12 July 2005

Stories from 12 July 2005

Lone Wolf

Lone Wolf says he was expecting to read in detail about the historical events that happen in Sudan now but he did not find any posts about that.

12 July 2005

This is Zimbabwe

This is Zimbabwe reports that the African Union's human rights emissary to Zimbabwe has left the country under police escort. One wonders what the official AU response will be.

12 July 2005

Neeka's Backlog

Neeka's Backlog is passing on the news that Ukraine's Interior Ministry has dispached troops to a region of the Crimea where a group of Tatars have seized land that was...

12 July 2005

Commentary

The South African Blog Commentary notes that the ANC is having some cash-flow issues, and does not look approvingly upon the ANC's proposed solution.

12 July 2005

Brush Up Your Shakespeare

Brush up your Shakespeare: Brooding Persian offers his condolences to Londonders by quoting King Lear: “Wipe thine eyes; The good years shall devour them, flesh and fell, Ere they make...

12 July 2005

A Daily Briefing on Iran

Regime Change Iran has been informed that there is a massive demostration in Tehran going in support of imprisoned dissident Akbar Ganji, who is on a 31-day hunger strike.

12 July 2005

Macam-Macam

Macam-Macam reports that the Australian government has granted Chinese defector Chen Yong Lin permament protection visas. Note that the author highlights the Chinese reaction at the bottom of his post.

12 July 2005

More Bomb Posts … In Trinidad and Tobago

While the international big press keeps its gaze set on any new developments coming out of London regarding 7/7, the Caribbean blogosphere has done an excellent job covering yesterday's explosion...

12 July 2005

Good Days & Bad Times

The Indian blog Good Days & Bad Times reports on the return of the arranged marraige… and the kids who want it that way. Found via Desipundit.

12 July 2005

Danwei on Zheng He

Danwei reports that the Chinese media has been buzzing about Zheng He, the great 15th-century adventurer. For context, here's his Wikipedia article.

12 July 2005

Simon World's Roundup

It's probably been far too long since we've mentioned Simon World's excellent daily roundups of Hong Kong, China, and other East Asia blogs…

12 July 2005

The SUMATE summary

Venezuela News and Views gives a detailed summary of the Venezuelan opposition group SUMATE and the current government trial it faces.

12 July 2005

Visiting Kurdistan

Omar from Iraq the Model spent the past few weekstravelling in northern Iraq; he was particularly impressed by the city of Sulaymaniya.

12 July 2005