Hill on Monday the Senate Homeland Security committee disclosed that the U.S. Coast Guard had raised concerns late last year about "intelligence gaps" that made it difficult to assess if there were security concerns about the company.
And we have the daily share of technological mystery too. Here is how Forbes present the story:
Just as the Jeremiahs incorrectly predicted blogging would be the death knell of professional journalists everywhere--heaven forbid--the same fatidic crew probably think the advent of the blogging phone means photojournalism is now also a moribund profession.The just released Cyber-shot digital camera phone range--the K800i and the K790 are both equipped with Google's free Blogger application. If a user chooses to send a picture via "blog", Google's servers automatically create a unique address on its blogspot for the handset/SIM card combination in question.
