Stories about United Kingdom from November, 2007
Croatia: Football News
Illyrian Gazette writes about the Croatian football team, music – and Borat.
Armenia: HaShiSh
Life in the Armenian Diaspora reports that HaShiSh, an Armenian punk rock band from South America, is touring the U.S. Meanwhile, Unzipped posts an account of former System of a Down frontman, Serj Tankian, performing in London.
Russia: Euro 2008
Siberian Light writes on how Croatia has helped Russia to get into Euro 2008.
Brazil/UK: Justice for Jean Charles de Menezes
Joty reports that the Metropolitan Police Authority in the UK is meeting this Thursday, November 22, to decide whether or not to sack Ian Blair over the death of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, in 2005. “So – politely and gently – they need a little bit of lobbying...
Indonesia: Loving Scotland
Anita on why she loves Scotland.
Russia: Books on “The New Cold War”
The Economist‘s Edward Lucas seeks help in promoting his new book, due to be published in February 2008 – The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces Russia and the West (not to be confused with Mark MacKinnon‘s The New Cold War: Revolutions, Rigged Elections, and Pipeline Politics in the...
Slovenia, U.K.: Borut Peterlin's Work
Jennifer Dorroh writes about the work of Slovenian photojournalist Borut Peterlin, currently on exhibit in London.
Russia, UK: Sidney Reilly – “Executed Today” – in 1925
ExecutedToday.com – “a blog of history, sociology, biography, criminology, law, and kismet — an unrepresentative but arresting view of the human condition across time and circumstance from the parlous vantage of the scaffold” – writes: “On this date in 1925, legendary British spy — and subsequent James Bond inspiration —...
Wales: Armenian Genocide Memorial, Protest
Unzipped reports on the unveiling of a monument to commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. Attending was James in Turkey who expresses concerns with the eviction of Turkish journalists from the event.
Saudi Arabia: King Greeted with Protests in UK
“Cheers to all the Brits who showed up outside the Queen's palace to protest the visit of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia,” writes Or Does it Explode..
