Facebook can drive me bonkers at times.
As many commentators have remarked, how can one possibly benefit from being bought a virtual drink? An empty gesture.
No empty gestures on this page though.
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Wei Wenhua, a 41-year-old construction company executive and blogger, was beaten to death Monday when attempting to film a protest on his cell phone. Villagers were protesting the disposal of waste near their homes in the central Chinese province of Hubei. According to CNN,
A scuffle developed when residents tried to prevent trucks from unloading the rubbish, Xinhua said.
When Wei took out his cell phone to record the protest, more than 50 municipal inspectors turned on him, attacking him for five minutes, Xinhua said. Wei was dead on arrival at a Tianmen hospital, the report said.
Xinhua is the official press agency of the People’s Republic of China.
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renames one of its ships “Steve Irwin.”
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