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7 September 2005

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...

Written by David Sasaki
7 September 2005

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.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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.

Written by David Sasaki
7 September 2005

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.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

Ghana: Renewable energy

Timbuktu Chronicles blogs about the difficulty of stimulating e-commerce in Ghana in the absence of a reliable power supply.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
7 September 2005

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.”

Written by David Sasaki
7 September 2005

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