04.24.08posted by jason218 views1 comment
Pro-China demonstrators are clashing with anti-China protesters as the Olympic torch arrives for its tour through Australia. The Chinese Embassy orchestrated the mass support for China at the torch relay by bringing in thousands of students from Melbourne, the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting. New Zealand is the next stop, where more protests can be expected.
05.24.08posted by pondy133 viewsno comments
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that Myanmar's military government has agreed to let all international disaster assistance into its cyclone-ravaged country. Ban's announcement came after a crucial two-hour meeting today with the junta's leader, Senior General Than Shwe, the country's most powerful figure.
04.21.08posted by pondy182 viewsno comments
Former US President Jimmy Carter talks about his meeting with Hamas and what he sees as the road map to peace in the Middle East. Many wonder if Carter did more harm than good by legitimizing the organization. He added hat Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
03.29.08posted by jason204 viewsno comments
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
04.11.08posted by jason167 viewsno comments
Getty Images photographer Spencer Platt was in Baghdad February, 2008. Platt's vivid images and the voices in this dramatic video montage, drive home what is is like being a solider on the ground in Iraq.
05.13.08posted by pondy95 viewsno comments
This video is just tragic. The camera crew shot parents waiting nearby a collapsed school, hoping that their child would be pulled out alive from the ruble. All over parts of China effected by the earthquake, this scene is being played out over and over again. Sadly, few survivors are being recovered.
04.06.08posted by jason129 viewsno comments
It seems the China PR machine needs to work harder if it wants to avoid scenes like what took place today in London. As this dramatic video shows, protesters angry over China's human rights record and its recent actions in Tibet scuffled with police and made attempts to extinguish the Olympic torch. Is this the start of things to come as the torch travels the world?
04.15.08posted by pondy117 viewsno comments
The Pope is expected to apologize for the actions of 19 Bishops accused of sexually abusing Children. On the plane on his flight to America, he told reporters he was "deeply ashamed" over the church sex abuse scandal.
