Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in men's 10 metre air rifle event of the shooting competition at Beijing Olympics Monday morning. This was India's First Ever Individual GOLD Medal in the OLYMPICS, and a gold medal won after 28 years!! The medal is India's first individual gold, and the first since 1980, when the hockey team emerged triumphant in Moscow Bindra shot a total score of 700.5. China's Zhu Qinan, gold medalist at Athens 2004, won the silver medal with a total score of 699.7. The bronze medal was won by Finland's Henri Hakkinen, who was leading the field after the

F ireworks explode from the stadium roof during the opening Ceremony for the 2008 Summer Olympics at the National Stadium in Beijing, on Friday. Resurgent China opened the Olympics with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that celebrated ancient Chinese history and aimed to draw a line under months of political controversy. F irecrackers rippled around the rim of the arena, strobe lights flickered and the forest of drumsticks turned a luminous red, flashing bright in the hazy, humid air. Drums thundered, strobe lights flickered and 14,000 performers poured through the Bird's

So Hard, Impossible to Carry but nothing to do. He has to do for his meal. This is Only Possible in Asia.

This is a documentary that I shot and edited in Cambodia last April. Please watch it and let me know what you think. It is still a work in progress and I am currently using it to raise money to build this university also to go back and shoot a feature length documentary on the same subject. Also you can check out www.setthemfree.net for more info on how you can get involved. Thank you so much! -Josh <a href="http://revver.com/video/988596/affiliate/218771/cambodia-documentary-rough-draft/"><img src="http://frame.revver.com/frame/120x90/988596.jpg" /></a>

This is a documentary that I shot and edited in Cambodia last April. Please watch it and let me know what you think. It is still a work in progress and I am currently using it to raise money to build this university also to go back and shoot a feature length documentary on the same subject. Also you can check out www.setthemfree.net for more info on how you can get involved. Thank you so much! -Josh <a href="http://revver.com/video/988596/affiliate/218771/cambodia-documentary-rough-draft/"><img src="http://frame.revver.com/frame/120x90/988596.jpg" /></a>

Count Asian Bankers and Investors as one group that does not believe this so-called Economic Stimulus Package is going to work. The Asian boards were all down today on bad news from Japan, environmental factors in China and of course a US economy that has the world on edge.Why should everyone be on edge? Because this ain't your daddy's broker's market - things have changed and guys I know that have been in the Mutual Fund biz for decades are at a loss to fully explain it. The old release valves of regulation and rate adjustment might not have the firepower to control market stability as

This video will make you very sad, apparently the dog was hit by a car and the other dog stayed and tried to helpThe people were just passing by some were surprised but like the rest they have walked away.

Relations Between the Khmer Rouge and the American Government The relations between the Khmer Rouge government of Cambodia and that of the United States, while spanning many decades and involving numerous administrations, were primarily motivated by the national interest as either side came to define it. For successive American regimes, Cold War politics and the self-interest it engendered guided the foreign policy imperatives of the time. The American policy shift from one end of the spectrum to the other - tentatively opposing the Khmer Rouge initially while supporting them in later years -

American Involvement in Cuba and Philippines in the 19th and 20th centuries The years spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries is often referred to as the formal imperial phase of American history. The primary evidence upon which this conclusion is based centers almost entirely on the behavior of the United States towards two main political entities: Cuba and the Philippines. The following pages will discuss the main factors that led to American involvement in these regions and will evaluate their significance within American history.The primary factor that triggered the events that led

American Government Responses to Genocides: Pakistan and Burundi The Americans and Pakistan Many factors influenced the decision-making process of the Nixon administration regarding the Pakistani genocide in 1971. The most important of these was the China detente strategy. Authors Morris and Pilkington both argue that Nixon feared his Detente negotiations with China would be jeopardized by taking action against Pakistan for its behavior; not only was Pakistan the go-between but was putting down a secessionist threat, one that China did not want to to see happen in its own country.Other factors