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Reporters Without Borders BEIJING GAMES 2008 Come and demonstrate outside Chinese embassies and online on 8 August Reporters Without Borders is calling for demonstrations outside China's embassies in London, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, Washington and Stockholm on 8 August, when the Olympic Games opening ceremony will be taking place in Beijing. Two demonstrations will be organised on 7 August in Rome and Ottawa. A rally is also planned outside the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne. In Paris, those wanting to take part should meet at 1 p.m. at the corner of Avenue George V and Rue de la Trémoille in Paris' 8th district. Reporters Without Borders will distribute "Beijing 2008" T-shirts to participants, as well other material for a peaceful demonstration. Here are the times and venues of the demonstrations in the other cities: - Berlin: in front of the Chinese embassy (Jannowitzbrücke) from 1 p.m. onwards on 8 August. - Washington: near the Chinese embassy (2300 Co...

More than five years of conflict in Darfur has left at least 200,000 people dead and more than 2.5 million people homeless, with new attacks on villages in West Darfur recently. Human Rights First has launched a new campaign to get China, by far the largest known provider of small arms to Sudan, to stop selling these weapons to Sudan. I just joined their efforts and I hope you will do the same by visiting their new campaign website, Made in China: Stop Arms Sales to Sudan: The continuing violence in Darfur, combined with China's latest "charm offensive," gives us a unique moment to get China to take a fundamental step toward promoting peace by halting its arm sales to Sudan. China claims that its arms sales to Sudan are insignificant, but a report being released by Human Rights First argues that China has supplied Sudan with some 90% of its small arms and munitions since 2004-the types of weapons and bullets that are used to kill, maim, and leave people homeless in Darf...

Happy New Year 2008! I wish you all the best things you need in 2008. I wish you divine protection and divine provision and divine promotion every day by day in 2008. I wish you all round success in 2008. Cheers and God bless you always.

Eighty Things to Watch in 2008 Facebook Suicides, Eco-Fatigue and Intellectual Luxury Included on JWT's Annual List NEW YORK, Dec. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- JWT, the largest advertising agency in the U.S. and the fourth-largest full-service network in the world, today released its list of 80 things to watch in 2008. "These people, products, places, services and shifts will help to define 2008," says Ann Mack, director of trendspotting at JWT. "By examining what will resonate with people or drive their thinking and behavior, we can identify larger patterns that will shape all of our lives in the years to come." "Love it or hate it, technology continues to be a common thread on our list," adds Mack. "It drives the serendipitous randomness that throws up chance connections, groundbreaking discoveries and great business ideas." JWT's list of 80 Things to Watch in 2008, in alphabetical order: 1. Africa (foreign investment and development in) ...