Word: caravan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dulce in the northeastern state of Piauí, the second-poorest in Brazil, to witness what he called "absolute poverty." Lula - as the President is universally known - has made eradicating the malnutrition that afflicts 54 million Brazilians the top priority of his center-left government. Dubbed "the caravan of misery," the trip made good on Lula's election promise to take his ministers to see the suffering of the country's rural areas at first hand. Seemingly oblivious to the blazing sun, the Workers' Party leader hugged locals and stopped off in half a dozen mud homes to speak with...
...Baraka, the tastes come fast and furious, replete with the inventive spicing that results from the position of Northern Africa at the crossroads of the ancient caravan route from the East. Close to Sicily, Italy and Spain, the land has been filled by successive waves of immigrants over thousands of years: Berbers, Romans, Arabs, Turks, Spaniards and the French who colonized the region. Its fertile land has adapted to this influx, offering both ancient grains and New World vegetables...
Sure, magazines love reader feedback. But staffers at press magnate Jimmy Lai's Next Magazine were caught mid-sentence last week when 40 club-wielding thugs broke into the offices of the muckraking weekly's Taipei edition. The assailants, arriving in a small caravan of four motorcycles, eight cars and an RV, wore black jackets embroidered with the characters of the Taiwanese gang Heavenly Way. The triad troupe smashed computer monitors, glass doors and windows?and five security guards?before swiping the motherboard from the surveillance system and making their escape. Lai can't seem to stay out of trouble...
...against Morocco - the Spanish people have adopted them. In the refugee camps outside the Algerian town of Tindouf you see 4WD vehicles, solar panels, stoves, medical supplies, torch batteries ... all gifts from Spanish fund raisers. Several thousand Saharawi children spend their summer holidays with Spanish families. Each year a "caravan" of trucks travels through Spain collecting goods for the Saharawi: in my village this year we were asked to give toothbrushes, toothpaste and other toiletries. In the southern region of Andaluc?a, Spaniards even held a mock referendum on Western Saharan independence, highlighting the United Nations' failure to keep this promise...
...flowers aren't confined to the nature reserves. Brilliant blooms line the Brand Highway on the way to Dongara. To admire them, stop at the Western Flora Caravan Park 22 km north of Eneabba. The park is owned and run by one of the state's best-known amateur botanists, Allan Tinker. During the season he conducts a daily wildflower walk through his 65-hectare property. Nature has been generous: some 800 species of flowering plants thrive here. The park's accommodations cater to all comers, with self-contained mud-brick chalets, caravans and camping. Three-course home-cooked meals...