Thursday, April 26, 2012
World Watch: Sing Your Life
* Norway: Some 40,000 people gathered in Oslo and sang en masse “Children of the Rainbow”, a popular children's song that mass murderer Anders Breivik insulted last week.
* Liberia: An international tribunal in The Hague convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Sierra Leone's civil war.
* Japan: “Increasing competition from casual gamers playing on their smartphones” has been cited as one of the reasons behind Nintendo posting its first annual loss last year.
* Syria: The Local Coordination Committees of Syria opposition group claimed that they’ve identified the bodies of 462 people killed since a U.N. mission entered the country ten days ago.
Video Source– YouTube via HAAJHA
Online Sources – BBC News, Voice of America, Christian Science Monitor, CNN
Labels:
Charles Taylor,
Japan,
justice,
Liberia,
music,
Nintendo,
Norway,
Sierra Leone,
Syria,
United Nations,
violence,
World Watch
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