6 October 2005

Stories from 6 October 2005

Palestine: Checkpoint Death

umkahlil writes about the Palestinian mother, which Bleed to death at Israeli military checkpoint and says that westerners who get their news from headlines won't know that Haifaa’ Daoud Mohammed...

7 October 2005

Israel: Divest from Palestine

Smooth says that a Jerusalem man was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas, and calls Americans, concerned citizens and governments all over the world to organize a comprehensive campaign of economic...

6 October 2005

Egypt: Democratization in the Middle East

Issandr El Amrani from The Arabist Network says that majority of Americans believe their country should not encourage democratization in the Middle East. The poll was conducted by the Knowledge...

6 October 2005

Indonesia: Military role

Jakartass analyzes a recent presidential speech, and wonders if the Indonesian military may take a higher profile following the Bali bombings.

6 October 2005

Malaysia: Well done, son!

Jeff Ooi congratulates contemporary dance artist and choreographer Azizi Sulaiman on his scholarship to study dance in the South Korean capital, Seoul.

6 October 2005

Singapore: No gay parades

Singabloodypore comments on recent comments from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong which appeared to rule out the possibility of a gay parade in the city-state.

6 October 2005

Thailand: Scooter rally

Stilee at ThaiBlogs.com posts text and photos on a Classic Motor Competition in Betong, Thailand, the highlight of which appears to have been a parade of multicolored, Vespa-style scooters.

6 October 2005

China: Track record

ESWN reports that Xici Hutong appears to have been shut down, as have many of the phenomena praised on the blog this week.

6 October 2005

Cambodia: Cheap laptops

Beth Kanter has a follow-up post with debate on whether Negroponte's recently unveiled U.S.$100 laptops would really be a good idea for Cambodia.

6 October 2005

Taiwan: Google map row

Angry Chinese Blogger posts a long commentary on the row over Google's map of China and Taiwan, on which the latter is labeled as a province of the former.

6 October 2005

Zimbabwe: Shocking prices

Sokwanele flags a price-list for a typical basket of Zimbabwean groceries, illustrating the average person's daily struggle with inflation.

6 October 2005

Kenya: Democracy of darkness

What does “darkest part of Africa” mean, anyway? asks What an African Woman Thinks. ” That there’s no electricity? That the people are unenlightened? That they speak a different language,...

6 October 2005

Kenya: VoIP for all

Reports Bankelele: all existing internet service provider licences will be amended by the Communications Commission of Kenya allowing providers to offer internet telephony (VoIP) services.

6 October 2005

Rwanda: Invasion of Congo

BOB-nominee Black Star Journal finds background links for an article in the UK's Independent newspaper about the Rwandan army's invasion of the D. R. of Congo soon after the genocide....

6 October 2005

Kenya: Northeastern massacre

Afromusing links to a video webcast from a village in northeastern Kenya, where two schoolchildren were reportedly shot in the back of the head by an armed gang, and dozens...

6 October 2005