Man’s best friend
Skip Bandele reflects on life and his world — as he sees it SHE IS called Didi, the Arabic word for ‘girl from the country’. I have known her since
CONGO
Second elections called On Sunday night, it was announced that a second round of voting will take place at the end of October after none of the candidates won 50
EGYPT
Train crash deaths At least 58 people were killed and 150 injured when a train, filled with morning commuters, collided with another, which was stationary on Monday morning. Carriages were
Evoking the past …. By Margaret Brown
SOMETIMES IT is a disadvantage to have an acute sense of smell, especially during a season of high temperatures such as we have had this summer. A drive through the
Make the most of your olives – By Paul McKay
Before moving to Portugal, I never saw much point in olives. They were often salty, sometimes bitter and generally not worth the effort. Things were not helped when I served
GAZA STRIP
Abductions and continued air and land offences Two journalists working for the US Fox News Network were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday evening. Roadblocks were quickly set up to find
CUBA
Castro said to be recovering A state controlled newspaper published the first pictures of Fidel Castro, on his 80th birthday, since his intestinal surgery a few weeks ago. Castro handed
The summer recess – By PAUL MCKAY
Tuesday July 11 One of the joys of moving away from your home town, and even more so your home country, is that you are constantly discovering something new; new
Summer potpourri – By Dr. THOMAS KAISER MD
Dear Reader, I WOULD like to give you an update about various things, a summer potpourri if you like. Cotton buds Many of you may have been told that you
Politically charged music – by Ruth Sharpe
THE MASTERY of music and surfing is being celebrated in Sagres on August 14 and 15, with some of the most respected names in the music industry coming to perform