The New York Times > National > At Ports, Cargo Backlog Raises Security Questions

"The poor man's bomb."

Also, this could be expensive.

NPR : Reporter's Notebook : Journeying to the Source of Ganga

Journeying to the head of the Ganges. The diety is summoned with music.

The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > French Strive to Be Diverse Without Being Less French

BBC NEWS | England | London | Three injured on Diana's fountain

A Geomantic Fairy Tale

Geomancy is the ancient art of divination through the landscape. Normally we run when they start burning tobacco to the dolmens, but this story is fascinating.

Check it out: neo-Pagans describe Kansas petroglyphs with an architectural detail I find irresistible.

Mumbai's changing landscape - The Times of India

Bombay imitates Vancouver.

BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | Living along Ireland's borderline

consider: more borderscapes. compare walls in Ireland and Israel?