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Jetman attempts first intercontinental flight
Yves Rossy, who calls himself "Jetman", is poised to make the first intercontinental flight powered by a jet-pack when he attempts to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa to Europe on Wednesday. The 50-year-old Swiss adventurer...
Tags: allnews, Spain, Madrid, Africa, Europe, Tarifa, English Channel, Jet pack, Tangier, Gibraltar, Yves Rossy, intercontinental flight
Exploits of the Rocket Man
Icarus wanted to fly like the birds – so, his father Daedlus strapped a pair of wings made of feathers and wax on his back. Icarus went too close to the Sun and the wax melted bringing him down. That was a Greek myth – this is real life! The...
Tags: icarus, daedlus, rocket man yves rossy, travel, Gibraltar, Rocket, Feather, Yves, Greek mythology, Yves Rossy, rocket man
New General Manager Wagering appointed
Gibraltar :: Gibraltar | 5 days ago
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He began his working life as a trainee betting office manager for Ladbrokes in 1986, followed by stints in Head Office as commentator and broadcast studio manager. Positions in the greyhound and horse racing trading department were next, before heading...
Tags: Gibraltar, Ladbrokes, Gambling, 32Red, Business Finance, Gala Coral Group, Bookmakers
"Fusionman" vows to fly again despite setback
Casablanca :: Morocco | 6 days ago
Credibility Rossy, an airline captain and ex-fighter pilot, was rescued from the chilly Strait of Gibraltar waters near Morocco after heavy turbulence and visibility problems forced him to ditch in the sea on Wednesday during his flight to southern Spain. He started...
Tags: gibraltar, english channel, tangier, Yves Rossy, jet pack, powered wing, Spain, rocket man, Morocco, Strait of Gibraltar, Casablanca, Rossy, Parachuting, Yves, Parachute, Water landing, Disaster Accident, Discount stores, Aviation history, Roman Polanski, Helicopter, Franchises, Aircraft, Aerodynamics, Icarus, Mogadishu, Mumbai attacks, Wing, Somalia, Jet engine, Western Europe
British man fighting extradition in KBR bribe case
Gibraltar :: Gibraltar | 8 days ago
Credibility A British lawyer accused in the United States of helping a former Halliburton Co. subsidiary bribe Nigerian officials for construction projects has begun his fight against extradition in a London court. Federal prosecutors in Houston, Texas say 61-year-old...
Tags: Jeffrey Tesler, Gibraltar, Occupation of Iraq, Corruption, Halliburton, Bribery, Extradition, Corporate crime, Private military contractors, KBR, Law Crime
"Death on the Rock": 21 years later and still the official version lives on,
Gibraltar :: Gibraltar | 8 days ago
Credibility Many of us have recently been re-living a key event of 1989, with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I remember it clearly, but an event in the previous year, 1988, is etched even more sharply in my mind: the shooting of three IRA members...
Tags: Gibraltar, IRA, SAS, Christopher Andrew, cars bomb, Spanish, Thames Television, Mairead Farrell, Danny McCann, Spain, Operation Flavius, Daniel McCann, Mairￃﾩad Farrell, MI5, British television, Death on the Rock, Seￃﾡn Savage
UK asked Spain to stop patrols in Gibraltar waters
Madrid :: Spain | 9 days ago
Credibility A note from the British Embassy in September described Civil Guard incursions as a violation of British sovereignty It’s been revealed by EFE this Sunday, that, following two incidents this September, the UK asked Spain to stop Civil Guard ‘incursions’...
Tags: Spain, Civil Guard, Spanish, uk asked, asked spain, Gibraltar, Madrid, Politics of Gibraltar, Spain ￢ﾀﾓ United Kingdom relations, Disputed status of Gibraltar, Elections in Gibraltar, Umayyad Caliphate, Western Europe
U.K. apologizes to Spain for buoy colors
Madrid :: Spain | 11 days ago
Credibility Britain says it is sorry the Royal Navy used a buoy painted the colors of the Spanish flag for target practice. Giles Paxman, the British ambassador to Spain, offered an official apology at the Spanish Foreign Ministry in Madrid for the red-and-yellow...
Tags: Spanish Guardia Civil, Spain, Royal Navy, target practice, Madrid, Politics of Gibraltar, Spain ￢ﾀﾓ United Kingdom relations, Human Interest, Giles Paxman, Gibraltar, Buoy, Civil Guard, Flag of Spain, Umayyad Caliphate, Western Europe, Mundo, El Mundo, RCS MediaGroup
HOROSCOPE
Gibraltar :: Gibraltar | 14 days ago
Credibility Tensions at home stem from cosmic to-dos in a loved one�s corner of the sky...May 20-June 19): Acquaintances want to introduce you to someone whose name keeps popping up in conversation...June 20-July 21): The success of any relationship�professional...
Tags: Gibraltar, Like-engirding, Astrological signs, Zodiac, Detriment, Human Interest
Make This Mine Yours (Now!)
Gibraltar :: Gibraltar | 14 days ago
Credibility and not the overplayed crowd pleasers -- end up producing your favorite songs. TGB ) is among the most underappreciated companies in its industry. BHP ) , will always have the undivided attention of investors and analysts.
Tags: Taseko Mines, Gibraltar, Barrick Gold, Copper, BHP Billiton, New York Stock Exchange, Taseko Mines Limited, Southern Copper Corporation, Newmont Mining Corporation, Freeport-McMoRan, Business Finance
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