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.
Photos Capture War, Floods, Famine and Fire
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments
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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! See [...]
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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. Could it [...]
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