While in Seoul Flix-editor Erik Larsen gave a demo of Flix for Jay and Ronda Hauben at a PC-cafe. Incidentally Citizen Reporter Anni Loenberg de Lichtenberg from Flix.dk was online and had a short conversation with Jay and Ronda via the Flix Messenger system.

Later the same evening Larsen recorded this brief video message showing Jay and Ronda saying hello to Anni back in Denmark.

It was online shortly afterwards - hopefully to Anni's viewing pleasure.

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Kofi Annan Condemns Deaths of UN Peacekeepers as "Deliberate'

By Ronda Hauben
[This article was written for OhmyNews]

Four UN peacekeepers were killed while on duty at a UN observation post in the town of Khiam near the eastern end of the Lebanese border with Israel. A report by a BBC correspondent said that there were six hours of shelling in the area. A timeline obtained by CNN from the UN listed the first bomb as exploding 200 yards from the UN outpost at 1:20 pm. The UN observer contacted the designated contact with this information asking that the attacks stop.

China, East Asia, Breaking News, Weblog, Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Governance, Human Rights Following nearly five months in prison, blogger, documentary maker and American permanent resident Wu Hao has been released, as noted in a July 11 post on his sister Nina’s blog.

By John Kennedy
globalvoicesonline.org

Just got a call at home and informed that Wu Hao is out. Thank you everyone for your concern, but he needs some silence for now. If there is any new information it will be posted on this blog.

New York events shine spotlight on U.S. invasion of Iraq

By Ronda Hauben
This article was first published in english.ohmynews.com | Article URL
2006-06-12

Two different cultural events in New York City provide important insights about the U.S. government and its planning for the invasion of Iraq. On Tuesday, June 6, the 92nd Street Y in New York City sponsored a conversation with journalist Helen Thomas titled "The Presidency and the Press." Thomas is known as the Grand Dame of the White House Press Corps.

At the Public Theater in the East Village, the play "Stuff Happens" is being performed as part of the Public Theater's 50th anniversary celebration. The play is a portrayal of the events leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Taken together these two events help to paint a portrait of the White House rarely available to the public.

Copenhagen, you've got it all...

"Why don't you shut up, prune"? Those were the words.

By Ulla Find

Now one can of course discuss the meaning of this statement. A prune is on one hand a delicious, sweet and tasteful delicacy. On the other a somewhat stale and wrinkled version of its original plum and may thus be considered to be older and not quite "up to date"?

The young man, who expresses the words, has just ripped my expensive 'bifocals' off my face with his loaded rucksack.

Fortunately I managed to catch the pair in the fall, so it was not without a certain feeling of relief I thus avoided untimely contact with my annoying insurance company.