Word: transport
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...know, or think we know, but often that flood of news can drown the stories of people and places outside the public eye. Some escape our gaze because of geographical remoteness, or because they lie in a culture of secrecy. Distance can be overcome by modern-day communications and transport. Firing up the imagination is a harder task. So much remains hidden because we don't know where to look or because our curiosity has been dulled: we've forgotten how to see, or we limit our journeys to well-worn paths. Still, in a land as vast as Australia...
...Iraqi construction firm; another, the Lions of Allah, said it took a senior Egyptian diplomat hostage because Egypt had offered security aid to the Iraqi government. Seven truckers, an Egyptian and six men from Kenya and India, were taken by insurgents who demanded their employer, Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport, close its operations in Iraq. The company said it was negotiating with the kidnappers...
...northern part of Greece, where most of the country's power is generated. Within seconds the system came crashing down, as one substation after another automatically cut off to protect itself from damage. And so at 12:39 p.m., the electricity sputtered off in Athens. Thousands of people, including Transport Minister Michalis Liapis, were stranded in the city's glittering new metro; hundreds more were stuck in elevators for up to four hours. The blackout soon spread to the country's agrarian south and the Ionian Islands, the worst power outage in Greece in decades. Authorities did their best...
...present the currently red-hot Avril Lavigne, along with the Beastie Boys, Green Day, N.E.R.D. and Sum 41. Finally, the more underground True People's Celebration (www.organicgroove.com) will finish up the summer festival season in early September, with reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff headlining. Check the websites for ticket and transport details...
...principle, Helga Moser doesn't have anything against paying taxes. Like all Germans, the 49-year-old Bonn medical technician has long enjoyed a generous cradle-to-grave welfare system, including a free education and good health care, clean streets, cheap public transport and the reassuring knowledge that she'll get a guaranteed pension when she retires...