Stories from 16 August 2005
Pakistan: No celebrations in India?
istan: No celebrations in India?
Nepal: Where are the people?
Nepal: Where are the people?
India: A country growing old
India: A country growing old
Pakistan: The direction of the Economy
Pakistan: The direction of the Economy
The state of the African blogosphere
The Zimbabwean Pundit gives an overview of the African blogosphere at the Committee to Protect Bloggers.
Turkyilmaz's Trial
Oneworld Multimedia has been reporting on and photographing the trial of Yektan Turkyilmaz, a 33 year old Duke Ph.D. candidate and Turkish citizen of Kurdish descent accused of trying to take books over 50 years old out of Armenia.
Tourists want more services in Czech town
Tourists have complained to a Czech town government that there are not enough prostitutes, blogs Petr Bokuvka at The Daily Czech.
Inside Somaliland tracks AIDS explosion warning
Yvette Lopez, at Taste of Africa, points to a worrying warning from the United Nations about an explosion of HIV/AIDS infections in Somalia.
Time warp at the Romanian/Ukrainian border
Working Definition takes a trip with a Romanian family to the country near the border with Ukraine, pondering patchy economic development the while.
The Great Game heats up in Azerbaijan
Many bloggers concerned with Azerbaijan are wondering if recent U.S. attempts to balance Russian influence in the country will split the government. Azeris have a general election coming up in November.
Black Looks blogs about Ugandan women held in UK
Black Looks (“An African Fem Rocking the Boat”) details the plight of a number of hunger-striking Ugandan women held in a U.K. detention center awaiting deportation after their asylum applications failed. The women say they have had difficulty finding legal help and that rape victims among them have been barred...
Gaza disengagement first reaction
A day since the disengagement from Gaza started, this is some of what is going on the Israeli/Palestinian Blogsphere: On the Israeli side: Smooth Stone writes a A message to the world and says: Well, sadly, the evil deed is done. The Jewish men, women and children of Gush Katif...
Cambodia: Blog services
With some help, there is a possibility to launch a blog service that incorporates Khmer Unicode fonts, Khmer language software and blog tools. Can we find them a Cambodian Hoder?
Cambodia: Blogging beyond the norms
Wired News featured Cambodian blogger Bun Tharum, as a new voice who has ventured into uncharted course in the emerging democracy: government corruption and the problem of domestic violence. Today, Bun Tharum talks about arranged marriage in Cambodia, in response to an article he read in Global Voices Online.
Indonesia: Mr Underground Movement
Indonesian blogger Budi Rahardjo runs a blog called “Underground Movement”, or Gerakan Bawah Tanah in the Indonesian language, hence his nick Mr. GBT. He is actually the R&D director at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) near Jakarta, a Canadian-trained network security expert and an administrator of IdCERT. He was featured in...
Indonesia: Farewell to Arms
FAREWELL TO ARMS. August 15 marks the day of signing of the final Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Indonesia government and Aceh Freedom Movement (GAM, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka), in which the separatists agree to disarm and accept amnesty, money and farmland. Ironically, peace finally dawned to replace the decades-old...
