Palestinian children are dying, do something world!
I am getting angrier everyday watching this unrestrained massacre unfolds. Bombing UN schools? They must be cold-blooded enough to do that. The world’s — I should say the western world — double standard once again shows how terrible they could be when they name someone “terrorists”. How many Israeli civilians have the Hamas killed with their low-tech rockets? And how many American-made super bombs are killing?? (caption... [Read More...]
BC – Asia trade stats
BC Stats release – With the rapid economic growth of countries such as China and India, Asia has become a focal point for exporters looking to expand their marketplace. For British Columbia, Asia has long been an important destination for the province’s commodity exports, with the share of BC’s total goods exports rising above 25% in the 1970s and remaining there since. In 1989, the share of BC’s exports shipped to Asia peaked... [Read More...]
Nanjing victim wins libel case
Japan Times – The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court defamation ruling, ordering a historian and a publishing company to pay a combined 4 million to a female Nanjing Massacre survivor for calling her an impostor in a book about the atrocity. Dismissing appeals from both the plaintiff and the defendants, the court ruled that Shudo Higashinakano’s book, “The Nanking Massacre: Fact versus Fiction — A Historian’s... [Read More...]
911-style terror plot foiled by China
Washington Post – The crew of a Chinese airliner bound for Beijing thwarted an attempt to crash the plane last week, a Chinese government official said Sunday. The plane had taken off from the region of Xinjiang in northwestern China, where police in January raided an office of an ethnic minority separatist group. Police said at the time that they had killed two suspects and arrested 15. The Communist Party chief of the region, Wang Lequan,... [Read More...]
World’s first triangular coin
World’s first triangular coin has been presented on December 6, 2007, to commemorate the return of treasures of Tutankhamun to the capital of UK. The coins, having the shape of a pyramid, represent a part of a series depicting artifacts that were uncovered in the tomb of the young pharaoh. The place, were the tomb was unearthed in 1922 by Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, is called Valley of the Kings. The coin includes the image of the... [Read More...]
MPs, reporters poles apart on journalism fairness: study
Canadian Media Research Consortium release – Members of Parliament and the journalists who report on them agree on the importance of accuracy, balance and impartiality in reporting, but are poles apart on just how far journalists should go to get their stories. Those are just some of the findings in an insightful new study of fairness in the media by the Canadian Media Research Consortium. The Fairness in News Study reveals that while MPs and... [Read More...]
Coldest winter in years: Environment Canada
Oh boy, we are going to experience much chill this winter :P CTV – The weather phenomenon La Nina will bring Canada the coldest winter in nearly 15 years, Environment Canada warned Friday. Environment Canada’s temperature forecast shows the majority of the country will experience a “temperature anomaly” of below-normal temperatures through the months of December, January and February. Much of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, Alberta... [Read More...]
62 years after war: 1 million soldiers’ remains are still waiting to be brought back to Japan
In today’s Asahi.com, there is an article blasting the lack of effort by the post-war Japanese governments to extricate remains of soldiers died overseas, as well as questioning if the Japanese leaders “wants to hide the truth because it is afraid of being held responsible for the war?” The author talks about his recent trip to the island of Biak in the Indonesian province of Papua, where he was supposed to be part of a mission... [Read More...]
Picture of the Day – The Great Wall of Nude Bodies
This is REALLY cool. Hundreds of naked people pose in front of the Aletsch glacier during a massive naked photo session with U.S. photographer Spencer Tunick, near Bettmeralp, Switzerland, Saturday Aug. 18, 2007. The environmental group Greenpeace commissioned Tunick to take pictures of nude volunteers on a Swiss glacier to call attention to the issue of global warming and its impact on glaciers. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron) Read More →
Australia admits oil is a factor in Iraq war
Free Internet Press – The Australian government has admitted the need to secure oil supplies is a factor in Australia’s continued military involvement in Iraq. Defense Minister Brendan Nelson said Thursday that oil was a factor in Australia’s contribution to the unpopular war, as “energy security” and stability in the Middle East would be crucial to the nation’s future. Speaking ahead of a key foreign policy speech... [Read More...]
