Noelle, as she wanders. » world news http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog Scuba Diving. Cycling. Eating. Cocktails. Not at the same time. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:18:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 wow – picture of the Day from BBC news http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/24/wow/ http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/24/wow/#comments Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:15:25 +0000 No-L http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/24/wow/ Continue reading →]]> I’m not sure if this will work, but I’m going to try…

Medical students hold protests in the Indian capital. New Delhi

Medical students protesting against a government affirmative action plan for India’s lower castes try to push their way past police barricades to India’s Supreme Court in New Delhi.

I’m sooo very wowed by this picture and the caption.

Also, I heard on NPR (there I go again, trying to get smarter) that Israel used cluster bombs in Lebanon. They’ve used them before, but I first came into contact with them while I was in Laos. The US dropped them in Vietnam and then had to empty their loads over Laos on the way home.

The UN works tirelessly to try to warn people of the damage of unexploded ordnances. In Laos, they’ve worked to get people aware of what they can look like. It is very sad to read about it. Kids in Laos think they’re toys, and apparently, so do Lebanese kids. It’s heartwrenching. Here is more information: The Electronic Mine Information Network. There are organizations that work to rid the world of mines, and I think that this one is brililant: Roots of Peace. What a great idea!!

]]> http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/24/wow/feed/ 0 Cambodia and Trials http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/23/cambodia-and-trials/ http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/23/cambodia-and-trials/#comments Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:03:25 +0000 No-L http://eventsbynoelle.com/blog/2006/08/23/cambodia-and-trials/ Continue reading →]]> I was listening to NPR (I’m trying to become smarter) this morning in the horrific traffic I found myself in, and I heard that the UN and Cambodia are working together to produce a tribunal in which some members of the Khmer Rouge are held accountable and put to trial for their part in the Killing Fields of the 70s. If you recall, I visited the Killing Fields a little South of the capital. It was a bit scary. The whole story was quite brilliant, and I’d like to be the reporter who covered it. He has many stories on the NPR site, and he is apparently a traveling story guy. I am jealous. But you all knew that.

On a whiny note, I left the house ten minutes after I have been leaving, and I got here almost 30 minutes later than I have been arriving. ARGH!

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