Best and Worst: A sassy look back at the year
The News Review:
- Best and Worst: A sassy look back at the year
- Broadcast omits moment of Saddam’s death
- WITNESS-Hope blooms in smiles of Kinshasa polio kids
- All the news that gives us fits …
- Quips and quotes
- Committed to PEPLE’S RIGHT T KNW
Best and Worst: A sassy look back at the year
Times Herald-Record – Dec 30, 2006
The reason? Country music “may invoke a riot. ” Wonder what the district thinks about death metal. The Special Delivery Award: To Liberty Cable TV magnate Alan Gerry. After decades of countless casino dreams and Woodstock schemes that never come true Gerry opens the grandest project the show-me county of Sullivan has ever seen the $70 million Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. The He’s Still Pulling ut the Splinters Award: To range County Executive Eddie Diana. For months Diana sits on the fence about the humongous power line that could slice our region while every other official along the route opposes it.
Broadcast omits moment of Saddam’s death
guardian.co.uk – Dec 30, 2006
The images – intended to prove to the Iraqi people that their former dictator was executed – were aired on the state-funded Iraqiya television channel less than six hours after the death sentence was carried out. Television pictures to the accompaniment of upbeat music were cut following the placing of the noose around Saddam’s neck. Later pictures on the Massar and Biladi stations which are affiliated with the Shia Muslim Dawa party of the Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki showed what the stations said was Saddam’s corpse. The grainy low-quality footage had a corpse in a shroud lying with his neck twisted to one side at an awkward angle and what appeared to be blood or a bruise on his left cheek. The footage of the moments before the execution had shown a group of guards dressed in civilian clothes and wearing ski masks helping Saddam up a small metal staircase where a cloth was put around his neck before stepping onto the trap door. The hangman wearing a beige leather jacket then places the thick rope over Saddam’s head and tightened the noose on the left side of his neck… “ne of the guards pulled a lever and he dropped half a meter into a trap door. We heard his neck snap instantly and we even saw a small amount of blood around the rope” he told Reuters. Saddam was sentenced to death on November 5 for crimes against humanity. The conviction followed a trial over the deaths of 148 men and boys in the Shia Muslim town of Dujail.
WITNESS-Hope blooms in smiles of Kinshasa polio kids
Reuters AlertNet – Dec 30, 2006
Handicapped impoverished often rejected or abandoned and living in Africa’s deadliest war zone they should have little to celebrate. Instead the lively "polio kids" offer an oasis of hope unity and optimism in a vast country marked by despair. Despite their polio-damaged legs wrapped in casts or makeshift braces fashioned from scrap metal the children dance enthusiastically to loud Congolese music or challenge visitors to madcap games of soccer. Photo opportunities are everywhere — boys playing naked in a sudden downpour girls braiding one another’s hair older kids caring for younger ones determined expressions as uncooperative legs are urged to take wobbly steps. n several occasions I put down my cameras to join fast-paced impromptu soccer matches only to be run ragged and tripped by "misplaced" crutches. "Woah `mondele’ (white person) you must play harder" the kids taunt. After losing several times I give up… Most sleep curled together without blankets on hard tiles rubbed smooth by small bodies. The centre also provides surgery to realign polio-damaged legs allowing victims the chance to walk upright using braces. n my last night in Kinshasa IPVRC throws a party with music and dancing. Using a digital projector we give the kids a slideshow of photos I’ve taken during visits to the centre. They cheer as they see themselves on screen. The laughter dancing and joking go on late into the night. For a while at least it’s easy to forget Congo’s troubles.
All the news that gives us fits …
Free with registration – The State – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 30, 2006
Mark Sanford swept to a second term. Mayor Bob swept to a fifth term. The 3 Rivers Music Fest.
Quips and quotes
Eagle Tribune – Dec 30, 2006
Al Sharpton on the death of the “Godfather of Soul” James Brown who died this week at 73. “I put my resume out not expecting much. I was happy at my job.
Committed to PEPLE’S RIGHT T KNW
Daily Star – The Daily Star – Dec 30, 2006
And I wanted to create a tune that would re-kindle that hope into an engulfing flame. ” Abdul Jabbar and Shahnaz Rahmatullah (Parvez’s sister) along with co-artistes lent their voice to the song. Parvez was also one of the leading names in film music. He had composed songs for several Bangla films such as Abhijan Madhu Maloti Shonar Harin Shokal Shandhya and many more. He had never won any major award but his songs hummed by millions was his greatest reward. After his illness was diagnosed renowned artistes and musicians of the country took initiative to raise funds for his medical treatment. Dilip Biswas (1946-2006): Award winning film director and producer Dilip Biswas passed away on July 12… Kundu added a new dimension to the fine arts movement in the 1960s showing his skills in both abstract and realistic art. Apart from Shabash Bangladesh his other important works include the Saarc Fountain at Karwan Bazar the fountain in front of the High Court and the Sampan at Chittagong Airport. A pioneer in using metal with wood in making furniture Kundu served the USIS in the pre-Liberation period. His multidimensional artistic sense and work skill has made the tobi an ever-growing organisation. Awarded both as an artist and an entrepreneur Nitun Kundu earned the Ekushey Padak and The Daily Star-DHL best entrepreneur award. Nitun Kundu also crafted several national trophies including those of the national film award President Gold Cup Notun Kuri Award of Bangladesh Television Asia Cricket Cup and the Ekushey Padak.