Perspectives
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I
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ve never felt like a bigger fraud in all my life.
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BBC correspondent and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Steve Perry, on being mobbed by a Beijing crowd that mistook him for swimmer and Olympic gold-medal wunderkind Michael Phelps
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I don
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t have any need to show that I
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m different from President Bush.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain, when asked if he'd distance himself from his predecessor if elected. In recent polls, McCain is neck and neck with his Democratic rival, Barack Obama.
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The cause is just. It is the honor of France and its armies to defend it.
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French president Nicolas Sarkozy, reaffirming his nation's military commitment in Afghanistan after 10 French soldiers were killed there during a recent resurgence of attacks by Taliban fighters
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What sort of re-education through labor can she serve?
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Beijing resident Li Xuehui, whose 79-year-old mother has been sentenced to one year of heavy labor for applying to demonstrate in the Chinese Olympic protest parks against the demolition of her home
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It is very pleasing to know that Musharraf is no more
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he was boasting about economic progress when life for people like us has become a hell.
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Pakistani shopkeeper Mohammed Saeed, rejoicing with a crowd of fellow citizens in the northern city of Peshawar upon news of the president's resignation. The country is suffering from a host of economic problems, including rampant inflation.
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We should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa.
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Mount Isa's mayor, John Molony, speaking to a local newspaper about the lack of women in his remote Australian mining community and advertising that the town men aren't picky when it comes to a lady's good looks
Quotation Sources: BBC, Politico, BBC, Times of London, Associated Press, Times of London
© 2008
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Posted By: MoCuishle119 @ 08/27/2008 11:24:28 PM
Comment: Dear Editor,
For your "Perspective: Quotes from August 18-August 22":
" What sort of re-education through labor can she serve? "
Beijing resident Li Xuehui, whose 79-year-old mother has been sentenced to one year of heavy labor for applying to demonstrate in the Chinese Olympic protest parks against the demolition of her home
The short quote has quite a number of neglects and faults on reflecting this issue's truth.
Firstly, Li Xuehui was sentenced on 30th July, due to "disrupting the social order" as she disrupted the local police office..
Secondly, although the sentece was supposed to be 1-year re-education, the judge has considered her age and exonerated her actual re-education, with only a nominal 1-year sentence left. So if the question " What sort of re-education through labor can she serve? " is asked about, the answer is: Nothing, she doesn't have to serve any.
Thirdly, the logic. Liu Xuehui applied for demonstrate during the Olympic Games period, which was after 8th Aug. Her application was turned down simply because the Chinese law doesn't approve demonstrate applications if it's during the person's sentence period. And she was sentenced on 30th July due to her disrupting the social order. There is no causal relationship between her demonstrate application and the sentence. One more thing to point out,as the foreign media often take Chinese reports as sources of information, there are quite a number of fault-reoprts due to mistakes happened in the translation or other reasons. I sincerely hope that the editor can pay more attention and apply careful investigations rather than simply translate and put it onto the paper. Misleading reports can impact on thousands of people's view on an issue or even a whole country.