●Dalai Lama Banned From Entering South Africa! Desmond speaks out

22Mar09

If his holiness’s visa is refused, then I won’t take part in the coming 2010 World Cup-related peace conference. I will condemn government’s behaviour as disgraceful, in line with our country’s abysmal record at the United Nations Security Council, a total betrayal of our struggle history
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Read more – IOL Sunday Tribune
So much for [...]

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●China olympics: Zapiro – spells it out

09Aug08

Zapiro – Courtesy Mail & Guardian Online [www.mg.co.za]
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” T h e G r e a t F i r e w a l l of C h i n a ! “
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Zapiro – Courtesy [...]

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●China olympics: finally after mammoth search to find who directed yesterdays spectacular show – it’s film director Yimou Zhang – he’s THE man

09Aug08

Zhang directed the film – House of Flying Daggers
If you haven’t seen it - it’s visually stunning – loads of slow mow & graphic gems
I wanted to find a list of the creative team of the opening show
- I’ve run out of steam – they are stupendously underwhelmingly visible!
LINK – Olympic official website
LINK – Olympic event schedule
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●China: Olympics kick off show – was amazing!

08Aug08

All Photos: Telegraph online Reuters/Afp/Getty/
Very bad form not to show the names of these brilliant photographers!

Photo:Getty – BBC Online

LINK:: more brilliant pics @ telegraph on line
LINK: Getty Images – sport [very slow to upload page as it's so large]

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●Beijing China: Finally Olympics begin today @ midday [GMT] – & at last that bleeping torch gets switched off

08Aug08

Photo: The Telegraph – EPA – National Stadium, rehearsal – opening ceremony
Architects of stadium: Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Switzerland
Estimated cost of hosting the China Olympics:
$44 billion USD – €28.7 billion EUR – ₤22.6 billion GBP – R330.4 billion ZAR
A bargain!
In a discussion on a BBC World radio program [Thursday 7th aug [Outlook?]] [...]

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●China: most blocked internet sites are unbanned during olympics

04Aug08

China lifts ban on Tiananmen sites – Officials heed pressure from Olympic committee…..
Websites on sensitive subjects such as the bloody crackdown on democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989 were accessible in the Chinese capital yester-day as the authorities lifted more internet restrictions in order to meet their Olympic Games commitments…..
…. However, Wikipedia’s ‘Chinese democracy [...]

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●Boycott Yahoo: they are collaborating with Chinese authorities – journalists being arrested preventing freedom of expression – SHAME ON YOO Yahoo!

04Aug08

The Yahoo search portal provides information to Chinese authorities that helped identify and prosecute several journalists and pro-democracy writers in china…
The NUJ regards Yahoo!’s actions as a completely unacceptable endorsement of the Chinese authorities. As a result, the NUJ will be cancelling all Yahoo!-operated services and advising all members to boycott Yahoo! until the company [...]

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ZIMBABWE WEAPONS SHIP – UPDATE – 1ST MAY08

07May08

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