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Photos Capture War, Floods, Famine and Fire

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Captions for the images below describe scenes from around the world — from France to Florida and Georgia (the country, not the state) to Hong Kong — related to this week’s evidence of war, floods, famine and fire.

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Georgian Athlete Defeats Russian for Gold Medal

August 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

While Russia may have won in its military confrontation with Georgia, one of Vladimir Putin’s boys lost a gold medal judo match during 2008 Olympic Games to an athlete from — of all places — the former Soviet satellite that has stood as an outpost of democracy since 1991. Hats off to Irakli Tsirekidze!  [...]

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Democratic Uprising in Burma 20-Year-Old Memory

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

A few minutes ago, the media folks at the State Department sent me this reminder about the 20th anniversary of the democratic uprising in Burma, the country know known as Myanmar.
I took glee in the fact that it’s release happened to coincide with opening day of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. [...]

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President, First Lady Attend Opening Ceremonies

August 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m not a Bush basher. In fact, I’m far from it. Still, it irks me to see George W. Bush, the president of the United States, and his wife Laura waving to members of the U.S. Olympic team during opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Why? Because members of that [...]

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