No easy riding for Gaza bikers
When Munzer Diyya wants to get away from it all, he sits astride his motorcycle and takes to the open road -- all 45 kilometres of it. Diyya has the misfortune of being an open road enthusiast living in the Gaza Strip, a tiny territory sandwiched between Israel and Egypt and blockaded by both. So when he and his buddies gun their engines and head out on the highway, they are reduced to riding only the length of the impoverished and overcrowded Palestinian enclave -- a mere 45 kilometres (28 miles). "I ride slowly to make it last longer," Diyya...
Published on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 02:23:36 AM
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Christmas bike program picks up speed at fort
Deputy Garrison Chaplain Lt. Col. Doug Wootten helps carry two of 106 bicycles that were purchased through the efforts of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Training Battalion on Fort Huachuca. (Ed Honda • Herald/Review) FORT HUACHUCA — For six years, those who are involved in the unmanned aerial systems program at the Black Tower area of the post have been purchasing and putting together trikes and bikes to be given to children of soldiers as Christmas presents. This year, the largest number of the two-wheeled and three-wheeled vehicles — 106 of them — were presented to the Post Chaplain’s Outreach Ministries on...
Published on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 02:23:36 AM
Bike officers added to Iraqi Police Force
Iraqi Police work to assemble their bicycles during training at the Kirkuk Police Academy, Nov. 15. This group will be the first to graduate and become bicycle police officers in Kirkuk City. Photo by Pfc. Justin Naylor, 1st Cavalry Division. KIRKUK — Iraqi Police (IP) officers recently attended the Bicycle Police Course at the Police Academy here, part of an ongoing effort to establish better policing practices in the city. Many of the police officers had never seen or heard of a bicycle cop before, but soon they themselves will be the first group to begin operating as Bicycle Police...
Published on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 02:23:36 AM
26 Brother Speed motorcycles crash on I-5; traffic backs up for miles
WILSONVILLE -- Members of the Brother Speed outlaw motorcycle club rolled into a bloody 26-bike crash on Interstate 5 north Friday afternoon, south of Wilsonville. "When we arrived on scene, it was ordered mayhem," said Lt. Mike Towner of Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. "There were ... two dozen motorcycles scattered across the freeway." Two bikers with critical injuries were flown by LifeFlight helicopter to Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and OHSU Hospital in Portland. Seven other crash victims with less serious injuries were taken by ambulance. Northbound lanes at Milepost 282, near the Baldock Rest Area, were shut...
Published on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 02:23:36 AM
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