12 October 2005

Stories from 12 October 2005

Israel: Yom Kippur

On the eve of the Jewish day of Atonement – Yom Kippur, we wish our Jewish readers a g'mar chatima tova and an easy fast. BTW, I just realized that...

12 October 2005

Iran: Annoying Propaganda

Brooding Persian says that if we look closely at some of the blogs or the many news outlets covering Iran (and to some extent the broader Middle East), it is...

12 October 2005

Egypt: Bloggers Speaking out

Ritzy says that journalists are like men: they raise you to the skies and then suddenly they take you down. Read her commentary on the recent article of Cairo Magazine,...

12 October 2005

Tanzania: Election trip

Arjen Westra takes a trip around Tanzania ahead of elections on Oct. 30, listening to men talk politics and drink coffee in some of the country's political hotspots.

12 October 2005

Malaysia: Sniffer dogs in KL

Jeff Ooi reports that police with sniffer dogs made an appearance at a commuter station on the Putraline of the capital's light rail system. Commenters to the post say this...

12 October 2005

Iraq: Zawahri Letter

Issandr El Amrani, The Sandmonkey and Sabbah; all discussed the intercepted Letter of Al Qaeda, which was released yesterday.

12 October 2005

Zimbabwe: Just say no

Sokwanele blogs about a petition entitled “No Shaking Hands With Mugabe” to be presented to Britain's Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street Wednesday, urging Tony Blair to bring up the...

12 October 2005

China: Blogspot unblocked

Danwei reports that Chinese Web users now have access to Blogspot blogs and the Google cache, but suspects the move is a result of more efficient blocking using “forbidden” keywords.

12 October 2005

Syria: Suicide of a Symbol

One of the most talked about topic of the day in the Arab blogsphere was the early breaking news of the suicide of Syria’s Interior Minister, Ghazi Kanaan. The news...

12 October 2005

China: Taishi village backlash

ESWN translates reaction from the Chinese-language blogosphere, notably from mainland Chinese journalist Michael Anti, on the reporting by Guardian reporter Benjamin Joffe-Walt of the attack on Hubei lawmaker Lu Banglie...

12 October 2005

Sudan: Camps overwhelmed

“There are so many people fleeing from the new attacks on villages that all we can do is scramble to keep up with registrations and emergency distributions for the new...

12 October 2005

Indonesia: Just around the Riverbend

Nad's Notes speculates on the Ulysses Awards for Reportage, wondering why so many contenders are writing about war and other horrors, and tipping the blog Baghdad Burning as a likely...

12 October 2005

Zimbabwe: Senate debate

Senior pro-democracy political adviser Eddie Cross writes on The Zimbabwean Pundit about the debate now ensuing among the Movement for Democratic Change about whether to fight elections to an upper...

12 October 2005

Ecuador: Sudoku Arrives to Ecuador

Eduardo Ochoa heralds the arrival of Sudoku, a Japanese type of puzzle which has taken the world by storm, to Ecuador's largest daily paper El Universo. Ochoa admits his addiction...

12 October 2005

Colombia: Repressing Dissent

Colom Buenazo is upset with president Uribe's government after yesterday's violence between police and protesters in Santa Rosa. The post has generated passionate discussion.

12 October 2005