Stories from 7 September 2005
Spotlight Guatemala
As the U.S. and Guatemalan mens soccer teams prepare for tonight's match in Guatemala City, it appears that the Guatemalan blogging community is beginning to reach out more to English-language readers. On a post about the promotion of Guatemala's world heritage sites, Guate360 writes, “it is not uncommon for us...
Hungary: Airport sell-off
Pestiside examines Hungarian government plans for the sell-off of Budapest Airport, advising potential investors to fasten their seat-belts and prepare for turbulence.
Russia: Maybe he won't
Siberian Light‘s Andy, sitting in a Burger King in Glasgow Airport, wonders if Russian President Vladimir Putin will indeed step down at the end of his second term, as is required by the constitution.
Russia: Old flame
Neeka hangs out with a former love, beautiful but terribly damaged, and is relieved to discover she can recover the good memories but doesn't have to go back to old times.
Armenia: A short history of rock
Omnik Krikorian offers a brief history of rock music in the former Soviet Union in general, and in Armenia in particular.
Turkmenistan: Baseless rumours
Nathan at Registan rounds up his reasons for not believing rumours that the U.S. is talking to Turkmenistan about a potential location for a military base.
Zimbabwe: Free market advocate
Zimpundit points out that the Zimbabwean finance minister is a proponent of free-market economic policies, and is trying to persuade President Robert Mugabe to try freeing prices.
Jamaica: Reprieve from Protests
FYR looks for some humorous distraction as protests continue on outside his workplace. He also says Bruce Golding, who called for the protests, has definitely lost his vote.
Sudan: AIDS-related deaths
Sleepless in Sudan reports on local reactions to the deaths of two African Union peacekeeping soldiers in Darfur from complications related to HIV/AIDS.
Sudan: Execution of minors
The Sudanese government has executed people who were minors at the time of the crimes they were accused of, and denied a fair trial to others sentenced to death, according to a recent statement posted on Human Rights Watch.
Uganda: Sexual politics
Black Star Journal examines the relationship between a severe shortage of condoms in Uganda and the abstinence policies favoured by the Bush administration.
Ghana: Renewable energy
Timbuktu Chronicles blogs about the difficulty of stimulating e-commerce in Ghana in the absence of a reliable power supply.
Cuba: Youth Club of Electronics and Computation
Steven of Steve's Gallery visited the Joven Club de Electronica y Computacion in Matanzas, Cuba, where they are transitioning from Windows to Linux.
Barbados: Ironic Sugar Shortage
this, that, & whatever writes about an apparent raw sugar shortage in Barbados’ supermarkets and notes the irony that the island “produces about 50,000 tonnes of the commodity a year.”
Anguilla: No More Late Night Ferry Service
Bob Green's Anguilla News warns that late night ferry service has stopped between Anguilla and St. Martin.
Sri Lanka: Peace- The Blog Way
Sri Lanka: Peace- The Blog Way
Bangladesh: Education as Control
Bangladesh: Education as Control
Bangladesh: How did extremism get here?
Bangladesh: How did extremism get here?
India: Heights of sexual harassment
India: Heights of sexual harassment
India: Cow, goat or girl?
India: Cow, goat or girl?
South Asia: Responding to Hurricane Katrina
South Asia: Responding to Hurricane Katrina
