Showing posts with label Bosnia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bosnia. Show all posts

Sunday, December 20, 2009

What I have been reading lately #40

Six Months in Sudan: A Young Doctor in a War-Torn Village by James Maskalyk
This book was written by a Canadian doctor who spent six months in Sudan with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). He was not in Darfur, but, instead, spent his time Abyei, which is in the southern part of the country. For more on the situation in Abyei, click here.

I also read Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains which is about Dr. Paul Farmer who works in Haiti and other parts of the world. I think a lot of people have read this book.

Finally, I read Joe Sacco's War's End: Profiles from Bosnia 1995-96. It took me about twenty minutes to read because, after all, it is a comic book.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Six more teams qualified for the World Cup finals today

Six more teams qualified for the World Cup finals today. I believe that this means that all the spots have been filled. Here were the results over the two (or more) legs:
  • France defeated Ireland on a controversial goal by William Gallas that followed an uncalled handball by Thierry Henry. (See photo above of French coaches celebrating.)
  • Portugal beat Bosnia-Herzegovina.
  • Slovenia upset Russia.
  • Greece upset Ukraine.
  • Uruguay beat Costa Rica.
  • Algeria defeated Egypt.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Kaka is gone - can anyone replace Kaka?



With Kaka leaving for Real Madrid, the question now is who will replace him. Among the names being mentioned is 23 year-old Bosnian Edin Dzeko who currently plays for Bundesliga champions Wolfsburg. See him in action in the video below:




"Hockey ought to be sternly forbidden, as it is not only annoying but dangerous." Halifax Morning Sun, quoted in Michael McKinley's Hockey - A People's History