> Nadeau: 09.07

Sunday, September 30, 2007

World headlines

Al Jazeera:
Ukrainians go to polls, no winner expected

Al Jazeera:
‘Free Burma!’ with every purchase

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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Burmese days

Pix of Burma demos: Japanese newsphotog down, dead.

Freelancer Richard Erlich: Myanmar's blogs of blood.

‘Dawn’ in Myanmar: girl witness frightened, blogs anyway.


How they got us into Iraq: Propaganda masterpiece
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See?
As Gary (Sick) describes the personality of Ahmydinnerjacket, I'm reminded of a certain G.Bush, resident of the Oval office. Does anybody know the Farsi for "Bring 'em on"?
I’m not the only one who has trouble saying Ahmadisomething-somethingnejad.

Although, I think if I were going to take this approach and phoneticize it, I would have chosen "Ahminadinnahjacket" and always make a point of saying it in a Southern gentleman's drawl.
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Massive flooding you never heard of:
Torrential downpours over the last few months have caused major floods across Africa, submerging whole towns and washing away bridges, farms and schools. According to the United Nations, at least 1.5 million people in 18 countries have been affected by the worst downpours in 30 years, with hundreds of thousands of people displaced and nearly 300 killed.

The UN and aid agencies are concerned about a rising risk of disease outbreaks, particularly water-borne disease such as cholera and malaria.

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So far the disaster has received very little coverage in the western press, and calls for aid have been met with a muted response.

The extreme weather conditions have been blamed by some analysts on a phenomenon known as la Niña where oceans cool faster, thus causing the rainy season to come earlier. Lawrence Flint, a researcher for the Dakar-based NGO, Environmental Development Action in the Third World, says the extremes in temperature could have roots in global warming.

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