News Roundup: Other Stuff You Don't Want To Miss
 Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Hundreds of Tibetans demonstrated in a march today that defies the police ban against demonstrating to protest the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.  The march is expected to take six months.  About 300 Buddhist monks also marched, "one of the boldest public challenges to China's rule in recent years," according to the AP.  And they definitely have a lot to challenge.

A suicide bomber in central Baghdad killed five U.S. soldiers yesterday and wounded three others, including the Iraqi interpreter who was with them.  U.S. officials announced that three other American soldiers were killed the same day, bringing the U.S. death toll to 8 in one day, in an attack by an improvised bomb in eastern Diyala - but wouldn't release further details.

Don't forget that tomorrow is Reporters Without Borders' first international Online Free Expression Day!  Be sure to visit the site anytime from 5 am on March 12th until 5 am on March 13th to show your support for ending oppression in countries that don't allow freedom of speech over the internet!

Comments > >