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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says Cholera Crisis Over

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says Cholera Crisis Over

12.11.08 posted by jason 0 views no comments
What Cholera outbreak. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe suggested today that the Cholera crisis was over. In fact, it is far from over. If ever there was a time for more international action against Mugabe's regime it is now. See this NYT article and judge for yourself
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15,000 Now Feared Dead in Massive Earthquake

15,000 Now Feared Dead in Massive Earthquake

05.14.08 posted by pondy 472 views 14 comments
Rescuers struggled to reach some of the hardest-hit areas of China. The death toll, now at 12,000 is expected to rise. It might be days or even weeks before the full count is known. Heavy rain, collapsed bridges and damaged roads complicated efforts to get troops and aid workers to the worst-hit towns. The rain drove some people back inside homes even as more aftershocks rattled the region.
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Obama Fatigue?

Obama Fatigue?

08.23.08 posted by pondy 120 views no comments
During the summer, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism found much more extensive media coverage of Mr. Obama than Mr. McCain. The Pew survey found 48 percent of respondents saying they had heard "too much" about Barack Obama. Just 26 percent said the same about John McCain, while 38 percent said they hear too little on McCain.
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Senate Passes Wall Street Bailout Bill

Senate Passes Wall Street Bailout Bill

10.01.08 posted by pondy 42 views 2 comments
The Senate passed a sweeping and controversial financial bailout similar in key ways to one rejected by the House just two days earlier. The measure was passed by a vote of 74-25 after more than three hours of floor debate in the Senate. Both presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, voted in favor.
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Meltdown in the Arctic is speeding up

Meltdown in the Arctic is speeding up

08.10.08 posted by pondy 140 views no comments
Ice at the North Pole melted at an unprecedented rate last week, with leading scientists warning that the Arctic could be ice-free in summer by 2013. Satellite images show that ice caps started to disintegrate dramatically several days ago as storms over Alaska's Beaufort Sea began sucking streams of warm air into the Arctic.
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Court allows Banda to start contempt proceedings against The Post

Court allows Banda to start contempt proceedings against The Post

10.01.08 posted by hapanda 40 views no comments
THE Lusaka High Court has allowed acting President, Rupiah Banda, to start contempt proceedings against Post Newspapers Editor-in Chief, Fred M'membe. High Court Judge, Charles Kajimanga, made the ruling yesterday after Mr Banda, applied for ex-parte summons for leave to start contempt proceedings against Mr M'membe.
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Political Satire Cartoon Between US and China

Political Satire Cartoon Between US and China

08.10.08 posted by jason 138 views no comments
In this cartoon by Matt Bors, a general from the US debates with a general from China over which country has a better spying, penal, and torture program. It ends with a clever remark about China's heavy involvement in the US economy. While it is satire cartoon, it makes its point clear.

Trial of anti-AIDS vaccine in an Indian lab a major success

Trial of anti-AIDS vaccine in an Indian lab a major success

08.11.08 posted by pondy 132 views no comments
A lab in India reports they have made progress on a potential HIV vaccination. Preliminary results of phase one trial have successfully proved the vaccine's safety and its ability to stimulate immune response (that might provide protection against infection), the center's head told reporters.
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Xinjiang border police apologize to Japanese reporters

Xinjiang border police apologize to Japanese reporters

08.05.08 posted by eguda 135 views 4 comments
16 police killed in suspected terrorist attack in Xinjiang in 4th Augest. Lots of reporters came to this city, but local officers are some kind of unwilling to allow them to "mess" it.
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China's quake: Why did so many schools collapse?

China's quake: Why did so many schools collapse?

05.13.08 posted by pondy 401 views 2 comments
Of all the harrowing images from the China earthquake, perhaps none are as sad as those of schools that collapsed, killing many students in the process. This article asks an interesting question, and it certainly is a point worthy of discussion. Do contractors cut corners in the building of schools or are China's building codes not up to par? This article looks at both questions.
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UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Raping, Abusing Children

UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Raping, Abusing Children

05.27.08 posted by pondy 344 views 1 comment
Save the Children UK, issued a report today describing a litany of sexual crimes, including rape and child pornography committed by UN peacekeepers and aid workers against children as young as 6. It said some children were denied food aid unless they granted sexual favors.
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