Posted in Compassion, Culture, Documentary, Law, News, Politics, War on Monday, March 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7322468.stm
Draft results were posted outside polling stations
Zimbabwe is standing on a “precipice” as official results from Saturday’s general election start to trickle in, the opposition has said.
Leading Movement for Democratic Change official Tendai Biti says party leader Morgan Tsvangirai has won 60% of the vote, against 30% for Robert Mugabe.
Official results show both sides have [...]
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Religion, Theology on Monday, March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Culture, Media, Music, Politics on Sunday, March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3640801.ece
With a new album to promote, R.E.M. gave The Times exclusive access to accompany them on the publicity treadmill
Keith Cameron
There was a time, a little more than ten years ago, when R.E.M.’s position as arguably the most successful band in the world exempted them from some of the grubbier realities of the music industry. Interviews [...]
Posted in Compassion, Culture, Documentary, Fundamentalism, Media, News, Photography, Politics, War on Sunday, March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7301682.stm
Canadian photojournalist Rita Leistner travelled to Baghdad in 2003 as a freelance reporter determined to get behind the front lines of the war in Iraq. Over the next 18 months she returned to the country several times capturing images of life with the troops – as well as behind the scenes in a psychiatric hospital.
Posted in Compassion, Culture, Law, Media, News, Politics on Sunday, March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A woman walks past a homeless man. Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP
The case over which recorder Ian Lawrie was presiding at Oxford crown court last month was not, on the face of it, challenging. A homeless man, charged with a second breach of an asbo for begging, appeared to have little in the way of a defence: [...]
Posted in Sport on Saturday, March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Brendan Gallagher
Chris Hoy achieved the virtually impossible at the Manchester Velodrome by stealing the thunder from the men’s pursuit team and writing his own chapter in the record books.
Brendan Gallagher: Rebecca Romero helps GB to another gold
Six of the best British sporting all-rounders
Blog: Reasons to be cheerfulBy beating France’s Kevin Sireau in the individual [...]
Posted in Sport on Saturday, March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Rob Stewart
Roy Keane has accused managers – and by implication, his former manager at Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson – of hypocrisy over abuse meted out to referees.
A week ago, Ferguson insisted his players should show referees respect but, according to Keane, he does not always do so himself. “There’s a lot of hypocrites [...]
Posted in Documentary, Fundamentalism, Media, Politics, War on Saturday, March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
President invokes a final struggle against imperialism but opponents see poll as a fight for the very survival of the nationThis article appeared in the Guardian on Saturday March 29 2008 on p24 of the International section. It was last updated at 01:09 on March 29 2008.
A man wears a mask showing president Robert Mugabe [...]
Posted in Bad Theology, Christianity, Compassion, Culture, Fundamentalism, Media, Politics, Religion, Theology on Saturday, March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Please read this, it is very timely. As a Prison Chaplain, I come across these issues on a regular basis and I am told really disturbing instances of churches and individuals to tossing these people into damnation. They usually describes themselves as wanting to be inclusive where everyone is welcome (selectively inclusive of course!). Jesus [...]
Posted in Culture, Law, Media on Thursday, March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just can’t believe what we are doing to each other! Maybe we should resist putting some of the stuff we watch on TV, like the Police programmes that seem to create a voyeuristic mentality. Maybe we should start thinking about the consequences of so much that we see, hear and do. Why do people [...]
