What I loved most about southern Punjab were its narrow rural roads making their way through the heart of countryside along fields and orchards, connecting the lives of small villages and towns. We were driving on one such road to Ahmedpur Sharqiya leaving Derawar Fort and Cholistan desert behind.

Dera Nawab Sahab near Ahmedpur Sharqiya is home to Bahawalpur’s royal family. The Nawabs founded this small town as a retreat from the busy life of the capital. Dera Nawab Sahab is also t… (View original article)

The president was not present at the time.

Bomb experts detonated a suspicious device attached to a tree in the publicly accessible part of the Presidential Palace’s garden on March 7th.

“The device resembled a voice recorder and microphone which were connected by cables,” the president’s spokesperson, Roman Krpelan, informed the TASR newswire.

The employees of the Office for the Protection of Constitutional Officials and Diplomatic Missions running under the Interio… (View original article)

( Jérémy André)On top of a hill in eastern Mosul called Nebi Yunus sits the sacred shrine containing what’s believed to be the tomb of the Prophet Jonah (as he was known in the Bible) or Yunus (in the Koran). Islamic State militants destroyed the Prophet’s tomb in July 2014, after they captured Mosul along with large swathes of northern Iraq. After Iraqi government forces recaptured part of the city last month, a team of local archaeologists began documenting the damage done to the Nebi Yunu… (View original article)

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Great Western Railway, Stagecoach and Oxford Bus Company have teamed up with Blenheim Palace to offer travel and reduced cost entry to the World Heritage site in a single transaction from Friday 10 March.

Bus, rail and entry in one, cheaper, transaction
Ticket holders will be able to travel by train to Oxford station and use either the 500 or S3 bus service to Blenheim Pa… (View original article)

MNB to sell Eiffel Palace to highest bidder
 MTI – Econews

 Thursday, March 9, 2017, 14:22

The National Bank of Hungary (MNB) announced on Thursday an open tender for the sale of the Eiffel Palace office building in central Budapest, Hungarian news agency MTI reported.

“The only criteria for assessment of bids will be the highest price, which allows for both an objective and transparent evaluation,” the MNB said.

“The MNB will only decide to sign a c… (View original article)

Crumbling: Parliament needs urgent repairs (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)Parliament is in danger of falling apart if renovation work doesn’t start soon, MPs have been warned.

There’s a danger of ‘catastrophic failure’ if politicians can’t agree on the best way to go about repairs.

Malala Yousafzai offered place at British university
A £3.9 billion plan to move or ‘decant’ all the Lords and all the MPs out of their offices and the two chambers was backed by the Commons Pu… (View original article)

The Palace of Westminster faces a “catastrophic failure” unless close to £4 billion worth of urgent repairs are carried out, MPs have warned.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) backed a plan for a “full decant” of the building – home to the Houses of Parliament – with MPs and peers moving out for a period of around six years while the work is carried out.

The much-needed renovations are estimated to cost £3.5 to £3.9 billion.

Proposals put forward last year … (View original article)

The Palace of Westminster is in danger of a “catastrophic failure” unless ministers bring forward a major renovation programme as a matter of urgency, a committee of MPs has warned.

The Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) backed a plan for a “full decant” of the building – home to the Houses of Parliament – with MPs and peers moving out for a period of around six years while the work is carried out at an estimated cost of £3.5 to £3.9 billion.

The committee said the propo… (View original article)