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Members of WHO avoid the trouble of dealing Taiwan issue with China, and regard excluding Taiwan not a obstacle of fighting the avian flu. It seems Taiwan will still be excluded until it proves its unexpected importance to the world.

The decision of invading Iraq seems a terrible mistake today. Almost three years had passed, and the "conquerors" are still unable to retreat their force. Although the test of the newest weapons and war systems appears to be well rewarded, but the huge amount of mistakes had cost Americans more they had ever expected.

Maybe this is a milestone of the end of a U.S. dominant era, and the start of a more healthy international society. The power of the U.N. is decreasing, and the new organization must be founded.

Voice of America

The Three Goreges Dam in China was completed in May 20, 2006, which was nine months ahead of schedule. It is built for easing the energy shortage problem in coastal cities in China, and preventing the devastating flood of Yangtze River.

But some groups of enviromentalists call this project 'a mistake.' It is expected to become a cesspool of the Chang River, accumulating the pollutants from the factories and the ill-controlled constrution sites near the river. And the site of the dam is on a geological fault, which might cause land slides and even earthquakes.

The leaders of china insist on contructing dams as many as possible. There are only few rivers left without a dam in China. With the time passing, the citizens of China may finally found they can't tolerate the consequence of exchanging the environment for economy growing. Hope it will not be too late.

CNN.com

Brief:
Because of the tranfer of the PCC(First Capital Command, initialed in Portuguese) leaders to the maximum-security facility, a mass riot led by PCC members have shock the San Paulo city since last Friday. The primary targets of the riot are police station and uprisings in 65 of the state's 74 jails. Securuty force reported at least 81 dead, and lots of property loss.

This news reminds me of the information I've learned from the economics class - Brazil has been a country with a very large poverty gap since early 1900's. I always consider poverty as a major contributor to the criminal rate, and the growing pf PCC in Brazil seems to have proved my theory.

However, I believe that Internet could save the poor in these "rising" countries. Not financially, but intelletually. Internet open a window for the poors to the world of knowledge, and the poors finally get a better chance to raise their social statues. Ultimately, the poors would become the wealthes.