one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
For more than 60 years, Burma’s ethnic minority — the Karen — has been fighting for an autonomous state in the east of the country.
Under the current Burmese government — a military junta that violently suppresses ethnic freedoms — the pressure on the Karen is intensifying and they continue to flee across the border to neighbouring Thailand.
It was 20 years ago today… that Maradona taught England how to play.
For one-hundred years, animation and its techniques have evolved to the point where there are dozens of ways to make a picture move.
Riding the coat tails of the biggest sporting event in the world, comes a huge industry in merchandise and collectibles.
For instance, in the UK alone the Centre for Economics and Business Research has estimated shoppers will spend up to $3-billion Australian dollars just on clothing goods, during the World Cup frenzy.
As the Australian government continues to push its case for a nuclear future, the world’s third biggest economy — Germany — is winding-back its nuclear energy reliance to invest in its renewable power sector.
The struggle for political control of East Timor’s Fretilin Party continues against allegations of “hit” squads, and as rebel soldiers still stake-out in the mountains around the Dili.
When the World Cup rolls around every four years, it’s the host nation’s government that comes under extreme pressure to protect its own citizens, as well as the millions of tourists and billions of potential tourism income.
In this report, Adam Connors looks at Germany’s security arrangements for the Cup.
Let’s now take a look at another of the countries experiencing their first World Cup, and the Australian community of fans who’ll be following their rise through the ranks.
Ukraine became independent from the former Soviet Union in 1991 after more than 70 years of division between the USSR, Poland, Romania and Czechoslovakia.
Continue reading “Australian Ukrainians’ split Cup allegiances”
Today’s biggest international sporting competitions pit country-against-country, nation-versus-nation, and homeland-against-homeland.
We’re talking, of course, about the Olympics, the World Cup, and the Commonwealth Games.
Increasingly though the definition of country, nation and homeland is being spread beyond these once-distinct borders, so that athletes and players can represent two, or even more countries.
Sporting fans in the Caribbean are renowned for being loud and colourful supporters, with stadiums packed with kettle and steelpan drum-banging men and women at West Indies cricket matches around the world.
Football is no different, as Jamaica’s World Cup supporters showed four years ago in Japan and Korea.
But this time around, it’s Trinidad and Tobago’s turn.
Continue reading “Trinidadians prepare for Cup celebrations”
