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This is what we’ll loose…

When we discuss what we’ll loose with the en of “fair use” we other think of research and another “important” stuff. What I fear deep down is that we’ll loose this…

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Nothing happening here…

The often repeated word in the anglo-saxon press is that Sarko has given up, all reform has stopped. One look at this map tells another story…Le Figaro – France : Nouvelle carte militaire : les sites concernés

The Olympic spirit…

“The committee which the government dismissed was elected in 2004, in line with the Olympic movement’s regulations.

Its chairman, Ahmad al-Samarra’i, and several other members were abducted by gunmen while attending a meeting in central Baghdad in July 2006.

 

They have not been seen since.

 

The Iraqi government said it took the move because the committee was corrupt and had not been functioning properly.”

 

BBC SPORT | Olympics | Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics 

The problem with YouTube…

You can’t be bothered writing a thousand words; after all you leave on holiday tonight. What can you do?

Make a video and paste it on YouTube! Quick and easy.Pity that within minutes of posting it, YouTube take it down.

http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2008/07/post-5.html
FAIL! 

Don’t rent a car here…

“Many locals pay substitutes to take driving tests for them; leaving many of the city’s new rich with big cars but only the most basic driving skills. Reverse parking their brand new Audi means summoning aid, usually from a passerby or, even better, a taxi driver.

“Welcome to China’s backwater – population five million | World news | guardian.co.uk