A Story Of Life: 7/1/10

Sunday, July 18, 2010

--Nelson Mandela Day 2010--

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliɬaɬa manˈdeːla];), born 18 July 1918, served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison. Mandela served 27 years in prison, spending many of these years on Robben Island. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president from 1994 to 1999, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation.

In South Africa, Mandela is often known as Madiba, an honorary title adopted by elders of Mandela's clan.

Mandela has received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela
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~http://mandeladay.com/
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandela_Day

Saturday, July 17, 2010

--家-羅大佑--

Monday, July 12, 2010

--2010 FIFA World Cup--

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations; in 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.

The matches were played in ten stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These sixteen teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.

In the final, Spain, the European champions, defeated third-time finalists the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time, with Andrés Iniesta's goal in the 116th minute giving Spain their first world title, the first time that a European nation has won the tournament outside its home continent. Host nation South Africa, 2006 world champions Italy and 2006 runners-up France were eliminated in the first round of the tournament.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup
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~http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/index.html

Thursday, July 8, 2010

--UFO over Chinese Airport--

Previously an Unidentified Flying Object was seen over the Xiaoshan airport in few of the cities of China on the 7th of July 2010. The whole of China was alerted in a matter of few minutes and all the incoming and outgoing flights were postponed around the airport. The UFO over Chinese Airport has taken a lot of attention amongst the Chinese government. Special investigators were called from Beijing and Shanghai to search for some clues which would solve this mystery. The residents who saw this comet like thing made a video of it and some of them took pictures of it. The radar of the Airport nearby caught the position of the UFO over the Chinese airport and the investigators are looking forward to look those pictures for more hints.
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This UFO over Chinese airport has become one of the hottest searches on the internet which had blocked the whole airport system for a while. There are a lot of questions rising from the public from the 7th of July. The UFO over Chinese airport was not even able to be tracked down by the controllers of the radars. It was travelling in a speed greater than a rocket. Its speed was like a light which could not be catched. After a long time from the event the investigators have not yet come on a clear result. Many of the pictures of this Unidentified Flying Object have been posted on the internet where the people can see them. Hopefully there will be some appreciate able results in front of the media soon.