Stories from 13 September 2005
Bangladesh: Desh in NY
Bangladesh: Desh in NY
India: City talk
India: City talk
Sri Lanka: Lessons from Indonesia
Sri Lanka: Lessons from Indonesia
India: Playing games
India: Playing games
Egypt: Itharak
Karim Elsahy attended one of Egyptian bloggers meetup last night and the outcome was a new project; Itharak.com. The idea behind Itharak (“get moving” in Arabic) is to get people to pledge to do things that will give them the chance to make some changes in the coming Parliamentary elections...
Two Singapore bloggers charged for sedition for racist comments online
Two Singapore bloggers have been charged under the Sedition Act for posting racist comments online. The last time the Sedition Act was invoked in Singapore was at least 10 years ago. Twenty-seven-year-old Benjamin Koh Song Huat and 25-year-old Nicholas Lim Yew are being accused of posting racist comments on an...
Trinidad and Tobago: Soucouyant Legend
My Issues Are Showing posts about the Trinidadian folk legend of the Soucouyant. In a comment, Abeni says the same legend exists in St. Vincent.
Vietnam: Street vendors
Vietnamese God has some fun photos of the “walking clothes shops” of Northern Vietnam.
China: State Secrets
Danwei has a rather cynical (and somewhat racy) post on what is and isn't a Chinese state secret.
South Korea: Blaming the U.S.
Marmot points to a South Korean opinion poll revealing that 53 percent of South Koreans polled believe the U.S. is most responsible for the continued division of the Korean Peninsula.
Philippines: Transport Strike
Metroblogging Manila believes that the latest transport strike is an exercise in futility thanks to the energy situation.
Malaysia: Mahatir critiques Iraq war
Jeff Ooi at Screenshots has links to lots of commentary Dr Mahathir's speech at a human rights conference last Friday where Western diplomats diplomats walked out on him after he criticized the U.S. and U.K for invading Iraq.
Indonesia: 500 days of blogging
Jakartass celebrates his 500th day of blogging.
China: Murder Case
ESWN translates an article about “hottest subject on the Chinese Internet recently:” The Case of Wang Binyu.
