ToneToneBurma jails US citizen who was 1988 student activist http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8507542.stm A Burmese court has sentenced a US citizen to three years in prison for fraud and forgery, despite calls by 50 US lawmakers for his release. Rights activist Nyi Nyi Aung was convicted for forging an identity card, failing to declare currency at customs and […]
BBC News – Currency reform may unsettle North Korean leadership http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8500017.stm North Korea’s unexpected currency reforms destabilised its economy – but are they likely to unsettle the country’s politics as well? On 30 November 2009 North Korea launched a surprise confiscatory currency reform aimed at cracking down on burgeoning private markets and reviving socialism. The […]
BBC News – Australia signs huge China coal deal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8501777.stm An Australian firm has signed a $60bn (AUS$69bn; £38bn) deal to supply coal to Chinese power stations. Clive Palmer, chairman of the company, Resourcehouse, said it was Australia’s “biggest ever export contract”. Under the deal, the firm will build a new mining complex to give […]
Lancaster says ‘ni hao’ to Chinese investors The Antelope Valley city is going all out to woo Chinese businesses, including having officials take basic Mandarin lessons to greet potential investors. Lancaster says ‘ni hao’ to Chinese investors – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-lancaster-mandarin5-2010feb05,0,7072335.story When the eight-minute promotional video wrapped up, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris’ review wasn’t entirely […]
Carnival kicks off in Brazil _English_Xinhua http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/22/content_10867511.htm Eyes wide open: costumed revelers parade for carnivals _English_Xinhua http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/22/content_10868357.htm Xinhua – English http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/24/content_10886169.htm Carnaval 2010 PROMO at CLUB NOKIA YouTube – Carnival 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgKCMO2v1I0&feature=related YouTube – RAINHA E PRINCESAS DO CARNAVAL 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0AGl4j3D_4&feature=related A tourist and a participant in Brazil’s Carnival She dreamed of being a bejeweled […]
Aged Tires: A Driving Hazard? – ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4826897 How to select a vehicle tire (tyre) http://www.docstoc.com/docs/12577576/How-to-select-a-vehicle-tire-(tyre) Tire Expiration Dates http://www.aa1car.com/library/tire_expire.htm Recent news reports about old tires failing has experts asking if tires should have expiration dates the same as many other products. Why? Because old tires are failing and killing people! In a letter […]
At Hot Contest, Cool Beyoncé Is a Dynamo but Never a Diva At Hotly Contested Grammys, Cool Beyoncé Is Dynamo, Not Diva – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/arts/music/02grammys.html?ref=arts LOS ANGELES — What’s good for Beyoncé is good for the Grammys. Grammys 2010: Live-Blogging the Awards – Speakeasy – WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/01/31/grammys-2010-live-blogging-the-awards/tab/slideshow/ The 2010 Grammy Awards | The show – […]
GRAMMY.com | The Official Site of Music’s Biggest Night http://www.grammy.com/ GRAMMY AWARDS 2010 Show highlights and wins at the 52d annual Grammy Awards – Boston.com http://www.boston.com/ae/music/gallery/grammyshighlights10/ Celebrities arrive at the 52d Grammy Awards red carpet – Boston.com http://www.boston.com/ae/music/gallery/grammysredcarpet10/
Casa las Ranas: an artist and art historian’s candy-colored wonderland http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-0707-lasranas-pictures,0,3318556.photogallery
Solar eclipse seen by NASA’s STEREO spacecraft http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZlzY-9Qf4M&feature=related Solar eclipse 1/15/2010 http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Solar-Eclipse/ss/events/sc/011510eclipse http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/ASE2010/ASE2010.html YouTube – Annular Solar Eclipse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BpH3tg4KNk&feature=related Annular solar eclipse of January 15, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7LuRL4hAY&feature=related Latest Sri Lankan News- Sri Lanka to witness annular solar eclipse.10.01.2010 YouTube – Latest Sri Lankan News- Sri Lanka to witness annular solar eclipse.10.01.2010 Annular Solar Eclipse 2010 […]
Yahoo: solar eclipse pics http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news;_ylt=A9j8eu8JFlJLEkkAxhbRtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTA4czNudjU5BHNlYwN2aWV3?ei=UTF-8&c=images&p=solar+eclipse&view=list&fr= http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&c=&p=solar+eclipse&fr=&c=images CSMONITOR GALLERIES http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/Solar-eclipse 16 pics In China, a thoroughly modern view of annular solar eclipse Many Beijingers did not take note of the once-in-a-millennium annular solar eclipse, a sharp change from the time when Chinese were highly attuned to the movements of celestial bodies. http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0115/In-China-a-thoroughly-modern-view-of-annular-solar-eclipse Beijing O tempora! O […]
SOLAR ECLIPSE PICS Mizzima: Solar eclipse pics http://mizzima.com/gallery/photo-news/3312-photo-news-january-2010.html Irrawaddy.org: Thousands View Solar Eclipse http://irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=17587 Annular solar eclipse moves across Myanmar http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/15/content_12816600.htm http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/12/content_12797948.htm YANGON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) — The longest annular solar eclipse of the millennium moved across Myanmar on Friday beginning in Sittway city in the west at 01:15 p.m. (local time), according to the […]
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