Proud China brings curtain down on epic Games
Filed Under Country Curtain, Cur Tainx | Posted on August 24, 2008
The Beijing Olympics ended with a blaze of deafening fireworks on Sunday, bringing down the curtain on a Games that dazzled the world with sporting brilliance and showcased the might of modern day China.
The sporting extravaganza failed to quell criticism of China’s human rights record, although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gave the organisers the [...]
Getting their hands dirty
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on May 25, 2008
Abstract art makes me nervous. And it makes me feel stupid. I’m more of a fan of the Athar Jamal water colour. My mother has some incredibly ugly but expensive abstract art the colour of goat turd in the hallway, which she once quipped would be worth a fortune one day; she was saving them [...]
Way to progress
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on April 6, 2008
In recent years, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester have cooperated as a 3 Cities partnership, with the support of their county councils.
In the past few years, the diverse region of the East Midlands has benefited from a number of initiatives designed to promote sustainable economic growth and deliver an improved quality of life for future generations. [...]
Gordon Brown-worth the wait?
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
Gordon Brown has finally been able to present his first legislative programme. So was
it worth the wait?
It seems like it was a century ago that Gordon Brown first became known by his perennial epithet, %26lsquo;Prime Minister in Waiting, largely because it was. Finally this month though, having got his feet firmly under the table at [...]
Housing bill of Queen’s speech welcomed
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on January 12, 2008
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King donates JD2 million for teachers’ housing project - Jordan
Filed Under Curt Flood | Posted on December 14, 2007
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) ZARQA - His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday donated JD2 million for the Teachers’ Housing Project, while the private sector contributed JD8 million to the scheme, which seeks to make it easier for the country’s teachers to own their own homes.The Monarch launched the project in September 2006 and donated JD2 [...]