Posts Tagged ‘motorcycle’

In Raymond Davis case, justice for some

Monday, October 17th, 2011

LAHORE, Pakistan — Since January, when a CIA contractor shot two Pakistanis to death on the streets of the country’s second-largest city, life has moved on for the main protagonists in what became the first of several low points this year in U.S.-Pakistani relations.  But the incident remains a gaping wound for one Pakistani family. In the commotion that followed the shooting, a U.S. Consulate vehicle rushing to the scene struck and killed Abbad ur-Rehman, a 32-year-old shop owner who was riding his motorcycle to work. Read full article > >

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Alberto Granado, Guevara’s Motorcycle Companion, Dies at 88

Sunday, March 6th, 2011

Mr. Granado accompanied Ernesto “Che” Guevara on a 1952 journey of discovery across Latin America that was immortalized in “The Motorcycle Diaries.”

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Che’s motorcycle companion dies

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Alberto Granado, the travel companion of Ernesto Che Guevara made famous in The Motorcycle Diaries, dies in Cuba at the age of 88.

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World’s top bikes go on display

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Jenny Tinmouth, one of the UK’s fastest female superbike riders, shows Newsbeat around Motorcycle Live 2010 in Birmingham.

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Driver jailed over death of woman

Friday, August 27th, 2010

A man is jailed for two years for causing the death by dangerous driving of a woman as she rode her motorcycle to work.

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Life on the Edge: Slum biker boys

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Boniface is one of the founders of the motorcycle boys in the Nairobi slum of Korogocho, a group of former thieves who now provide a taxi service.

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