American tourists held in Iran

From Times Online

August 1, 2009

Robin Henry

Iranian authorities have arrested three US tourists who went missing on the Iran-Iraq border.

The two men and a woman, have not been seen since Thursday, when they set off from their Iraq hotel to hike in the mountainous borderlands.

Iranian media reported today that the three were arrested after entering the country.

The border between Kurdish Northern Iraq and Iran is poorly marked and regularly patrolled by the Iranian guard.

song of the night

Speak low

music by kurt weill Lyrics by ogden nash , 1943 from ‘one touch of venus’

Speak low when you speak, love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak, love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we’re swept apart, too soon
Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We’re late, darling, we’re late
The curtain descends, ev’rything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon

judy garland version 1950s

martin suggs version (jazz) 2008

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