Long farewell to Reagan begins http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3782423.stm
The body of former President Ronald Reagan is transferred to his California presidential library to lie in state.
The BBC's Gavin Hewitt http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/video/40244000/rm/_40244653_reagan18_hewitt_vi.ram
"This is not just about a man. This is also about American history"
In pictures: Mourning Reagan http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3780507.stm
Reagan: Simplicity was his strength http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3780339.stm
World press bids Ronald Reagan farewell http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3783137.stm
Papers across the globe bid a mostly fond farewell to former US President Ronald Reagan, who died on Saturday after fighting Alzheimer's Disease for the past 10 years.
Many editorials in Russia and Eastern Europe underline Mr Reagan's role in the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union and the ending of the Cold War.
Chinese papers also praise his legacy, but Iranian dailies complain that Mr Reagan supported and armed Saddam Hussein in his war with Iran in the 1980s.
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Reagan was a statesman who, despite all the differences between our countries, showed foresight and the will to stop the nuclear race, to embark on the destruction of nuclear weapons and to establish good relations between our countries.
Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia's Izvestiya
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Ronald Reagan will go down in US and world history first of all as a president who was instrumental in dealing a crushing blow to world communism.
Dmitriy Sidorov and Sergey Strokan in Russia's Kommersant
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Reagan's name has become an integral part of the history of Russian-US relations. It was he and Mikhail Gorbachev who turned the standoff between the two superstates into dialogue.
Artur Blinov in Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta
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Having beaten the Soviets, he succumbed to Alzheimer's... One of the most popular American presidents, Ronald Reagan, has died after a long illness.
Lithuania's Respublika
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Reagan was accused of intellectual limitations, and in cartoons he was shown as an aggressive cowboy. It was, however, his deeply personal anti-communism, his belief that totalitarianism is an unnatural evil which opposes human freedom, his decision that it was his obligation to work against that evil - it was these factors that sped up the collapse of the USSR.
Aivars Ozolins in Latvia's Diena
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He defeated the Soviet Union, won the Cold War and helped restore freedom in Central Europe... Although he was a controversial president in many respects, the Czechs should not forget that Ronald Reagan is one reason that they are enjoying their present freedom.
Czech Republic's Mlada Fronta Dnes
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His optimistic and uplifting spirit led the American people to gradually cast off the differences and concerns brought by the Vietnam War and to step onto the path of economic revival; his magnanimous and straightforward nature not only made the Republicans praise him more, but even political rivals were full of respect for him.
Zi Ye in Zhongguo Qingnian Bao (China Youth Daily)
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The contradictions of Reagan's legacy do nothing to undermine his achievement in bringing the Cold War to an end. If the mark of a great presidency is the kind of moral clarity that can lead to nuclear disarmament and detente between long-standing bitter enemies, then Reagan will be remembered as a great president.
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post
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Among the important programmes executed by the Reagan government against Iran were to equip Saddam's regime with arms and plan for the start of Iraq's war against Iran. Among the scandals of Reagan's presidential term was the Iran-Contra affair.
Iran's Etemaad
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It was during Reagan's presidency that America's weapons of mass destruction poured into Iraq, and Saddam deployed them during the Iran-Iraq war. It was also on Reagan's orders that the Iranian passenger airline was brought down by an American missile over the Persian Gulf in 1988, killing 290 passengers.
Iran's Kayhan
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Given his focus on freedom, it is not surprising that Reagan was considered one of the most "pro-Israeli" presidents ever. Supporting Israel came naturally for him. Ronald Reagan was the father of moral clarity.
Israel's Jerusalem Post
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Reagan faced the challenges of the Cold War and financial problems in the US with wisdom and put the US on the path of economic prosperity. The people of the US will always remember him as a great statesman.
Pakistan's Pakistan
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Even though Ronald Reagan was the only US president who came from Hollywood, in reality all US presidents can be seen as starring actors... The giant project in which all these actors have a role has a single name: "When Do We Conquer the World, Buddy?"
Ece Temelkuran in Turkey's Milliyet
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Mr Reagan's legacy continues to shape US policy through President Bush. Mr Bush claims him as his "ideological model" and has likened his "democratic vision" for the Middle East to Mr Reagan's crusade against communism. Mr Bush has also revived the controversial Reagan-era Star Wars missile defence programme and is counting on tax cuts to stimulate the economy. But the parallels should not be taken too far. Mr Bush is seeking change in a very different world.
