19 July 2005

Stories from 19 July 2005

Japan: Who is that masked man?

Japanpundit brings us the tale of a professional wrestler-turned-politician who is accused of using public funds to travel to a wrestling match. The wrestler/politician–who refuses to take his mask off...

19 July 2005

Azerbaijan: Election Monitor

Here's a great new blog that'll be covering the upcoming elections in Azerbaijan. It apears to be affiliated with a new on-line effort to cover Central Asia called Thinking East....

19 July 2005

Iraq: Corruption, thieves

Sami of An Iraqi's Thoughts laments continued corruption in Iraq: “The collapse of Iraqi society in front of your eyes is sad, sad because the end of the tyrant was...

19 July 2005