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The day before the earthquake
"Black on black racism at the height of stupidity"
Forty-two people have been killed since the outbreak of violent clashes between native South Africans and Zimbabwean refugees in Johannesburg. A Zimbabwean immigrant tries to explain this sudden attack on his community. Read more...
An end to getting slapped in the face for the Lebanese?
As dawn broke today, five days of talks between Lebanon's leading politicians on the country's internal conflict crisis finally came to a head, just in time to stop the country from sliding into civil war. Our Observers in the country explain why it's not easy to celebrate. Read more...
Amateur video of the earthquake, 20 seconds after the tremor
This video was filmed in the seconds that followed the earthquake in Beichuan, a town near the epicentre. The footage was shot in a theatre where a group of children were putting on a performance. It's 2pm (China time) on the twelfth of May. The ground is still shaking and the walls are collapsing around those still alive. See the video.
Obama the superstar
Seventy-five-thousand
people came to see Barack Obama give a speech in Oregon on Sunday - a crowd size
expected to turn up to a concert rather than a campaign rally. In a country known to be apathetic when it comes to political gatherings, how does Obama mobilise so many? Read more...
Chevrolet gets its own dancing robot car
TV audiences might never get to see Chevrolet's parody of the Citroen C4 dancing robot, as its bopping bad behaviour won't appear on the box. The viral video is only available online - where taking the piss out of your competitor is above-board and in this case, really rather funny. See the video.
The video clip filmed entirely by cctv cameras... or so we thought
A pro-Palestine protestor shot "like a mosquito"
This amateur video, which has caused uproar on the internet, would seem to demand some serious questioning of the Israeli Army's techniques in the Palestinian territories. The footage was filmed in Bil'in, a village in the West Bank near the border with Israel. See the video.
Far from the spotlight at the Cannes Film Festival
The beach at Cannes yesterday. Photo: "G-Rome" on Flickr
From our Observers on the scene, we're following the international film festival in Cannes. Not the stars, but young actors, directors and film addicts who are taking part in the prestigious event for the first time. Here, a young filmmaker who has come to promote his short film and a student who spends all day attending projections and all night in quest of a party invite. Read more...
"Smile! You're on CCTV" - naked
A Chinese journalist managed to get access to a stream of images delivered by a surveillance camera located on the roof of a building. Although the camera was supposed to be keeping an eye on a set of crossroads, the journalist noticed that during the night, the policeman in charge was lingering on the windows of a building across the street. Read more...
