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Friday Photo: This should be a fun Olympics

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 6:30pm

A fan in disguise among the thousands of 'cariocas' (Rio's inhabitants) who cheer and dance in Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2, 2009, hoping that their hometown will be elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to stage the 2016 Olympic Games.

AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

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Congrats!

by healthfitness on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 10:07am

The Brazilians sure are fanatical about their sports. The 2016 Olympics are over six years away. Can you imagine the celebrations once they arrive?
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Lib. of Congress report on Zelaya, Honduras

by jgarzik on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 5:18pm

An article in TNR linked to a "widely overlooked" report on the Zelaya removal in Honduras, from the Library of Congress. The report attempts to answer the question of whether or not the "coup" was legal. The Senior Foreign Law Specialist from the Congressional Research Service concludes,

V. Was the removal of Honduran President Zelaya legal, in accordance with Honduran constitutional and statutory law?

Available sources indicate that the judicial and legislative branches applied constitutional and statutory law in the case against President Zelaya in a manner that was judged by the Honduran authorities from both branches of the government to be in accordance with the Honduran legal system.

However, removal of President Zelaya from the country by the military is in direct violation of the Article 102 of the Constitution, and apparently this action is currently under investigation by the Honduran authorities.