Posts Tagged ‘current-events’
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Podcast Wednesday
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
It’s dawning a cold winter Thursday in Europe, but it should still be Wednesday in parts of the U.S.A. so no, I am keeping the title. After all, I did spend a great part of Wednesday researching this week’s featured Podcasts. Shows that have to do with travel, news and politics, and food. Think these [...]
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Noted News Today
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
EU proposes open postal markets
The European Commission, is making quite a few national postal services in the European Union unhappy. Why? Because it is trying to challenge long standing monopolies. See who agrees and who frowns upon these plans in contempt here.
Rice, in Asia, turns up heat on North Korea
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [...] -
Noted News Today
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
A new, daily column I’m introducing in my blog is “Noted News Today”. It is all about commenting on current news and events that have caught my attention. Each link to a news story is accompanied by my personal mini-report on it.
N Korea says sanctions ‘are war’
Following North Korea’s nuclear test last week, the United [...] -
Death toll rises in Indonesia
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
People in Jogjakarta, Java, are still trying to recover the devastating 6.2 earthquake which devastated the densely populated area.
Last count speaks of at least 3,000 people dead, while an equal number of people are seriously injured or in critical condition. Many injured remain on the streets as hospitals have been damaged, or not safe in [...] -
Silvia Night’s Congratulations…
Friday, May 19th, 2006
Well, while posting yesterday, I seem to have failed to comment on the fact Iceland’s Silvia Night did not make it to the Eurovision Song Contest finals as well. But after watching her on TV crying frantically and accusing TV reporters in Greece for making her appear like a “bad person” who said “bad things” [...]
