Stories from July, 2005
Flickr Pick from Guatemala
“Antigua, Guatemala” by KDUNK
Argentina: Stencil Graffiti
Line of Sight has an excellent collection of stencil graffiti from around Buenos Aires. Most images have captions explaining the significance.
Bahrain: Look ma, I'm on a Segway!
Mahmood, who writes the Bahraini blog Mahmood's Den tried out a Segway today. While he was having a blast riding around on it, he also thought that they'd be quite practical for everday use in Bahrain.
Argentina: La Boca – Impressions
Marisa of It Takes Two to Tango offers up her impressions of La Boca, Argentina.
United Kingdom: IRA Announcement
Everything Ulster has a quick post about the political reaction to the IRA's disarmament announcement.
Singapore: New Blog
Coup de Grâce is a new policy-oriented Singapore blog; so far it looks quite promising. (via From a Singapore Angle)
Tajikistan:: Democracy for Tajikistan :: July :: 2005
Alan Cordova looks at the prospects for democracy in Tajikistan and compares it to Kyrgyzstan.
Egypt: Vigil this Friday
The Big Pharaoh reminds his readers that a candlelight vigil for the victims of last weekend's bombings is scheduled for Friday in Cairo.
Hungary: Budapest Bloggers’ Tag Cloud
Central Budapest has created a tag cloud for Budapest bloggers (a tag cloud is a list of tags or keywords where the size of the tag indicates how popular it is; we've got one up at the top of this page).
Iran: Martyrs Wanted
Iran Hopes 2005 is reporting that a hard-line magazine in Iran has published an advertisement seeking volunteer suicide bombers.
Report from the Jordan Blogger Gathering
Tonight's Jordan Blogger Gathering You never know who'll show up for a bloggers’ gathering. The Jordan blogger meetup – a joint Jordan Planet/Global Voices effort – turned up not only some of Jordan's best bloggers, but superstars from Bahrain and Egypt as well. Representing Amman were Ammar Ibrahim, Roba Assi...
Ireland: IRA Disarms
The Irish group blog Back Seat Drivers has a healthly list of links to reaction to the IRA's disarmament statement.
Kenya: AIDS conference
Bankelele attended a conference on HIV/AIDS last week and reports back with some facts and figures.
Malaysia: Are you GST-ready?
Jeff Ooi asks his fellow countrymen if they're ready for the upcoming national sales tax.
Denmark: Canada occupies Denmark
Fjordman points out that Denmark and Canada are headed for a potential showdown over ownership of Hans Island, a tiny, uninhabited speck of land between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. Here's a link to Google Maps, showing exactly where it is.
Philippines: Parliamentary democracy in the Philippines would be a very bad idea
Both Torn and frayed in Manila and Tales From Disiniland are unconvinced by President Arroyo's call to change the Philippine form of government to a parliamentary system.
Tunisia: Tunisian Blogger Meetup 4 on July 29th
It's somewhat short notice, but Subzero Blue has announced that the next Tunisian Blogger Meetup 4 will be on July 29th.
Syria: Bashar to go on holiday with Israelis
The Syrian News Wire explains how President Al-Assad's upcoming vacation turned into a international incident. And the man hasn't even left Syria yet…
Sudan: Relief in Khartoum
Humanitarian Hijinks details the stately pleasures Khartoum has in store for the weary aid worker.
Ukraine: Whoops
Blog de Connard, returning after a brief hiatus, has a good roundup of Ukraining events both pertaining to the author and the country as a whole, including a pretty decent summary of Andriygate, the scandal involving the President's son.
Uzbekistan: Uzbek internet segment faces largest attack
T-Moor reports that a large number of Uzbekistan websites were attacked by hackers and defaced recently.
