the police actually put a stop to this before it began
BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) – The first Mr Gay China pageant will be held in Beijing’s Lan Club Friday night.
Once selected, Mr Gay China will represent China in the Worldwide Mr Gay Competition (Feb. 10 to 14) in Oslo.
An audience of around 200 will gather in the 250 seat venue. Read more…
Pollution from an oil spill in northern China has reportedly reached the Yellow river, threatening one of the country’s major water sources. Chinese state media reported yesterday that officials have failed to stop an oil spill in the Wei tributary, in Shaanxi province, from spreading to the Yellow River, in Henan province. A broken pipeline owned by the China National Petroleum Corporation leaked 150,000 litres of diesel last Wednesday, but the accident was not publicly known until Sunday. Around 700 emergency workers are working overnight to contain the spill, but officials have warned local towns not to use water from the river. The Yellow River supplies water for drinking, irrigation and industrial activities to 140 million people.
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 03:18 GMT]
Norway is up to appease Colombo as the Tamil Tigers are out of the picture and the only way to do this is abetting Colombo’s discrimination of Tamils in the line of Iran, Burma and China, writes Professor Øivind Fuglerud of the University of Oslo adding that a revealing cue comes from Norway insensitively sponsoring a Buddhist organisation to conduct a music festival on 27th November in Galle, timed to humiliate Tamils on the Heroes’ Day. Read more…
is destroying places like this what's meant by low carbon development strategy? destroying pristine nature for a hydro dam?
The Amaila Falls project is a 140 MW hydro project located in western Guyana, a small South American country. Currently, all generation in Guyana is provided through small units burning either diesel or heavy fuel oil. The Amaila Falls project would be a substitute for these expensive and mostly outdated generation facilities.
It would not only represent a clean generation source, but also represent important foreign exchange savings for the country by reducing Guyana’s dependence on expensive imported fuels. The location of the plant requires no human habitat displacements and the plant factor and water flow represents a relatively small inundation area for the generation capacity of the plant. The reliable and more economic source of electricity would also likely encourage investors to assess possible investments in the mining sector in Guyana, which has often been identified as having substantial potential. (hello LCDS!!!) Read more…
after shutting down, going out of business, coming back, suiing the union, a plantain chip man and two fish & chip vendors Bosai Minerals Group has decided to open back up refractory grade bauxite operations in Guyana. we do not welcome them back. [this company is actually Nanchuan Minerals Group of China!]
By PETER ENAV, Associated Press Writer Peter Enav, Associated Press Writer 4 mins ago
TAIPEI, Taiwan – A Taiwan court imposed a life sentence on former President Chen Shui-bian after convicting him of corruption Friday, marking a watershed in the island’s turbulent political history. Read more…
Granma: YESTERDAY morning, the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, had a fraternal meeting with Hu Jintao, president of the People’s Republic of China, and members of the delegation accompanying him.
Nepal-Leader-Arrest
Succumbing to Chinese pressure, Nepal has arrested three top pro-Dalai Lama Tibetan leaders along with 700 activists from different parts of the capital, Kathmandu.
The police raided the residences of Kelsang Chung, Director of the Tibetan Reception Centre, Ngawang Sangmi, President of Regional Tibetan Women’s Association and Tashi Dolma, vice-president of RTWA and arrested them Thursday, PTI reported here quoting Superintendent of Police Sarvendra Khanal said. Read more…
The Chinese ship carrying weapons for Zimbabwe is anchored off Luanda and shows no sign of returning to China, says the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
the govt of China has called home the An Yue Jiang and the weapons on board. this is indeed shocking breaking news. we noticed some activity from Bejing and Shanghai on propaganda press yesterday. so we know they were doing something over this. we definitel didn’t expect to see this. wow!
this is the foreign ministry’s spokesperson Jiang Yu [no relation to An Yue Jiang 
] during her daily briefing
The AN YUE JIANG is now back on Lloyd’s MIU AIS. The position, south of the Cape, may fit with earlier reports that the vessel had gone up towards Angola or Namibia and turned back, possibly bound Dar es Salaam on its way back to China.
The Alliance indicated that should the ship enter South African waters, it could be arrested and taken into one of our harbours. The Jasa spokesman continued to say that: “The arms must then be put in bond until assurances are obtained from the Chinese Government that they will be returned to China. Any promise from the ship owner is insufficient as it becomes unenforceable the moment the ship leaves SA territorial waters. The captain may say he is going home and yet immediately sail for Angola once he has fuel in his bunkers.”
The Uighurs, who look and sound more like Turks than Han Chinese, advocate and support the creation of an independent State for Xinjiang’s Muslims, much to China’s antagonism. On its part, the Chinese authorities are seeking to demonstrate to the outside world that the situation in Tibet is under their control by announcing that foreign tourists would be allowed to visit the region from this May 1.
this 14 year old boy was set on fire by the Guyana Police Force
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