What does the world make of 2012?  Malaysian fans cheer on one
of their country's badminton players Malaysian fans cheer on one
of their country's badminton players  Almost halfway then,
through London's third Olympic Games. A full week of competition
completed, the athletics beginning; London's transport system
tested, empty seats pinpointed.  It's not just the home nation
that is following the results of course, and in the north-west
corner of the Park, a scoop of thousands of journalists and
media has come to report the Games back to their countries.
They work from the huge hangar-like media and broadcast centres
and across the Olympic venues and wider city beyond, taking the
action and the atmosphere around the globe.  Many are veterans
of previous Games, carrying Beijing 2008 rucksacks, wearing
Atlanta '96 caps, zipping Vancouver 2010 jackets. They know how
it works, inside out.  So at the half-time point, what does the
rest of the world think of it so far?  Marcio de Castro,
Olympics coordinator for Re