Stories from 18 July 2005
Inside The Japanese Blogosphere
Ra, a third-generation Korean resident in Japan, who “has a Japanese name, has the same color of skin, the same way of speaking, and watches the same television” as the...
Venezuela: The Sumate Files
A new group blog, The Sumate Files has been set up with the purpose of: “compiling the most important articles appearing anywhere on the net and in English mostly. Our...
Nicaragua: Virgins, Bulls, and Small Town Living
Picasso Dreams keeps the prolific reflections coming after recently moving to a small town in Nicarugua.
Mexico: Weblog Conference Reflections
ALT1040, Isopixel, and eCuaderno all write their initial reflections on the first annual weblogs.communication conference that took place in Mexico City on Friday evening.
Philippines: Parliament of the streets
The Sassy Lawyer (featuring a nice new redesign) notes that the famed ‘parliament of the street’ has lost its credibility.
Sudan: Rainy Season
Humanitarian Hijinks, the anonymous blog of a relief worker in Darfur, notes that it's only a few weeks into the rainy season but it's already starting to flood–not to mention...
Brand New Malaysian: Guest Editorial – Dr. Farish Noor
Brand New Malaysian has a great guest post about Islam and terrorism up on his front page.
Iran Scan – The democratic future of Iran
Iran Scan is reporting that hunger striker Akbar Ganji has been transferred from prison to a hospital.
Iran: One Dilemma Too Many
Free Thoughts on Iran looks forward to what a Ahmedinejad presidency might bring and is not encouraged.
Saudi Arabia: Anime Culture
Who knew? Saudi Jeans reports that anime culture is making inroads in the kingdom.
El Salvador: People making a difference
Tim links to people and programs making a difference in El Salvador.
Singapore: Bloggers.SG
Bloggers.sg, the Singaporean blog conference, seems to have been a smashing success. Mr.Brown has his intial reactions and a lengthy list of Singapore blogs commenting on the event; this trackback...
Costa Rica: New forum on Costa Rica debuts
Neville Hobson reports of a new Spanish-language forum on Costa Rica started by his wife, Marie Alden, a Costa Rican living in the Netherlands.
India: Tag Cloud on DesiPundit
DesiPundit has added a tag cloud reflecting recent topics of discussion; apparently they've been talking a lot about Harry Potter…
Colombia: La Ciclovia
Bloggings by Boz explains La Civlovia, a Sunday morning tradition which “shuts down several major roads and allows people to bike, rollerblade and run.” Eduardo of Barrio Flores comments that...
France: Fête nationale/Bastille day
In beleated celebration of Bastille Day, Blogging in Paris points to some photographs of Bastille Day fireworks.
Germany: Ebay's German success story by Heiko Hebig | hebig.com
Heiko Hebig points out that 51% of German internet users used Ebay.de in the month of May. That's really amazing.
Egypt: Al-Qimni Surrenders
The Big Pharaoh writes about an anti-fundamentalist author who caved into death threats and repudiated his writings. Did he do the right thing?
Colombia: The Anguish of Living Displaced
John Guzman of Logtar's Blog has translated a poweful piece on what it's like to be displaced from Colombia. Guzman, himself a Colombian living abroad, says he relates to many...
Lebanon: Liberation of Dr. Geagea: A Victory for Lebanon
One of Lebanon's major political prisoners won ammesty in the Lebanese Parliament today; Lebanese Political Journal believes that “Lebanon is on the verge of materializing a huge step towards national...
Tunisa: Comparing civilities
It's the little things: Tunisian blogger Neila Charchour Hachicha wrote the British ambassador after the 7/7 bombings, expressing her condolences; the ambassador wrote back with a short but sincere note...
