Documentary: Risking it all – Congo (Video)

 Things are hopping at the road terminus in Lubumbashi in the Congo. Traders throng around the only available transport; hoping to get a lift to sell their goods in the town of Bukama.

Eugene is one of the few truckers willing to risk the notorious road.

We follow Congolese lorry drivers who must navigate their trucks, laden with goods and passengers, through jungle floods where a journey of a few hundred miles takes a month.
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Morocco’s Tisdrin Pass Ranks Second Most Winding Road in the World

Source: moroccoworldnews.com

By: Larbi Arbaoui

Taroudant, Morocco- Morocco is filled with winding roads and very risky passes. Tizi n Tichka, linking the southeast of Marrakesh to the city of Ouarzazat, is the very famous winding road among Moroccans, yet it is not the most dangerous and adventurous one, which offers exciting driving experience and breathtaking views for the passengers.

Malaysia airlines losing $2 million a day

Source: http://mashable.com/

By: Jessica Plautz

Malaysia Airlines is facing dire economic straits after being involved in the two worst air tragedies of the year. Based on some recent photos taken by its few remaining passengers, some flights are operating nearly empty.

China bans beards, veils from Xinjiang city’s buses in security bid

Uighur women stand next to a street to wait for a bus in downtown Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region May 1, 2014.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/

(Reuters) – A city in China’s restive western region of Xinjiang has banned people with head scarves, veils and long beards from boarding buses, as the government battles unrest with a policy that critics said discriminates against Muslims.

Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur people who speak a Turkic language, has been beset for years by violence that the government blames on Islamist militants or separatists.

Multiple passenger jet crashes in one week (IMAGE)

“Praying for the victims and families of Air Algerie #AH5017 and all of those who passed in this bizarre week of plane crashes.” – Omar Suleiman

AIRPLANE MIRACLE (IMAGE)

Do you believe in miracles? A commercial plane with 101 passengers on board including 5 children and a baby crashed off the coast of Bali. As soon as it has hit the ground, the plane split in two and in a wink filled with water. However, only a few people have heard of this huge event, because not a single person died on that plane.