Stories from 17 August 2005
Blog-city Blocked in China?
From yesterday afternoon, blog-city, a famous BSP is beginning to be blocked in China. Now it was still under filter by GFW, the project to detect key words and block...
Peru: Last Night's Lima Blogger Meetup
BlogsPerú has links to the over 30 bloggers that attended last night's blogger meetup in Lima. Eduardo and Leuzor have photos.
Venezuela: World Youth Fest
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry, written by a traveling Brit, has a sarcastic if not offensive couple posts on the World Youth Fest in Caracas with plenty of...
Spotlight Bolivia
Alexey writes, “these days I have been pleasantly surprised at the coverage that some blogs made about the bolivian political situation” and it's certainly hard to disagree with him. With...
Russia: “The Flight of the Putin”
Scraps of Moscow comments on local media coverage of Russian president Vladimir Putin's flight in a strategic bomber aircraft during military exercises, saying they can no longer tell the difference...
Russia: The lost universal language
Russian language student Misha Tch at Joy de Vivre considers the possibility that the world's languages are mistaken forms of an original human language.
Mongolia: An exile writes
Thomo's Hole posts an e-mail from a Mongolian woman now living in the United States about her feeling for the land she grew up in, saying she just about describes...
Kyrgyzstan: An aftertaste of lemons
Tim, in his on-line journal Kumys, tells how conspiracy theories about U.S. involvement left him feeling sour about his Peace Corps assignment in Kyrgyzstan.
Nepal: Slogans for a free Nepal
Nepal: Slogans for a free Nepal
Sharm Relief
Following the devastating terrorist attacks in the Egyptian tourist hub of Sharm Elshiekh, Pray4Peace.org set up a fundraiser called Sharm Relief at SharmReleif.com.
India: Brains, beauty and some more
India: Brains, beauty and some more
Bangladesh: Government Speak
Bangladesh: Government Speak
Sri Lanka: Culture and Identity
Sri Lanka: Culture and Identity
Kenya: Catholic land-rights activist freed
Kenya Democracy Project reports on the freeing (on bond) of Father Gabriel Dolan and 23 other land-rights activists from the Rift Valley.
Iran: Hunger strike
Farid Pouya reports on more political prisoners hunger strike in Iran.
China: 21mm
A picture speaks a thousand words. That's post-Mao China in 21mm.
Saudi Arabia: Livestrong, Saudi-style
Muttawa of the Saudi ‘Religious Policeman’ blog talks about Livestrong, Saudi-style and says that while the Saud's and their related families think “Saudi Arabia” is a great name, the rest...
China: Hopes & Dreams
‘China Hopes and Dreams’ continue for the sake of little children twenty years from now. Commenters’ feedback is equally revealing as the bloggers’.
Palestine: Journalists “Disengaged” From Real Gaza Story
umkhalil is upset that journalists are not telling viewers of BBC and CNN that the The Fourth Geneva Convention, the primary document governing the OPT, stipulates in Article 49 that...
China: Oral English
“Handling” at least 4 foreigner-colleagues at one go is a good outing for brushing up oral English. The downside is: You have to listen to them attentively and laugh even...
Syria: First private TV channel
The Syrian News Wire reports that international pressure group forces Syrian government to set up new radio station in Homs. Homs is set to get a new ststion, after an...
