The 2008 Olympics begin on 8/8/08 and Beijing is tidying up the streets and has almost finished the two Olympic venues. The first, the main Olympic stadium to house the Ground sports has been nicknamed the “bird’s nest” and cost China 4 billion yuan or $500 million U.S dollars. The stadium was designed in a [...]
As you may know, the Beijing Olympics are only 53 days from the 16th of June and the world is slowly turning it’s eyes to China. But in Tibet it’s a different story. Since the Dalai Lama fled Tibet with his 3000 followers in 1959, China has claimed Tibet for it’s own. With the recent riots, rumours [...]
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The authorities in Guinea, faced with mounting protests by soldiers demanding back pay, say they will pay the arrears, some of which go back to 1996.
Each soldier will receive up to GNF5m ($1,140), and subsidies for army rice will be increased, Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare announced. Earlier, the defence [...]
Service for Everest hero Hillary
The Queen has paid her respects at a service of thanksgiving for Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary.
Members of the mountaineer’s family and dignitaries from his native New Zealand also attended the service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
Sir Edmund scaled Everest in May 1953 with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, whose son [...]
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