20 May 2006
Stories from 20 May 2006
Zimbabwe: Remembering Murambatsvina
Operation Drive Out Trash - One Year On - Last year on 18th May the police in Harare began the systematic destruction of what were deemed to be illegal dwellings....
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Operation Drive Out Trash - One Year On - Last year on 18th May the police in Harare began the systematic destruction of what were deemed to be illegal dwellings....
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Georgia Popplewell reports from St. Kitts that the dome of the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat (sixty miles away) has collapsed and an ash eruption has caused flights in the vicinity to be cancelled, due to reduced visibility. She quotes an activity report from the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (whose website seems to be temporarily unavailable).
Geoffrey Philp writes a birthday tribute to the late Trinidadian writer Samuel Selvon, one of the major figures in West Indian literature. “Comedy is a subversive art form. And comedy in the hands of Selvon obliterates class, color, and creed.”
Vutha encounters an accident and goes to help the injured person. This reminds blogger Vanna of a similar incident where he helped an injured stranger.
Andrew is happy that Thailand will not censor the movie “Da Vinci Code” after all. “Yesterday it was announced that the final ten minutes of the Da Vinci Code would not be cut. Hooray! This is a victory for common sense.”
Nice to note year after year, Bangalore Pride Parade is improving a lot. Hope next...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What...
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Next time we will be there again :)