3 October 2005

Stories from 3 October 2005

Armenia: Dispatch from the Music Scene

Oneworld Multimedia reports that Bambir's latest concert in Yerevan was excellent, and that despite their popularity with locals and foreigners alike, the band has yet to become popular with Diasporan...

4 October 2005

Poland: Poland's Car-nage

PolBlog has a blogcast on the state of driving in Poland that comes in response to a number of recent high-profile auto accidents.

4 October 2005

Russia: Backstage at the Bolshoi

The Bolshoi Theatre's old stage is closed for renovations until 2008, but before it shut its doors, Cyber-Generation went backstage to record the occasion.

4 October 2005

Argentina: 400 Years of Don Quixote

Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance posts about the 400th anniversary of the publication of Don Quixote and points readers to 400 Windmills, “a group blog dedicated to discussing Don...

3 October 2005

Liberia: Campaign trail

Black Star Journal comments on why campaigning for the forthcoming Liberian general elections on Oct. 11 is concentrated in and around the capital, Monrovia.

3 October 2005

Sudan: Surprise at State Dept. report

The U.S. government has decided that Sudan is making progress on preventing sexual violence against women, reports Darfur-based aid worker Sleepless in Sudan, concluding that the State Dept. can't have...

3 October 2005

Uganda: Troops mass near border

Following reports that thousands of Ugandan troops are amassed near the country's border with the D.R. of Congo, Uganda-CAN urges the government of Uganda and the United Nations to delay...

3 October 2005

Zimbabwe: Senate elections

Zimpundit comments that the 66 Mugabe-nominated candidates for the forthcoming senate elections might as well be appointees, now that the government has done away with primaries.

3 October 2005

South Africa: Chemical weapons program

Abiola at del.icio.us tags a profile by the non-profit Nuclear Threat Initiative of South Africa's chemical weapons program, which began in the early 1980s under the code-name “Project Coast”.

3 October 2005

Japan: Geisha Watch

Sushi and Sensibility has a two-part interview with Sheridan Prasso, author of The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls & Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient.

3 October 2005

North Korea: Fake beating video?

At NKZone, Seoul-based professor Andrei Lankov airs his doubts about the authenticity of recently blogged video footage, apparently showing North Korean border guards beating a returning defector.

3 October 2005

China: Taishi village standoff

ESWN posts a detailed chronology and background resource with photos for anyone interested in the Taishi village campaign to remove their elected chief.

3 October 2005