Stories from 16 September 2005
Remembering Gongadze
Neeka marks the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of Georgiy Gongadze.
Attacks on Kyrgyz Independent Media
Ben Paarmann discusses attacks on independent media in Kyrgyzstan.
What one does with a dumbwaiter in Georgia
Sueandnotu details the myriad uses for a dumbwaiter in Georgian apartment life.
Driving Sheep in Kakheti
Hans Heiner Buhr has photos of a sheep drive in Georgia's Kakheti province.
Interviews With The Diaspora
As part of an ongoing series on the potential role of the diaspora in building Armenian democracy, Onnik Krikorian has published his interview with Raffi K. Hovannisian, the US born Foreign Minister of Armenia.
Community Based Tourism in Kyrgyzstan
Amira of The Golden Road to Samarkand writes about community based tourism in Kyrgyzstan, a model that is both inexpensive for travelers and that provides direct benefits to local populations, and laments that similar options are not available in neighboring countries.
China: Beijing tabloid
Danwei highlights the front page of the tabloid Beijing News, which features a photo of corrective surgery being performed on a three-legged hermaphrodite baby.
China: Shanghai blogger moot
China Herald posts a photo from last night's meeting of Shanghai bloggers, linking to participant Brocco Li's account of the event.
China: Guangdong to close mines
China Digital Times notes, via the People's Daily, that the authorities in the southern province of Guangdong are to close all coal-mines following a flooding disaster at the Daxing coal-mine earlier this year.
U.S. Treasury fingers Macau bank
Barry Briggs at NKZoneblogs briefly about accusations from the U.S. Treasury Department that Banco Delta Asia in Macau is engaged in laundering money for criminal activities by North Korean government agencies and front companies.
South Korea: Appraisal of the Roh administration
Asia's Security Perils notes an op-ed piece by Bernard Moon on OhMyNews, applauding his insights into the use of nationalistic sentiment by the administration of President Roh Moo-hyun.
Somalia: Political rallies
Inside Somaliland reports on two political rallies held to mark the start of campaigning for parliamentary elections in the internationally unrecognized territory, at which Somalia is urged to learn from Somaliland's example.
Zimbabwe: Grass roots action
Sokwanele Civic Action posts a story about a Christian activist engaged in helping forced evictees in Matabeleland, who has a brush with the law, with a somewhat unexpected outcome.
Kenya: Nobel Peace Prize nominee?
Black Star Journal notes the work of Kenya's Gen. Lazaro Sumbeiywo as a peace-broker in southern Sudan, as reported in the Christian Science Monitor.
Uganda: Release the condoms
Human Rights Watch posts an open letter signed by more than 100 groups and individuals inside and outside Uganda, calling on the governments of the United States and Uganda to stop undermining the country's once-successful HIV/AIDS prevention program.
Sudan: Peace deadline passes
Sleepless in Sudan posts about the lack of news and the challenge of staying hopeful in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, sparking a long comment full of historical background from a Sudanese expat.
Mexican Independence Day
195 years ago today, in the town of Dolores, Guanajuato, a Catholic priest named Miguel Hidalgo rang the bell of his church and, in a call for Mexican independence, cried out, “Mexicanos, ¡viva México!” That famous and passionate cry is now referred to as the Grito de Dolores or “Cry...
Egypt: Trust in Religion
Ritzy Mabrouk says that Egyptians are more likely to define themselves by religion than any other people in the world.
Bahrain: Aggregator is On
Mahmood just launched BahrainBlogs.com. It is simply an aggregation service to aggregate all the Bahraini blogs he knows of.
Qatar: Friends of Al-Jazeera Hacked
The Friends of Al-Jazeera website was defaced by Brazilian hackers. Instead of the familiar news stories, the site was replaced by a simple message – “SpyKids of Brazil”. As no political message was posted, it is believed that this was a random attack rather than a politically motivated hack. The...
United Arab Emirates: Census Time
Secret Dubai diary post a story, which shows that census can be scary too.
