Kyawhtin1MOST INTERNATIONAL LEADERS APPEARING AS TIME’S PERSON(S) OF THE YEAR ARE NON ASIANS. ONLY A FEW MADE THE COVER. CORAZON AQUINO IS ONE OF THEM. 1986 Corazon Aquino BY PICO IYER Jan. 5, 1987 TIME Person of the Year: Story Archive Since 1927, Corazon Aquino http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1986.html History, wrote Gibbon, is little more than a “register […]
Time Magazine Man of the year 1996: Science & Medicine THE ONE AND ONLY ASIAN DOCTOR HONORED UP TO NOW. HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ARE FROM THE RARE SCIENCE & MEDICINE CATEGORY. 1996 Dr. David Ho BY HOWARD CHUA-EOAN TIME Person of the Year: Story Archive Since 1927, Dr. David Ho http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/archive/stories/1996.html If you lean in close, […]
RUNNERS UP – 2009 The Chinese Worker – Person of the Year 2009 – TIME http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1946375_1947252_1947256,00.html The Chinese Worker In China they have a word for it. baoba means “protect eight,” the 8% annual economic growth rate that officials believe is critical to ensuring social stability. A year ago, many thought hitting such a figure […]
TIME’s Man of the Year List http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa050400a.htm TIME’s Man of the Year Since 1927, TIME Magazine has chosen a man, woman, or idea that “for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year.” Though TIME’s list is not an academic or objective study of the past, the list gives a contemporary viewpoint […]
China Sends Aid to Haiti: Raw Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl-wB3NJenc PROBLEM WITH LINKS? PUT ON WEB BROWSER TO CONNECT. Chinese Rescue Forces Arrives In Haiti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RCL61DKewU&feature=related Missing in Haiti / Rescue Workers Dispatched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=908bMLH8emQ&feature=related Chinese rescue team arrives in Haiti-2010015news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGJV8EX8kec&feature=related YouTube – Chinese rescue team arrives in Haiti-2010015news CHINA RESCUE TEAM LEAVES FOR HAITI–REPORT–CC TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFjEcu7Flfc […]
Haiti’s Earthquake – A Photo Gallery – Slide Show – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2010-haiti/index.html?#/25 http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/photo/2010-haiti/index.html?#/0 IF LINKS DON’T CONNECT, PUT THEM ON BROWSER Swift Chinese relief for Haiti wins applause http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-01/18/c_13140281.htm BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) — China, with fresh memories of the 2008 devastating earthquake in its southwestern region, promptly sent emergency relief to […]
HORRIFIC EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI! PLEASE DONATE TO THE NEEDY VICTIMS AND EARN MUCH MERITS FOR YOUR GOOD DEEDS. IN DESPERATE CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY REALLY REALLY NEED YOUR HELP. PICTURES AND VIDEOS BELOW: Boston globe/Boston.com: Haiti devastated by 7.0 earthquake http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/photos/photos_galleries/haiti_earthquake/ 21 pics. Click “next” arrow on top right corner. YAHOO: MOST VIEWED PHOTOS Most Viewed Photos – […]
CSMONITOR: The Burj Dubai opens as the Burj Khalifa http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/CSM-Galleries/The-Burj-Khalifa 14 pics. Click Arrows Burj Dubai Evolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3B2KRj844w Burj Dubai Construction burj dubai – worlds tallest buliding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEyoGoeOcsE
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BURJ KHALIFA BUILDING / The world’s tallest skyscraper unveiled – The Burj Dubai ITN News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRxxv6AZ_xg Dubai names tallest building after bailout patron DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper today, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal tower Burj Khalifa in a nod to the leader of neighboring […]
ROTATING VIEWS – JUST CLICK AND DRAG AND THE PICTURES WILL TURN http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rose-parade-samba-pano,0,5375439.htmlstory Panorama: Camping out before the Rose Parade – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rose-bowl-pano,0,6139807.htmlstory http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-fg-dubai-building5-2010jan05,0,7056211.story