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...administrations and public companies - taxpayer money that vanished in Khalifa's high-spending business expansion. The remainder was entrusted to El Khalifa Bank by private individuals - personal savings accounts the government will cover only up to €9,200. While Moumen's spectacular ascent may have been a vicariously wild ride for Algerians while it lasted, the Khalifa crash and burn is a calamity they'll be paying off for decades to come...
...past two years have been a wild ride for Osama bin Laden and his followers: They've wrought mayhem in America's political and financial capitals; been driven from their Afghan sanctuaries and forced to duck and dive as scores of their top operatives have been arrested or killed; launched new attacks and continued to broadcast propaganda tapes. Most important, they've managed to survive. After all, as Henry Kissinger once observed, the conventional army loses by not winning, but the guerrilla wins by not losing...
...Indians, and we all know how that turned out," says Milch. The story begins two weeks after Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn and features fictional characters like a marshal turned merchant played by Timothy Olyphant (Gone in Sixty Seconds) as well as historical figures like "Wild Bill" Hickok (Keith Carradine...
With a unique ecosystem of high-altitude forest (or shola) and grassland, India's western Ghats are home to several species of endangered flora and fauna. Notable among these is the Nilgiri tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius)?a primitive species of wild goat whose only viable population breeds in captivity at Munnar's Eravikulam National Park. But the real standout is the rare and beautiful Neelakurinji plant (Strobilanthus kunthianus), which grows in abundance in and around Munnar and is best enjoyed from Top Station. This exotic shrub's flowerings are few and far between?only once every 12 years, in fact...
...Goat Heard (tahrfoundation.org) Battered Ram Provides detailed information about the threatened Nilgiri tahr, the wild goat's last remaining natural habitats and what is being done to save it from extinction. With photo gallery, directory of research papers and links to interested organizations and individuals...