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Monthly Archives: December 2018

Will The Magnificent British Hovercraft Ever Sail cross-Channel Again?

Credit: Wikipedia / The Princess Margaret SR-N4 Hovercraft (in Calais, France above)  made cross-Channel England-France trips from 1966-2000. By Gary Raynaldo  DIPLOMATIC TIMES Ah…, England’s Hovercraft! She made a lot of noise cruising, or rather bouncing, across the English Channel. But she was a revolutionary, nautical  invention

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British Airways Resumes Flights To Pakistan After A Decade

By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES British Airways announced it will resume flights to Pakistan after a 10-year-absence, with service from Heathrow to Islamabad starting June 2, 2019.  Tickets are currently on sale, the airline said.  On Sep. 22, 2008, BA suspended all flights to Pakistan indefinitely following the suicide bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. The attack, killed more

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DR Congo Presidential Election Postponed One Week

By Gary Raynaldo DIPLOMATIC TIMES The presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that was scheduled this Sunday has been postponed until December 30, the DRC electoral commission announced today. Citing a fire that reportedly destroyed thousands of electronic voting machines, the DRC Independent National Election Commission (CENI) stated in was “technically

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ICC Prosecutor Calls Out U.N. For “Failure” To Arrest Sudanese Leader Omar Al-Bashir For Suspected War Crimes

  By Gary Raynaldo    DIPLOMATIC TIMES International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda chastised states such as Jordan, Djibouti, and Uganda for failing to arrest and surrender Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir for suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity.  Bensouda appeared before the U.N. Security