Saturday, September 24, 2005
Book for today.... H.G Wells - A Modern Utopia More from H.G Wells, one book a day for a week, here is the Project Gutenberg text version which you can do as you please with it's out of copyright.... Some images, video, audio of Hurricane Rita Three buildings burn in downtown Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Rita approaches the coast Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. As the storm approached, at least three buildings caught fire in the city's historic Strand District of nightclubs, shops and restaurants. AP Photo Swirling water and wind surrounds a rest room at Lake Charles in Lake Charles following landfall of Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005..(AP (Photo/Ric Feld) Predicted path of Hurricane Rita See the aftermath of Hurricane Rita 2909KB Play or Download Windows Media Video Texas Gov. Rick Perry pauses in a doorway and listens during a briefing about Hurricane Rita at the Emergency Operations Center Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck Swirling flood waters of Lake Charles surround the Harrah's floating casinos in the port city Lake Charles, La., following landfall of Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005.. (AP (Photo/Ric Feld The statue marking the 1900 storm which destroyed Galveston, Texas stands after Hurricane Rita passed throught the area Sept. 24, 2005. Galveston was not seriously damaged by Rita. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Some images, video, audio of anti war protests Former TA soldier "I feel it is important to show solidarity with a growing realisation that the war was wrong," said former TA Lance Corporal George Solomou, who refused his call up to serve in the conflict. "We are demanding that all the troops are brought back. We believe this issue is key to Iraq's future." BBC "There's a coalition of different groups on this demonstration but all have the same agenda," said civil servant Sabir Gajia, 39, from London. "The troops have to come out of Iraq." BBC |