Australia's Sydney Morning Herald
>>June 8, 2004 at 2:57:42 AM GMT+8
2004 年 6 月 7 日 星期一 【晴】
>>June 7, 2004 at 3:26:43 PM GMT+8
2004 年 6 月 6 日 星期日 【晴】
>>July 23, 2004 at 7:22:09 PM GMT+8
2004 年 6 月 6 日 星期日 【陰】
六月六日是 D-Day 六十周年 而六月五日就是被視為最偉大美國總統,對抗了老人痴呆症的Mr. Ronald Reagan與世長辭的日子,享年九十三歲 (他竟等不到這六十周年的重大紀念日子) ...
In his own words: (from ~ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3780871.stm)
Here is a selection of his quotes: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Government is not the solution, it's the problem." ~ Inaugural address, 20 January, 1981
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it." ~ 1986
"A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist." ~ 1988
"Honey, I forgot to duck." ~ To wife Nancy Reagan in the emergency room after being shot, 30 March, 1981
"I hope you're all Republicans." ~ To surgeons as he went into the operating theatre
Reagan was telling jokes soon after being shot
"When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well, ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the example of their nominee: don't inhale." ~ A reference to Bill Clinton at the Republican National Convention, 1992
"I've noticed that everybody who is for abortion has already been born. " ~ 1980
"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. " ~ 1987
"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes. " ~ A joke, not realising a microphone was on, 1984
"I urge you to beware the temptation of pride, the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides equally at fault, to ignore the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire, to simply call the arms race a giant misunderstanding and thereby remove yourself from the struggle between right and wrong and good and evil."
"I believe that communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history whose last pages even now are being written." ~ 1983.
"The other day someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket." ~ 1986.
"If you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalisation, come here to this gate ... open this gate ... tear down this wall." ~At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, addressing a speech to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, June 1987
Reagan was a big fan of Thatcher
"We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free" ~ On the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings, 6 June, 1984
"She's the best man in England." ~ On former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher
"If I ache, it's because we are apart and yet that can't be because you are inside and a part of me, so we really aren't apart at all. Yet I ache but wouldn't be without the ache, because that would mean being without you and that I can't be because I love you." ~ A letter to Nancy in 1963, quoted in her 2000 book I Love You, Ronnie
"I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." ~ Announcing his Alzheimer's disease, 5 November, 1994
Ronald Reagan: Tributes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3780501.stm
Reagan's sense of humour was remarked on by many
The death of Ronald Reagan, aged 93, has prompted tributes from current and former world leaders and other senior figures.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3780871.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3780879.stm (Tributes flood in for Reagan )
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3780339.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3780455.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/269619.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/271348.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/270292.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/265621.stm (Life in Pictures)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/213195.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/265714.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/265435.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/265585.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/265509.stm (Reagan: The great communicator)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/265000/audio/_265509_challenger.ram
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/265509.stm#
Official website: http://reagan.webteamone.com/
http://www.fujisan.demon.co.uk/USPresidents/preslist.htm
「你是如此的難以忘記」 ... May God Bless Mrs. Ronald Reagan
另一邊箱:
Israel approves Gaza pullout plan ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3780457.stm
Sharon tries to save Gaza pullout ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3766313.stm
Palestinians in grip of poverty .... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3769015.stm
Barghouti given five life terms ...... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3780961.stm
(死五次都唔夠死?! 究竟所謂何事?)
毋忘六四... June4massacre
第一集 : 《血染的風采》mv 梅艷芳 4:20s 20mb, http://www.rebuildhk.com/upload/64glory_ppc.mpg
第二集 : 六四‧十五年mv 3:37s 16mb, 香港六四活動十五年及當年董建華的一番冷血言論...
http://www.rebuildhk.com/upload/53064rebuildhk_ppc.mpg
第三集 : 毋忘六四mv 3:33, 16Mb download: (十五周年燭光晚會開場)
http://www.rebuildhk.com/upload/64notforget_ppc.mpg
六四事件 ~ Blood is On the Square http://www.ngensis.com/june4/june4-1.htm
http://www.ngensis.com/june4-sp/6-4-V.htm
六四民運志 ~ http://www.ngensis.com/june4/june4.htm
真係唔知啥叫大新聞 啥叫頭條新聞 以為無箭單野已經講完架啦 點都應該係港人有份的跨國集團販毒案 或者係近半語文老師基準試不及格做頭條
Reagan's rival
哨牙大粒墨癦袁佩婷