KyaemonAsh from Iceland’s volcano shuts European airports – Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100510/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_iceland_volcano By FRANK JORDANS and SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Writers – Sun May 9, 9:10 pm ET GENEVA – Airlines canceled hundreds of flights across Europe and added hours to trans-Atlantic journeys Sunday as planes were diverted around a large plume of ash spewed by an Icelandic volcano and […]
Gulf Coast Oil Spill Oil-stained cattle egret sits on crew swing – Yahoo! News Photos http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gulf-Coast-Oil-Spill/ss/events/us/042110oilrigexplode;_ylt=AiRVWiL.H7.bKyTb9_8AiUep_aF4;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFuNHZ0BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl9yXzNzbG90X3NsaWRlc2hvdwRzbGsDc2xpLWV2LWxpbms-#photoViewer=/100510/480/urn_publicid_ap_org5c8d2c0c7e71448c81807ba6dc8ee41c 565 pictures Gulf spill reminds America: The era of ‘easy oil’ is over WASHINGTON — To meet the world’s boundless thirst for oil, drillers are searching in the sand and mud of remote western Canada, the tough shale rock […]
Gulf oil spill: Containment dome lowered into position – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-spill-20100508,0,972775.story Interactive: Containing the leak – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-051010-na-oil_fix-f,0,2676808.flash Photos: Oil spill spreads in the Gulf of Mexico – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-rig-20100423-pictures,0,5444277.photogallery Reporting from Los Angeles and Biloxi Crews were expected to spend much of the weekend assembling a mile-long pipe system leading to an underwater containment […]
Graft is rampant in some countries, even blatant and bold. “It’s the custom, don’t you know? You must have been away (from the country) far too long,” a minor custom official allegedly said. Witness Than Shwe’s daughter’s opulent wedding jewelry. We need a free media to contain this scourge or culture. Some people didn’t stop […]
***** Los Angeles Chinatown then and now Once the hub of Chinese American life in Los Angeles, the 24-block Chinatwon neighborhood northeast of downtown, has lost much of its luster since its heydays in the 1940s. During daylight hours, the Chinese-themed shops and restaurants clustered around three main plazas still draw visitors, hunting for cheap […]
Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy party disbands in Burma http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/06/AR2010050606171.html?hpid=sec-world BANGKOK — The Burmese pro-democracy party of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi chose to disband Thursday rather than recognize a government edict formally nullifying the party’s victory in 1990 elections. Burma’s ruling military junta passed a law in March announcing the country’s first elections since that […]
Faisal Shahzad Charged in Times Square Case – WSJ.com Suspect Admits Bomb Plot Man Charged in New York Terror Attempt Says He Trained in Pakistan, Officials Say http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575223671205160344.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories By EVAN PEREZ and DEVLIN BARRETT in Washington and ZAHID HUSSAIN in Karachi, Pakistan A 30-year-old man pulled from a jetliner just before it was to take […]
Opposition to Boycott Myanmar Vote http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/world/asia/30myanmar.html?hp BANGKOK – After months of internal debate, members of the party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the long-detained pro-democracy leader, defied Myanmar’s junta by announcing Monday that they would boycott the country’s first elections in two decades. The move raises questions about both the future of the Burmese […]
WASHINGTON—The biggest transformation of the U.S. health system in decades won approval on Capitol Hill late Sunday, the culmination of efforts by generations of Democrats to achieve near-universal health coverage. House Passes Historic Health Bill – WSJ.com WASHINGTON—The biggest transformation of the U.S. health system in decades won approval on Capitol Hill late Sunday, the […]
Myanmar deports jailed Burmese-American activist | Reuters Myanmar deports jailed Burmese-American activist Papitchaya Boonngok BANGKOK Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:05am EDT (Reuters) – Army-ruled Myanmar deported a Burmese-American activist on Thursday after sentencing him last month to three years in prison for forgery and immigration offences. U.S. Nyi Nyi Aung, a U.S. citizen, was sent […]
Burma 2010 Election Laws > Click Here to Download pdf file FROM VARIOUS ONLINE NEWS Burma military passes key election laws http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8555386.stm Burma’s military government has approved election laws that pave the way for polls expected this year. Details of the laws have not yet been revealed but they are likely to include issues such […]
CARTOONIST HARN LAY’s CARTOONS ARE WONDERFUL. (FROM AN EMAIL).
Got these cartoons from an email. To be continued.