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...smell the coffee and decide not to re-elect him. I have two sons, one serving in the Army in Afghanistan and the other a high school senior. I am totally at a loss as to what Bush hopes to accomplish by declaring war on Iraq. ANGIE NIEMEYER Fort Wayne...
...center of the frenzy is the unspoiled Galle Fort, a unesco World Heritage site in the city of Galle. Protected behind the ramparts of a 17th century Dutch citadel, the area seems like something out of a time warp, featuring homes with verandas and an array of picturesque churches and mosques. There are fewer than 200 homes inside the fort, and in the past several years adventurous foreigners have purchased more than 40 of them. In many parts of the tropics, tourists are accustomed to being accosted by cyclo-drivers hawking all sorts of illegal temptations. In the fort, though...
...years ago, an unmodernized four- or five-bedroom house in the Galle Fort could be purchased for less than $50,000. Prices have since trebled, often with multiple bids made on the same property. Previous restrictions on foreign ownership of property have been eased, allowing any profits to be repatriated without penalty...
...Charles Hulse, a septuagenarian American from Arkansas and a veteran Galle Fort realtor, lived for years between Paris and the Greek Isle of Hydra before settling in a tastefully restored Galle Fort house with interiors fit for Architectural Digest. Hulse warns that the cost of restoring a fort house usually runs to 50% of the purchase price. "It is all very well to get a wonderful house near the ramparts for a song but unless you have someone on the spot to advise you and hold your hand, there are all sorts of problems that can cause major headaches...
...smaller, more sacred swatch for remains of the crew), fresh theories and new clues abounded. Images of Columbia's demise were sent in by amateur videotapers, and reports of evidence were phoned in by freelance debris hunters. Part of the leading edge of one wing turned up near Fort Worth, Texas, while a rear wing section was examined in the eastern part of the state, near Nacogdoches. Researchers dug up old NASA memos warning of just the kind of accident that may have claimed Columbia. Experts sought to reassemble 32 seconds of vital, if patchy, data that sputtered down from...