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Hot on the heels of his ludicrously easy Gold Medal in the 100m sprint final at this year’s Beijing Olympic Games (setting a World Record in the process), Usain Bolt has done it again, in his favoured 200m sprint event - smashing Michael Johnson’s 19.32 World Record with a time of 19.30.
We missed the event [...]

With the Olympics fast approaching, and anti-Chinese voices rising to a deafening level amongst those in the media, the question has to be asked whether the Beijing 2008 Summer Games will be looked back on in a similar light to the pre-war Berlin Olympic Games of 1936, or are the dissenting voices simply clamouring for [...]

The list of athletes competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics is below. A total of 313 athletes will be competing in 20 sports. 236 British officials will also be taking part in the Olympics, which run from the 8th of August until 24th August 2008:
Aquatics:
Aquatics – Diving:
Synchronised:
Men’s Springboard (3m): Ben Swain and Nick Robinson-Baker
Men’s Platform [...]

Looking for the cheapest places to live? Assuming that you still earn a normal UK wage, you will want to compare Cost of Living Surveys and Quality of Living Surveys. Mercer, the Economist and some large governmental organisations compile these. We have picked out some titbits of relevant information and put all of the useful [...]

Politicians have their reasons for turning a blind eye in some cases an screaming blue murder at others. But as this blog acts as a soapbox, I am going to list some anomalies in reporting and political emphasis in Britain:

Zimbabwe does not have free and fair elections
Bahrain has had two elections in 33 years and [...]

In preparation for an article on Autralian uranium exports, I spoke to a friend about the nuclear issue. Here is an edited and paraphrased version of a lively discussion.
My friend proposed an argument put to him by a colleague, namely that the idea of a British nuclear deterrent is now defunct because we, as “deterrers” [...]

President Musharraf’s declaration of an emergency in Pakistan presents the West with effective blackmail. Ousting the President of Pakistan runs the risk of giving nuclear arms to extreme Islamists, another military despot or the descent of a restless and divided people into anarchy similar to that of Afghanistan. However, Musharraf’s flagrant disregard for his own [...]

As the 17th Chinese Communist Party Congress opens today, with an expected attendance of over 2,000 delegates, we thought it may be useful to find out what the event is all about.
The event, which is held every five years or so, allows delegates to discuss new policies to be adopted in future, and give these [...]