03 Mar, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News
After the shocking detainee abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib, the U.S. military took a hard look at how they were running detention facilities and programs in Iraq. NBC News’ Sarah Ford reports on what’s changed.
VIDEO: Inside Camp Cropper, the U.S. detention facility outside Baghdad…(read more)
By Mary Murray, NBC News Havana Bureau Chief
HAVANA – Cuba’s President Raul Castro sure knows how to get the nation to sit up and listen.While most people were at school or work and far away from their TV sets on Monday, a news announcer read a typed sheet of paper announcing the reshuffling of [...]
03 Mar, 2009
Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News
By Ed Flanagan, NBC News Researcher
BEIJING – As the government here tries in vain to control its burgeoning and unruly blogosphere, the term “duo maomao” or “eluding the cat” has been added to the ever-growing list of buzzwords in Chinese ‘Netizens’ vernacular.
Eluding the cat is a children’s game, similar to hide and seek. In this [...]
