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Goa police making no efforts to contact me: Swedish model
10 May: IANS. The Goa police appears unwilling to probe a nexus between the police, politicians and the narcotics mafia, alleged Lucky Mångårda, a Swedish model whose spycam videos of a notorious Israeli drug dealer had triggered a string of arrests in Goa in March… "I have read that Goa police have problems in finding me… But no one ever had. It's very easy to get in contact with me. Specially, when they know where I live, have my phone number, email etc," Lucky has said in a recent entry (May 9) on her website

thanks to www.goanvoice.org.uk.

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Quote Noni on J5
" it will be his round first." :rofl: - his round what ? :rofl:

*Told you my och i phone was useless, wonder if Vaz ( washes whiter than white) will stand ? Alan Johnson is 2nd Fav :fingerscrossed:

K-C

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Well, he is going to resign when the Lib Dems have decided which party they are going to support. They are starting talks with Labour while continuing talks with the Conservatives.
Putting extra pressure on the Conservatives.

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Wonder what will happen now, think they should throw Kamat into the mix.

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J5's first round in pub, if he has his visa to cross the bridge.;)

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And showing what a two-faced bunch of turds they are. Very Indian, we will side with the "real" party that gives us the biggest bribe (it doesn't have to be money)

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I'm sure there were many horror stories in the newspapers/media about the airlines at the height of the problem - as for Qatar:

The planes are very modern - no old clunkers on the four flights we had with them. :thumbup:

The customer service when it came to fly home was NO star, not FIVE star - they really did not give a toss & their 'agent' at Dabolim told us "the airline's liability here is nil" :thumbdown:

The out bound flights were on time & when the return journey did go, by the time we got back to the UK, they had made up all but 10 minutes of an initial 45 minute delay from Goa :thumbup:

It may be obvious to state but English was obviously not the 1st language of the vast majority of the cabin crew :confused:

Communication from the captain/1st officer on all four flights was negligible :confused:

The food on offer in economy was mediocre at best :thumbdown:

Even though drinks were "included" in economy, it felt like you needed to be accompanied by both great grand parents to get more than one drink on any of the flights - especially the Doha to UK leg. Wanting 3, 4 or 5 alcoholic drinks over the course of a 7 hour flight was akin to admitting that you could usually be found on a park bench with a 2 litre bottle of strong cider in a brown paper bag :thumbdown:

I would use Qatar again but only if the price was very very good & only then if I could not get Thomas Cook "Premium:rofl:" seats at a reasonable price. If I can find good connection times, I'm seriously considering going via Bombay next time, but I don't want to wait for 6 hours in Bombay at midnight after getting off a 10 hour flight.

H.

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No, I think they actually are clarifying the rules - you can have up to three side trips as part of a single 'visit' - but each visit (with or without side trips) can only last 180/90 days (depending on you visa). You must then stay out for two months except in real emergencies.
I am fairly sure that this is what was intended all along but a lot got lost 'in translation'.

AndyD 8-)#

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Narcotourism
10 May: Panorama (Italy) …Today, instead of hippies on the beaches of Anjuna, Candolim and Calangute it is Russians who come to Goa to enjoy days and nights filled with LSD and drugs of every color. Along with the Russian mafia with bandanas are a few Israelis who come to Goa to avoid military service!

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Did anyone see Theo last night trying to get the chosen 3 companies to get interest and investment into India ?:eek:

"Marmite" :rofl: was the only one that had any degree of success and we know how sticky that is ! Perhaps we could drop a line to Theo to share our thoughts and experiences on how to successfully invest in India ? :confused:

May I suggest the common subject matter is "Investing in India?" this way there may be a chance it gets passed his P/As if enough of us email him :fingerscrossed: this email address is off his website

[email protected]

K-C Spreading the word ! :rofl: ( sorry Dread)

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Sixth Goa policeman arrested for drugs mafia links
13 May: IANS. Sub Inspector Punaji Gawas was arrested late Wednesday for selling seized drugs stored for safekeeping in the police storehouse back to the drugs mafia … Police had earlier maintained that white ants had devoured the drugs

Goa court postpones verdict in Russian girl rape case
12 May: PTI. A Goa court today postponed its verdict in the Russian minor girl rape case after the accused claimed that he is a juvenile…

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[QUOTE=noni;8561512]Sixth Goa policeman arrested for drugs mafia links
13 May: IANS. Sub Inspector Punaji Gawas was arrested late Wednesday for selling seized drugs stored for safekeeping in the police storehouse back to the drugs mafia … Police had earlier maintained that white ants had devoured the drugs


This puts a whole new perspective on the old play "Charleys Aunt" !:rofl: Look at those ants go :blink: Wonder wot Inspector Gawas is doing with the dosh ? :confused:

K-C

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[QUOTE=Kan-conned;8562314]Is this another example of personnel being transferred INTO Goa and abusing their position...perhaps even pre planned siphoning of illegal proceeds. These are the very people who then point fingers at the 'tourists'. Its all about 'the optics' and everyone seems to be falling for it.

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[QUOTE=wheatsheaf;8563088]If you notice in the police force the same surnames keep coming up time and time again :thumbdown:- whole families are employed by the force.