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November 13, 2011

A Tabby Yellow on a new mission...

I know at least one and that one is to fly...

... here.

[No more info available for now, but stay tuned].
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June 04, 2009

Obama's Speech at Cairo University.

Many of us already saw this in the news or on a video,
here is the transcript* of President Obama's speech in Cairo.

Click here (EuroNews) to know the Muslim world's reactions.

* (Found through The English Blog).
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June 02, 2009

Tiananmen crackdown, 20 years ago.

Former dissidents are under strict surveillance
and the big webwall tight up.

(plugsong)

- China calls this an "accident".
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[ChinaNews 1989]

May 29, 2009

Sydney Fest switches on its Opera.

... with his multicoloured butterflies on the sea stage until June 14th,
Brian Eno computerized a show based on a 77 Million Paintings
visual masterpiece.

Gregg Wood/AFP/Getty Images.

"Sydney Opera House presents LUMINOUS, a festival of music, ideas, light
and performance. Curated by Brian Eno, this inaugural year features a plethora
of music acts, alongside public talks and spectacular light and art installations.
Music highlights include Battles, Ladytron, Lee Scratch Perry, Jon Hassell,
Reggie Watts and Karl Hyde. LUMINOUS is part of Vivid Sydney, a Sydney
wide mid-year festival".
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May 08, 2009

Sri Lanka's protest goes on in Paris...

Place de la République, Paris XI, on May 7th (...)

Tens of thousands of innocent civilians are trapped
in a shrinking 3 square kilometer (1.6 miles) conflict
zone, bombarded by government artillery and used
as human shields by the rebels.
The Japanese government, Sri Lanka's major donor and close regional partner, has
the power to help stop this humanitarian disaster.
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We can help too.

April 18, 2009

NCF Nigeria to restore the Agaja coastline.

"The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF)
has embarked on an ambitious coastal restoration
project, involving the removal of the wreckage of
a tanker vessel from the ocean around the Agaja
Beach area of Olomo-Meta in the Ojo Local
Government Area of Lagos State.

According to a statement released by the NCF,
the wreck was the result of an explosion that
occurred aboard the tanker sometime in 1997.
Abandoned by the owners of the vessel since
then, the wreckage has constituted an unwarranted boulder around the coastal baseline,
disrupting the natural hydrological flow of the ocean".
(read more)

Look at this well 12 years ago and nowadays to appreciate the coastal progressive

erosion.

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(Bob & Lisa - from Life in Nigeria, first pointed to this).

February 10, 2009

Paris Tweets with the First Twestival !

On a "charity water" project...

a World Wide Twestival
on February the 12th

with Twitter

You too, Tweet aloud with the 1st Paris Twestival !
... and help to drill new wells for people
who lack access to clean and safe drinking water.

Paris Tweets at the Hard Rock Café
14, rue Montmartre, Paris IX.

(organizer : "we are social").

200+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals bringing
together local Twitter communities for an evening of fun as well
as raising money and awareness for charity: water.
Twestival.fm is a global online music project in association with
Twestival aiming o raise an additional $20,000 USD for charity.
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(check your city here).

January 20, 2009

A gentle morning breeze blows from Washington...

... to Paris, as Barack Obama gets ready for today's swearing-in ceremony.

(Ass. Press/Gérald Herbert)
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Inauguration Central (Washington Post)
Related events in France (Democrats Abroad)

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January 07, 2009

Let's go for a Earth's Panoramic Tour !

World Heritage Tour is listing 1001 cultural and natural
sites around the world (262 already available) and
documenting them in panophotographies - interactive
360 x 180 degrees imaging.

(Remember the Versailles' Mirrors Gallery ?)

A view of the Eiffel Tower and of a bunch of lianas in the Ujung Kulon's jungle,
(Indonesia)... just to give you the taste !
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See also the Unesco's World Heritage in Danger list.

April 15, 2008

G@ttoGiallo : no comment

Il dado è tratto ! what a shame !
nonetheless...
STAND WITH ITALY BERLUSCO-FREE !
(or see Italy and die)

April 11, 2008

Back to Lhasa, March 20th...

Are these people :

- monk candidates,
- extras for a movie,
- bringing their linen to the laundry,
- what else ?

According to an unverified source, this pic would come from Britain's government communication head quarters (GCHQ), electronically monitoring the world from space (wrong angle, wrong uniforms, wrong time, etc.).

See also BK.org
and MC.info

April 08, 2008

Welcoming the Olympic Torch...

... SAN FRANCISCO, April 8th
(tele673)

... PARIS, April 7th
(nexus6s)

... LONDON, April 6th
(niesfisch)

October 31, 2007

Burma breaking News...

Myanmar Monks peacefully protest again in
Pakoukku Town, near Mandalay.
It was the same town where protests started
and sparked the nation wide protests.

About 200 monks peacefully marched and
chanted in the morning today.

When seeking news, look here.

October 20, 2007

Bloody friday at Fontana di Trevi !

Roma : acqua rossa nella Fontana di Trevi

(Foto ANSA)

Une excellente idée que Rome aurait pu mettre en scène
dans une manifestation contre les violences
de la junte militaire birmane à l'encontre des moines.