Heinz Rainer

Calling on the policeman to 'be easy on us'. The outpost of the Gendarmes is standing on the wild west roadside flagging us down when we approach the plastic – bags lined rope - dangling from one side to the other.

Austrian Railways Company OEBB and its new management has all the prerequisites to turn the ailing company into an economically viable transport company.

Tea Classics, Pu Er, Longjin, Black Buckwheat Tea, Red Tea Classics - The tea history of Pu Er tea is fascinating. Pu Er tea is one of the oldest type of tea in China, with a rich history of over 1700 years that can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD). During it's peak, Pu Er tea was freely traded and even used as money for the bartering of goods.

- Damages to expensive Electronics, circuit boards, Electric appliances, - Electric motors - The main reason : power fluctuations. - A common misconception found : Voltage Stabilizers will solve your problems. - In 90 % of all cases, Voltage Stabilizers are unsuitable to protect consumers from damaging - Trans voltages.

My uncertainty grew as the road got more and more covered by grass. Suddenly it seemed to turn, then got lost into several tracks. I stopped, attempting to visualize the unimaginable vast stretch of Savanna in front of me.

on Trial : Seven Former Heads of State ( the Coup D' Etat III ) With every day passing, more rumors are circulating, all former heads of states who are found guilty of crimes of state funds misappropriation will be executed by firing squad.

..The trial.. In the following two weeks more Party functionaries are arrested, one by one, some are caught in remote parts of the country, in their 'hometowns' as the natives call their villages. The past years have proved to be the fatter ones of their lives, amassing wealth from kickbacks on governmental contracts.

First, a distant, dull explosion, it seems from another world, and I try to shrug it off. It is midnight and I am half asleep by the time the next thundering sound tells me of something unusual. My senses sharpen and I lay awake, tense, listening. By the time the rapid exchange from a sub machine gun echoes through the night, I know that trouble is on its way.

The following nights, days we keep to our routines, 6 hours duty 6 hours readiness and sleep. If there is no problem we can rest within the six hours, though community service is still asked of everyone, and that includes scrubbing floors, kitchen, bathrooms, etc. Although not much physical activity is required, one begins to feel exhausted, mentally, the close space living together with others creates tensions

Shift starts 12 midnight exactly, our comrades woke us up at 11.45, and we struggle to our feet, sleep drunk, exhausted. Outside our 'Nissen hut' (Alu built structure, half-round shaped, used for accommodation and command), the wind is howling over the plains, it makes me shudder to think to be on patrol after midnight. In January the icy winds blow from the Anatolian highlands across the Cyprus strait and covers the island with a blanket of cold.