4 October 2005

Stories from 4 October 2005

The Devil's Excrement

The Devil's Excrement comments on Sumate's most recent report on illegalities that took place during the last Venezuelan regional elections.

5 October 2005

Ethiopia: Marxism in motion

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” Which is just as well if you're trying to make sense...

4 October 2005

South Korea: Tough weekend

It was a tough weekend for Koreans, writes The Marmot's Hole, referring to those injured in the Bali bombings and the 11 people who died in a crush at a...

4 October 2005

Indonesia: Why Bali is quiet

Bali Blog says that while the MSM will say tourists have fled following the suicide bombings, the Kuta and Seminyak tourist areas of Bali are quiet because of Galungan, a...

4 October 2005

China: Yannan archive saved

China Digital Times reports on the closure of the popular online Chinese discussion forum, Yannan.com, and points those interested in the direction of archived posts from the site dating up...

4 October 2005

China: 50 years of Xinjiang

Musing Under the Tenement Palm posts a digest of China's English-language news media's coverage of the 50th anniversary of Communist Party rule in the northwestern, mostly Muslim, region of Xinjiang.

4 October 2005

Zimbabwe: The school run

Sokwanele Civic Action tells a tale of ambulances that won't respond to emergency calls where lives are at risk because they have “no fuel”, but which are later spotted picking...

4 October 2005

Sudan: African Union statement

“I read and hear descriptions of killings, rape, indiscriminate shooting and burning of houses or shelters just like the ones in the African Union (AU) statement on a regular basis,”...

4 October 2005

Oman: Road Blocks

The Muscatis says that 20 years ago, Sultan of Oman waived to him while he was stopping next to him at a traffic light in Muscat. However, last week, The...

4 October 2005

Cambodia: $100 laptop

ThaRum answers Beth Kanter's query about cheap laptops with this post about MIT Media Laboratory's plans to unveil a Linux-based, hand-cranked U.S.$100 laptop in November, inspired by a visit to...

4 October 2005

Uganda: Night commuter documentary

UgandaCAN recommends that anyone interested in learning more about the GuluWalk awareness event, as well as night commuters and child soldiers in northern Uganda watch the documentary film Invisible Children.

4 October 2005

Palestine: Wedding under fire

scott of Angry White Kid post a photo of an Israeli bride posing for a wedding photographer next to an Israeli army mobile artillery piece at a staging area near...

4 October 2005

Armenia: Pop Culture Roundup

Blogrel rounds up the week in pop culture touching on the welcome arrival of meaningless, entertaining television shows and pop music acts.

4 October 2005

Kenya: God and democracy

“If there was an election for God, would you re-elect the incumbent?” asks What an African Woman Thinks, calling for comments on a post entitled “Diablog”.

4 October 2005