beyondBeijing2008.com

Archive for July 2nd, 2010

By Jim Maceda, NBC News Correspondent
LONDON – There was something both unique and yet oh so déjà vu about Benigno Aquino III’s inauguration as the Philippines’15th president Wednesday.
On the one hand, here – finally – was a Benigno Aquino taking the presidential oath at the podium. That was something his assassinated [...]

02 Jul, 2010

Orange clad Dutch fans still cheering

Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News

By Truus Bos, NBC News Producer
LONDON – While most English fans have slunk away after England’s humiliation at the hands of Germany, and American fans have probably gone on safari to drown their sorrows after Ghana defeated Team USA, Dutch fans are still cheering and are left as one of the most visible and [...]

By Mary Murray, NBC News Producer
HAVANA – Don’t start packing those suitcases to Cuba just yet.
Although a congressional committee voted Wednesday to repeal the law that prohibits American tourists from traveling to the communist-run island, the real fight to change the decades-old ban – which will take place in the full House of Representatives [...]