Obama’s audacity of improbable hope

Obama’s audacity of improbable hope
Article by Dr David KL Quek | Aug 8, 08 in Malaysiakini
 
Four years ago, when Barack Obama was given the podium to address the Democrat convention, it raised many an eyebrow. Mainly because, as an African American, he had been given such an accolade, and at such a tender age at that.

At that [...]

Five new crucial parameters for politicians

Five new crucial parameters for politicians
Malaysiakini letterby JD Lovrenciear | Aug 8, 08
 

Against this backdrop of developments, politicians need to come to terms with reality. The time has come upon our fifty-year old nation to have politicians who are professional and not merely the ’street smart’ type that we have been putting up with.
There are five [...]

Unstoppable people’s power against immovable Tatmadaw

Unstoppable people’s power against immovable Tatmadaw
Adapted and edited from Malaysiakini’s article by Har Wai Mun | Aug 8, 08
 
‘Batman: The Dark Knight’ make its remarkable debut recently and threatened to rewrite some of those movie blockbuster records.

Besides adoring the battle action and Batman’s high-tech gadgets, the Malaysian audience could seriously ponder the Joker’s metaphor about his [...]

How Beijing Olympic Got Its Logo

Rais called for the creation of a council to monitor bloggers

UPDATE
 Blogger apologises for
defacing police logo
Malaysiakini news by Syed Jaymal Zahiid | Aug 11, 08
Penarik Beca webmaster Abu Bakar Mohd Rashid has expressed regret for defacing the Royal Malaysian Police logo in his blog.
MCPX
However, the blogger insists that he will continue to express himself in his writings even if they incur the wrath of certain quarters.
Abu [...]

Playing for human rights at Beijing

Playing for human rights at Beijing
Malaysiakini article by Vaclav Havel, Desmond Tutu et al | Aug 8, 08
VÁCLAV HAVEL is a former president of the Czech Republic, DESMOND TUTU is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, WEI JINGSHENG is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document ‘Fifth Modernisation’ on the ‘Democracy [...]

Twenty years on, Burma’s opposition lacks unity

By Htet Aung Kyaw
Published on August 7, 2008

WHILE the whole world is busy watching the Beijing Olympics, many Burmese are preparing for the 20th anniversary of the August 8, 1988 uprising, or “8888″. But the question now is how many Burmese can seriously review this journey of 20 years and the goals of the democracy [...]

20th Anniversary of the 8888 Uprising

Friday, 8 August 2008, 11:55 am
Press Release: Burma Campaign NZ
20th Anniversary of the 8888 Uprising
Today (8 08 2008) marks the 20th anniversary of Burma’s largest national democratic uprising when millions of Burmese citizens bravely marched through the streets calling for freedom and democracy — the protests were brutally crushed by the military and thousands were [...]

Zarganar Again Before Prison Court

By MIN LWIN
Thursday,August 7,2008

Burma’s popular satirist Zarganar appeared before a court in Rangoon’s Insein Prison for a second time on Thursday, together with three activists accused of anti-state activities.
A member of Zarganar’s family said the four had been charged with eight alleged offences under the Emergency Provisions Act, Section 5(J) and Section 17/A, which bans [...]

Perfect 10 is now not enough to get a medal!

UPDATE:
 
Gymnastics are pushed dangerously by the new system
BEIJING, Aug 8 — Whenever judges are involved in sports, scandal could be close behind. Gymnasts and figure skaters know all about it.
In the last six years, both sports have undergone drastic changes to their scoring systems after being rocked by questionable or unethical judging.
In the Winter Olympics’ signature [...]

Mrs Bush Visits Mae Lah Refugee Camp

By VIOLET CHO
Thursday,August 7,2008
MAE SOT — Burmese residents of a refugee camp near the Thai-Burmese border appealed on Thursday to US first lady Laura Bush to help them resettle in the West.
Mrs Bush promised them to do all she could as she toured the Mae Lah camp near the Thai border town of Mae Sot. [...]