Stories from 17 October 2005
Kazakhstan: Renationalizing Oil
Tim Newman reports that, driven by current high prices, Russia and Kazakhstan are pursuing effective renationalization of their oil industries.
Armenia: Civil Society Development
Oneworld Multimedia discusses the development of civil society in Armenia and the role being played or not, as the case may be, by NGOs.
Chile: Campaign Against Chile Abuse
AdJab and Adverblog both highlight a new campaign underway in Santiago, Chile to discourage child abuse.
Chile: Street Art
Wooster Collective has some fresh “street art” from the streets of Chile.
Images from Japan: Oko
“Oko” by MC MasterChef A small grill/noodle shop in Oko, a small town near Hiroshima. Note that most of the counter space is actually a cooking surface.
Costa Rica: Gay Culture
Costa Rica Internet Portal makes some observations on the gay subculture present in Costa Rica.
Guatemala: Survivor Guatemala after Stan
Rob Mercatante and company get CBS to shape up their “Guatemala Relief” web page. Chapinadas weighs the pros and cons of Survivor's impact on Guatemala and all about E explains why she's no longer watching the show.
Bahamas: Students beat Police. Then threaten teachers.
Members of Bahamas Issues, a group forum, discuss a recent incident involving student violence and look for solutions to the Bahamas’ rising crime scene.
Argengina: Expocomm Argentina
Fernando Cassia was at Expocomm Argentina and finds it ironic that Argentina is implementing WIMAX internet access before the United States.
ArabiskBlog: Blogging Beyond Borders
Just came across a new Arabic ‘Blog-to-Media’ project, which is still on beta. It's called ArabiskBlog. What they do is quite interesting. On weekly bases they publish a PDF Magazine called ‘Blogging Beyond Borders‘ (already three issues), of selected Arabic language Blog posts. Although it looks so far to concentrate...
Yezzi on Al Jazeera TV
Here is the link to the transcript (Arabic) of Arab TV Al Jazeera program about www.yezzi.org. The title of the program was “What's behind this news: Tunisians are protesting on the Net” and the subject was: “Can a virtual action on the Net have an impact on the real political...
Bangladesh: Premarital sex
Bangladesh: Premarital sex
Bangladesh: Lip Service
Bangladesh: Lip Service
Nepal: King's New Clothes
Nepal: King's New Clothes
Pakistan: Balakot
Pakistan: Balakot
Pakistan: Earthquake and after
Pakistan: Earthquake and after
China: Fons on Guardian Beating
On his blog China Herald, Fons Tuinstra explains his fence-sitting position in the increasingly acrimonious debate over the beating of Lu Banglie for bringing Guardian correspondent Benjamin Joffe-Walt to Taishi.
Malaysia: Mack's Ramadhan
In this post, Mack Zulkifli muses on smoking, getting older, faith and fasting during Ramadan.
Philippines: Finding One's Niche
Noting Retzwerx‘s high traffic on the back of his coverage of Pinoy Big Brother, technology news blog Ambot ah! muses on “focus blogs” and asks his readers to share how they found their niche.
Singapore: Podcast Directory
Beng of Born on Ninth of August has started a Singapore podcasting directory: Podcasting Under the Stars and Moon. He also prods a friend to make one. The result: A meditation, in Cantonese, on life, ambition and the heroine of Korean drama serial Dae Jang Geum.
South Korea: Wagging the Dog
The Marmot's Hole takes issue with a SFGate column on dog-eating in Asia: “Dog meat? Fade away? God, I hope not.”
