Stories from 21 October 2005
Pakistan: Corporate Donors
Pakistan: Corporate Donors
Pakistan: Art As Heritage
Pakistan: Art As Heritage
Bangladesh, Pakistan: Crossing Borders
Bangladesh, Pakistan: Crossing Borders
Philippines: The Omnipresence of Kris Aquino
Jessica Zafra at Twisted sees ex-president's daughter, celebrity flack and gossip queen Kris Aquino everywhere. Her conclusion? She will be the future president.
India: The Urban Space
India: The Urban Space
India: From the Mexican Window
India: From the Mexican Window
Malaysia: Thoughts on First Lady's Death
Malaysian bloggers share their thoughts on the Oct. 19 passing of PM Abdullah Badawi's wife Datin Seri Endon Mahmood.
Japan: Maid Cafes
Tokyo Times reports on the expanding “maid cafe” franchise, in which waitresses dressed in frilly outfits wait hand-and-foot on patrons. The police are suggesting that the business apply for an “adult entertainment” license.
Contemporary Nigerian Writers
Musings of a Naija Man provides an excellent list of some of the best novels by contemporary Nigerian writers.
Race on the streets of London
Nigerian blogger in UK, Confessions of the Mind has a racist experience on the streets of London – not your usual in your face racial abuse, racial innuendos, being reminded you that you are different because of the colour of your skin but an outright vile shocking one…
Afrikaner Homeland
South African blogger Mzansi Afrika points out that “those insane and racists Afrikaners in Orania have not yet given up on their dream of creating an independent, self-sufficient “homeland” within the borders of South Africa”.
Corruption in Nigeria
Once again Nigeria is in the top 5 of most corrupt countries. Chippla's Blog asks What manner of a country” is Nigeria!. A country where online spamming is taken to a new level and where politics is a elevated to a religion!
Latest Voices from Tanzanian Blogosphere
Three new bloggers entered Tanzanian blogosphere this month. Motowaka is a school teacher in Dar es Salaam. He writes in Kiswahili. Makene is a Kiswahili instructor in Texas, USA. He also blogs in Kiswahili as Kasri la Mwanazuoni. Fatma Karama, a Tanzanian law student in the UK, joined the other...
Lebanese and Syrian Bloggers Early Reaction to Mehlis Report
The Lebanese Blogger Forum came to this Conclusion: There is probable cause to believe that the decision to assassinate former Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, could not have been taken without the approval of topranked Syrian security official and could not have been further organized without the collusion of their counterparts...
Pakistan: Blog-O-Drama
Pakistan: Blog-O-Drama
