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
Tags: · 2008, 2008 olympic games, Afghanistan, beijing, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, bread, China, cuba, equestrian, famine, fire, flood, florida, florida keys, France, georgia, gori, hait, Haiti, hong kong, Key West, missiles, Nicolas Sarkozy, olympic equestrian venue, olympic flame, Olympic Games, Paris, Russia, Tropical Storm, tropical storm fay, War
World News Captured in Photo Roundup
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Captions combine with photos from around the world to tell the stories of competition over some pricey materials — oil, freedom and gold medals. See the photos below for details.
Tags: · 2008 Olympics, Abkazian, beijing, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, california, Capitol Hill, China, Congress, Congressional Republicans, Day 10, Freedom, georgia, Georgia border, gold medals, House Democratics, house republicans, Men's 110m hurdles, Michigan, Nancy Pelosi, National Stadium, news conference, offshore drilling, oil, Olympic Games, Rep. Candice Miller, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Republican, russian forces, Russian soldier, separatists, Speaker of the House, tennessee, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Zugdidi
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 [...]
Tags: · 2008 olympic games, 2008 Olympics, beijing, China, georgia, gold medal, irakli tsirekidze, ivan pershin, judo, Olympic Games, Russia, Vladimir Putin
Chinese Making U.S. Olympic Team Uniforms
July 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Reuters reports today that Chinese tailors are working overtime to produce more than 1,800 Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms for members of the U.S. Olympic Team in time for next month’s opening ceremonies in Beijing. After watching Reuters’ video report (below right) on the matter, I was left wondering why American tailors were not given the opportunity [...]
Tags: · American tailors, beijing, Beijing Games, beijing olympics, China, chinese tailors, Olympic Games, opening ceremonies, public affairs, ralph lauren-designed uniforms, u.s. olympic committee, u.s. olympic team uniforms, usoc
State Department Warns China-Bound Americans
March 21st, 2008 · No Comments
The U.S. State Department posted a new fact sheet today that contains ominous warnings for American citizens planning to travel to Beijing later this year for the XXIXth Olympic Summer Games and the Beijing Paralympic Summer Games which will take place Aug 8-24 and Sept. 6-17, respectively. Two of the more-serious warnings appear beneath the [...]
Tags: · American citizens, beijing, beijing paralympic summer games, China, fact sheet, Olympic Games, olympic summer games, Olympics, on-site monitoring, privacy, privacy and security, security, state department, technical monitoring, threat levels, u.s. state department, XXIXth Olympic Summer Games
Surveillance Up as ‘08 Beijing Games Approach
September 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
With the Beijing Olympics less than one 12 months away, I thought I would share this report I received from Open Doors, a Christian group that serves persecuted Christians worldwide… Since the last quarter of 2006 – and increasingly in 2007 – Open Doors contacts have reported that: Most house church meetings, baptism services and [...]
Tags: · Beijing Games, China, chinese, Chinese Government, Christians, house church, International Christian Fellowship, Olympic Games, Olympics, Open Doors, Persecution of Christians, security, surveillance
Richardson Joins Long Line of Presidential ‘Explorers’
May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
Yesterday, I found myself wondering why it takes presidential candidates so long to make up their minds. The question came to mind after New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announced his official entry into the race for the 2008 Democrat presidential nomination — a full four months after announcing the formation of an exploratory committee. Richardson’s [...]
Tags: · 2008 Democrat Presidential Nomination, American Voters, Barack, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Democrat Presidential Nomination, Exploratory Committee, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Massachusets, Mitt, Mitt Romney, Obama, Olympic Games, Presidential Big, Presidential Nomination, Richardson, Romney, Rudy, Rudy Giuliani, Salt Laky City
