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War Starts
22nd May 1990. The two Yemens, north and south, become one. The mood of the world seems to be for the dissolution of old animosities. In that same week…
Kevin Rushby
Nov 27, 2021
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drugs, secrets, and the circling hyenas
7 December 2021: The Daily Mirror alleges there was an illegal Christmas party at Number 10, Downing Street, in 2020. A video appears to show Boris…
Kevin Rushby
Dec 11, 2021
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Finding The Lost World
January 2022: An investigation of the world's forests declares that over 9,000 tree species have yet to be discovered by science. The findings, the…
Kevin Rushby
Feb 5
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The Great Game
27 Feb 2014: Russian troops begin the invasion of Crimea 18 Mar 2014: Crimea and Sevastopol are formally incorporated into Russia 22 Jan 2022: Russian…
Kevin Rushby
Jan 22
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The Last Of His Kind
A search for Armenians in India
Kevin Rushby
Apr 2
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Easter
A market scene
Kevin Rushby
Apr 16
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life and death on the borderline
24 November 2021: South Africa reports a new variant of the Sars-Covid 2 virus. The WHO designate it as omicron, inexplicably skipping both nu and xi in…
Kevin Rushby
Dec 18, 2021
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Conquests
The history of conflicts is never simple
Kevin Rushby
May 7
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Bruce
In 1994 I was in Sana’a in Yemen when two things happened: war broke out and I met Bruce. I’m not sure which of these two events was the more…
Kevin Rushby
Feb 19
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Merry Christmas
This post is just to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Many thanks for subscribing and, even more, for reading and commenting. I am…
Kevin Rushby
Dec 24, 2021
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The Lost Weekend
a journey to a place that is entirely itself
Kevin Rushby
Feb 12
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A War of Resentment and Nostalgia
former communist apparatchiks are bitter about lost glories, and seek to reassert themselves...
Kevin Rushby
Feb 26
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