13 October 2005

Stories from 13 October 2005

Bolivia: Taking the Presidency By Force

Miguel Centallas writes that “Felipe Quispe (aka “Mallku”) of the indigenous MIP (Pachakutik Indigenous Movement) has declared that if he doesn't win the election, he'll take the presidency by force.”

14 October 2005

Argentina: Anti-Bush Bombings

GoodAirs sums up last Thursday's bombings by the groups Comando Antiimperialista Comandante Che Guevara and Coronel Dorrego at six scattered American symbols a day after Bush's attendance at the Summit...

14 October 2005

Colombia: BogoWiki

Alejandro Forero Cuervo and Blue Elephant have been hard at work making BogoWiki, a collaborative, online guide to the city of Bogotá. There is also a space for making denouncements...

14 October 2005

Costa Rica: “Wi-Fi as a Basic Right”

J.D. Clarke, citing San Francisco mayor, Gavin Newsom, says free access to internet should be a basic right for all citizens [ES]. Some commenters say that, in Costa Rica, procuring...

14 October 2005

Myanmar (Burma): Internet censorship

“It probably comes as no surprise that as far as Internet censorship goes, the Burmese junta is one of the most restrictive in the world,” writes Burma Underground, citing a...

13 October 2005

Cambodia: Football crazy

ThaRum writes about the growing popularity of European football (soccer) in East Asia, including Cambodia, saying that names like Beckham and Owen are big brand names as well as players.

13 October 2005

Thailand: Vegetarian festival

Thai-Blogs posts a long essay with photos on the religious and cultural significance of the Thai vegetarian festival to the kingdom's Chinese community.

13 October 2005

Indonesia: Bali sentence reduced

BaliBlog reports on the reduction to 15 from 20 years of the jail term handed down by a Denpasar court to Australian national Schapelle Corby, convicted of smuggling marijuana into...

13 October 2005

Indonesia: Corruption charges

Jakartass says the suspension from duty of Indonesian Chief Justice Bagir Manan “could well be an event of cataclysmic importance in the burgeoning democracy of Indonesia”. Meanwhile, Indonesia Today reports...

13 October 2005

China: Taishi update

ESWN once more rounds up commentary in the China-related blogosphere to recent events in Taishi village, Guangdong province, especially the Guardian‘s report on the beating of Lu Banglie. And Sun...

13 October 2005

Uganda: Malaria outreach

Uganda-CAN reports that malaria outreach programs will be extended to northern Uganda, especially internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the strife-torn region.

13 October 2005

Sub-Saharan Africa: 100-dollar laptop

Oscar H. Blayton is intrigued by the MIT Media Laboratory's $100 laptop initiative, but worries that the One Laptop Per Child initiative could get bogged down in red tape, as...

13 October 2005

Introduction to Peruvian Blogs

La versión original de este artículo está disponible en español. Translation (and typos) by David Sasaki To write about even our little Peruvian blogosphere, just like any other blogosphere, is...

13 October 2005

Naija Blogosphere

Chippla's Weblog – Liberia Votes “The Liberian election may not be headline news in the mainstream media but it is very significant not just for West Africa but the world...

13 October 2005

Saudi: Flickr's Back

Ibrahim Owais of Ocean Creep just reported that flickr.com is back to work in Saudi Arabia, after they blocked it for nearly 2 weeks.

13 October 2005