Sydney Opera House celebrates 50th birthday with light show and free tours
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Sydney Opera House celebrated its 50th birthday on Friday, with a laser show planned to illuminate the iconic building. Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973, the Opera House is widely regarded as one of the greatest architectural designs of the 20th century, with 10.9 million people visiting every year. […]
Fifty years on, divided Israel remembers the war for its survival
JerusalemReuters Israel marks the 50th anniversary of the 1973 war that brought the country to the verge of catastrophic defeat, but the wartime unity that helped it survive seems a distant memory to a generation increasingly at odds over the country they inherited. The war began with a surprise attack on two fronts by Syrian […]
Soundbite – The TCM Update: for KING & COUNTRY remix, and, Petra celebrate 50 years
For KING & COUNTRY’s ‘Love Me Like I Am’ (R3HAB remix). Listen to this week’s TCM Update…
Justice elusive decades after martial law, say Filipino victims
Manila, Philippines AP Survivors of torture and other atrocities under Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos on Wednesday marked his martial law declaration 50 years ago by pressing their demand for justice and apology from his son – now the country’s President in a stunning reversal of fortunes for the once reviled family. Activists held street protests, […]
Japan’s Okinawa may be on the front lines again as it marks anniversary of US handover
Miyako Island, JapanReuters Seihan Nakazato wants the missile trucks on the base next to his melon farm to leave, but few others on Okinawa’s Miyako island, he complains, are demanding that Japan’s army remove such weapons, which he says would make them a target for China. “We are a small community and there are lots […]
Four die in clashes set off by India’s Modi visiting Bangladesh
Dhaka, BangladeshAP At least four people were killed and scores injured in violent protests Friday set off by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Bangladesh to celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence. The casualties happened after students from a prominent madrasa or Islamic school and members of an Islamist group clashed with police in […]
Essay: Bangladesh at 50 – A nation created in violence and still bearing scars of a troubled birth
As Bangladesh approaches the 50th anniversary of its creation, conflict scholar TAZREENA SAIJAD, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the troubled lead-up to independence and the impact that has on the nation today…
THE INTERVIEW: PHILIP LEE, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNICATION
The World Association for Christian Communication this year marks its 50th anniversary. In an interview with DAVID ADAMS, Philip Lee, general secretary of the WACC, reflects on the Canadian-based organisation’s history, purpose and future challenges…
ESSAY: ANOTHER FUNERAL FOR KING
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev RAPHAEL G WARNOCK, senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church and author, says it’s time to remember the real Martin Luther King, Jr, not the “faux King” America has created…
ESSAY: KING IN MONTGOMERY – A WHITE SOUTHERN BAPTIST MINISTER REFLECTS
Southern Baptist Convention minister ALAN CROSS reflects on how things have changed in the years since Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, pastored a church in Montgomery – and how much still needs to change…