Stories from 19 August 2005
Afghanistan: Women need protection
Human Rights Watch warns that the Afghan government and international monitors must take special measures to protect women from attacks and intimidation by the Taliban and regional warlords, ahead of the Sept. 18 elections in the country.
Uganda: Radio station warned
A Ugandan radio station gets a reprieve, but its outspoken chat-show host is still on bail for criticizing the government, Passion of the Present notes.
D.R. of Congo: Deaths and rapes
Eugene at Coalition for Darfur points to a news item from Xinhua saying that 2,500 were killed and 1,500 raped in the D.R. of Congo in the first half of this year.
Sudan: Intervention and genocide
Sudan: The Passion of the Present blogs about a recent report on the effectiveness of military intervention in the case of genocide.
Hungary: Cryptic challenge
Central Budapest challenges Hungarian speakers to come up with the untranslatable in their language for Wikipedia.
Afghanistan: Bomb attack
Afghan Warrior covers the death of an Afghan policeman in a remote-control bomb attack in the southern city of Kandahar.
Bahrain: Blogging Danger
Controversial discussion is going on between some bloggers and ‘Anonymous Blogging’ which lists Bahrain, Saudi and Syria in Top Five most dangerous countries for bloggers. The director of ‘Committee to Protect Bloggers’ has been criticized and accused of being an Arab-hating secret agent in Jewish pay, as he says. The...
Breaking News: Katyusha Rocket Attack on Aqaba and Eilat
Katyusha rocket explosion has occurred in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba, and authorities said that explosions were heard in a restricted US military zone of the Port of Aqaba in Jordan. Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV said a U.S. naval ship was in the vicinity of the blast in Aqaba,...
