Stories from 14 October 2005
Armenia: Fashion
Blogrel comments on young women's fashion in Armenia. Is there a correlation between skirt length and economic success?
Russia: Nalchik Roundup
siberianlight.net rounds up news about the violence in Nalchik.
Hungary: Soft Serv Defense
Despite years of criticism from NATO for failing to meet its defense commitments, Hungary's Army has found room in its budget for soft serve ice cream machines for its fighter pilots reports Pestiside.hu.
Hungary: Internet Hungary 2005
Hungarian Accent points to the Internet Hungary 2005 conference blog and translates a few posts.
Poland: Grandpa-Gate
the beatroot reports on the continuing saga of grandpa-gate in the Polish presidential race.
Mongolia: Missionaries pt. 2
Dreaming of Danzan Ravjaa discusses missionary activities in Mongolia.
Brazil: International Speak Portuñol Day
Yesterday was International Speak Portuñol Day. Portuñol is a mixture of Portuguese and Spanish much like Spanglish combines English and Spanish. [via Elena]
Trinidad and Tobago: Yet Another Bomb Blast
Caribbean Free Radio has the very latest on yet another bomb blast in Port of Spain.
From the Caribbean Blogosphere
Some snippets from this week's conversations in the anglophone Caribbean blogosphere: Aruba Lost in Smallness is resigned to the inevitable rise in gas prices after the recent parliamentary election. Bahamas in search of 42 complains about defective traffic lights, and Bahamas Blog posts some photos of Tropical Storm Rita's effects...
Libya: Blogsphere Aggregator Wanted
Highlander of From the Rock is asking for hints to create an aggregator for the growing Libyan blogsphere.
Morocco: Migrants suffer in Morocco
Saad of The World from Rabat quotes an eyewitness who reports the sufferance of migrants in Morocco. On the other hand, Human Rights Watch News Releases, (Middle East and Northern Africa), says that deportations to Morocco put migrants at risk and says that violence against Migrants in Ceuta and Melilla...
Palestine: Wall Kills Human Values
umkahlil quoting Saed Banoura who reports: ‘Wall Kills Human Values’ is the new slogan which the weekly procession against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, west of Ramallah, carried on Friday following midday prayers. The procession took off after the Friday prayers and headed towards the construction site of the...
Indonesia: International Muslims
Jakartass writes about being a Westerner who converted to Islam to marry his wife, and posts an e-mail he received about a charity drive at Ramadan from the Jakarta International Moslem Society.
Vietnam: Foreign-backed J-programs
Vietnam Journalism notes the rapid proliferation in recent years of journalism training programs backed by foreign institutions, but laments that “a number of participants of these courses just go to classes to… nod their heads. They leave behind immediately what they have just been taught,” the article says.
China: Ground control to Major Yang
Yeohaeng Ilgi is in Beijing, watching endless media coverage of the launch of the Shenzhou VI spacecraft in a spooky re-run of 1950s space fever.
Indonesia: Why blog?
Must be something in the blogowaters. A. Fatih Syuhud, an Indonesian student based in India, is also moved to share his blogger's philosophy.
China: Trust no-one
ESWN shares his philosophy of blogging, China reporting and critical thinking, saying that no-one gets a monopoly on the ‘truth’, whatever their credentials, especially where this ‘thing’ called China is concerned.
Saudi Arabia: Imagine Being a Woman
Farah continues her war for woman's rights in Saudi. She translated an Arabic article by a Saudi female columnists Badria Al Bisher, titled “Imagine Being a Woman..”. She dedicate this article (the English translation) to what she calls a Bedouin, male-pride antics.
Uganda, Nigeria: Birthday reflections
Black Looks takes the opportunity of Uganda's 43rd anniversary (and Nigeria's 45th) to reflect on how little progress has been made in the area of human rights.
South Africa: AIDS quackery
commentary.co.za reports on revelations that a couple of AIDS patients apparently thriving on a patent medicine issued by the “Rath foundation”, were in fact taking anti-retroviral medication all the time.
Syria: Bashar on CNN
If you missed President Bashar al-Assad Wednesday morning comprehensive speech to the US CNN TV station. The following is the full story of the interview.
