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...refugee, Imtiaz Butt, stood on the edge of the cliff, pointing out where 100 students were pulled into the river. He spoke bitterly of the plight of the Kashmiris, whose lives have been ripped apart by India and Pakistan's tussle over land. Talking to one reporter, he said, "We were told that we would stay at the camps for only a few months. But over 15 years have passed now, and we are still here. Half our families are still on the other side of Kashmir." He and many other refugees were unable to find jobs in Pakistan...
Willie Nelson Rebel Roots: Abbott, Texas Reggae Sound: On his July release, Countryman, Nelson covers Jimmy Cliff with twang. Island Cred: Says cannabis should be legal and shared on the tour...
...then on July 26, the skies burst. A meter of monsoon rain fell on Saki Naka in 24 hours, causing the 30-m cliff behind the Afzad family home to collapse. Around 25 shacks perched on top of the precipice fell onto another 25 nestled below, according to Bombay Joint Chief Fire Officer G.S. Sawant. The landslide killed 150 people, including Afzad's parents, three teenage sisters and his 12-year-old brother...
...then on July 26, the skies burst. A meter of monsoon rain fell on Saki Naka in 24 hours. Under the weight, the 30-meter cliff behind the Afzad family home collapsed. The approximately 25 shacks that had perched on top of the cliff fell onto another 25, which, like the Afzad's, were nestled below, according to Bombay Joint Chief Fire Officer G.S. Sawant. The landslide killed 150 people, including Afzad's parents, three teenage sisters, and his 12-year-old brother...
...icebox, the truck, and this place will be different," says senior man Johnson Kuanu. Some new things, he told them, would be good, including parts of Christianity, and some bad. "He said we had to be careful." Along a winding track leading from the banyan, a wind-blown cliff looks down to where the forest surges to meet the sand. This is where John Frum is believed to have first appeared, and where the sacred stones he left behind are still watched over. When he disappeared at the end of 1942, he promised to come back one day. "People still...