Daily Archives: August 8, 2008

2008 Olympics begin today in Beijing, China

Even google is getting into olympic spirit with special logo The opening ceremony will begin today at 5:30 PM Indian time. It will be broadcast live from National Stadium in Beijing.

I just bought a Samsung 40 inch flat screen TV to watch the Olympic games. Sadly there are no HDTV providers in India at the moment so I will have to do with tata sky.

The program will be aired on DD sports and DD national. Its sad none of the top sports channels like espn and star sports get to cover the Olympics in India and we will have to endure doordarshan’s crappy coverage.

Hopefully this years games will be exciting and India will be able to get more than one Gold medal.

It will also be interesting to see how many games will be interrupted by protesters from Tibet and Human Rights groups.

Sites you should check out for Olympics coverage.

Official site of 2008 Beijing Olympics

Wired has links to sites that provide video of Olympics online

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News head lines you thought you never hear

Past few days there have been reports of the trouble in Palestine between the two Factions that rule Palestine. Hamas which is ruling the majority of Palestine has been trying to put all the supports of Mohammed Abbas in prison. Many of this group have been started fleeing Gaza.

Guess who comes to their rescue, it’s their mortal enemy Israel.

So for the last few days the newspaper around the world have been seeing headlines like “Israel helps 180 Fatah members flee Gaza clashes“,”Israel Helps Fatah Activists Escape Hamas In Gaza” etc.

That’s something you never thought you would see.

Hope their friendship continues long after the fighting between the groups in Palestine stops.

They wanted Israel out of their land and now when Israel goes out they start fighting among themselves. I am not supporting anyone or judging anyone, isn’t it time for the people of region get some kind of peace and normal life.

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