Stories from 2 September 2005
Russia: Meet the National Bolsheviks
Neeka's Backlog takes us on an introductory tour of the muscular posters and uncompromising ideology that are offered by Russia's National Bolshevik Party to attract support.
Central Asia: India joins the fray
Nathan Hamm writes on Registan about India's attempts to compete for Central Asian energy resources.
Hungary: Who stole Big Brother
Among the offerings from Pestiside are a lawsuit by the license-holders for Big Brother against a Hungarian reality-TV show, and special regulations to limit damage done by boozy Brits on...
Georgia: Commuter chaos
Sueandnotu rants about the apparently arbitrary changes to public transport and the road network in the Georgian capital, Tblisi.
Barbados: Speechless Over Katrina
this, that, & whatever, written from Barbados, has a difficult time reflecting on Hurricane Katrina and “the apparent ceaselessness and inevitability of the terrible … tragedy of the human condition.”
Armenia: Rock festival
Oneworld Multimedia previews two rock bands from Georgia who will be taking part in tomorrow's music festival in the Armenian capital of Yerevan.
El Salvador: Troops Offered for Katrina Aid
Tim's El Salvador Blog notes that the Salvadoran “National Assembly passed a measure Wednesday night recommending that the government send a contingent of troops to the region affected by Hurricane...
Venezuelan Politics: Unnatural Disasters
Tomas Sancio compares the US reaction to Hurricane Katrina with the Venezuelan reaction to the 1999 La Guaira floods. He also points out that the US government has accepted aid...
Uganda: Abducted girl found
Uganda CAN reports on the reunion with her relatives of a 12 year-old Ugandan girl who went missing 18 months ago during a raid on her displaced persons’ camp by...
West Africa: Cholera kills 500
The Passion of the Present compiles reports on the deaths of more than 500 people in West African countries in an outbreak of cholera.
Bolivia: Alvaro Garcia Linera and Indymedia
Anarchogeek discusses vice-presidential candidate, Alvaro Garcia Linera's connection with Indymedia Bolivia.
Somaliland: Election fever
Inside Somaliland reports on the beginning of campaigning for the Sept. 26 parliamentary elections.
Sudan: Spotlight shifts to Sept. 5
You may have read an item in this column about the Spotlight on Darfur blogging campaign. Well, as Congo Watch reports, and as Catez Stevens has informed us directly, the...
Peru: Coverage of Pucallpa Plane Crash
Diana Zorrilla Ríos asks why so few Peruvian blogs mentioned the recent plane crash in the Amazonion town of Pucallpa [es] and concludes that practically all Peruvian blogs are concentrated...
Zimbabwe: Beauty contests
Black Looks points out the incongruity of a televised beauty contest in Zimbabwe amid mass government-backed demolitions of shanty towns and other human rights abuses.
Chile: Phil Collins in the Metro
Quemar las Naves pleads that they stop playing Phil Collins in the Santiago Metro. Beck and The Strokes are suggested replacements.
Bolivia: Presidential Candidate Bios
Miguel of MABB has translated short bios of each of the presidential candidates from the Bolivian daily, La Razon.
Peru: Internet and Transparency
Marcia Koth de Paredes writes that “civil society organizations in Peru are increasingly active in the use of Internet to promote ‘transparency’ of democratic processes.”
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
Zizou from Djerba wonders why there is a lack of information and news about cities and towns other than the capital in Tunisia, saying that the traditional media is not...
China: Hu's first visit to U.S.
President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China will make his first visit the United States of America since his ascension to the top leadership post in China. Visiting...
Pakistan: First contact with Israel
Pakistan: First contact with Israel
