Stories from 2 November 2005
Venezuela: Satellites, iron pills, real poverty statistics, death to Bush, and please, pass me some Venezuelan made valium
Daniel has a hodgepodge of reflections and news from Venezuela.
El Salvador: War crimes from the Salvadoran civil war on trial in Memphis
Tim's El Salvador Blog explains a war crime trial from the Salvadoran civil war being tried in Memphis.
Slovenia: The Case of the Disappearing Country
The Glory of Carniola has another case of Slovenia's disappearance from a European map.
Poland: Turnabout
Warsaw Station discusses the curious political decisions of Zbigniew Religa.
Argentina: Anti-Bush Propoganda
Ana Toniolli has a collection of more anti-Bush propaganda as well as some thoughts of her own about his visit to Argentina.
Poland: The Third Twin?
the beatroot says that the brothers Kaczynski must rely on a variety of groups to rule from the minority in the parliament and wonders whether or not Andzej Lepper can...
Armenia: Without Support
Oneworld Multimedia reports that Armenia's President Kocharian is lowest among South Caucasus leaders.
Kyrgyzstan: Shaghi Bones
The Golden Road to Samarqand writes that, as in Mongolia, shaghi bones are popular in Kyrgyzstan and can be used for many games.
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
Bolivia can breathe a sigh of relief. Presidential elections have been rescheduled for December 18 after weeks of uncertainty. President Eduardo Rodriguez emitted a Presidential decree that redistributed the highly...
Azerbaijan: Getting Reality
Carpetblogger writes that reality TV is coming to Azerbaijan in a new show called Gefes.
Mexico: Día de los Muertos
November 1st and 2nd mark Mexico's holiday, Día de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead.” Calypso Mexico describes celebrating the days in a small colonia in Vera Cruz, emphasizing...
Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere
New in Kurdish cyberspace is the announcement of a new Kurdish news agency called Firat News, while there is some critism from some Kurds, as it is currently published in...
India: Diwali and After
India: Diwali and After
South Asia: In foreign lands
South Asia: In foreign lands
Nepal: Celebrating Light!
Nepal: Celebrating Light!
Pakistan: Women and Media
Pakistan: Women and Media
India: Brown Madonna
India: Brown Madonna
Zimbabwe: refusal of aid
Mugabe Makaipa reports that UN Secretary, Kofi Annan is “concerned over Mugabe's refusal to accept aid. “Annan made a “strong appeal to the government of Zimbabwe to ensure that those...
Open Cafe: 1 year on
Digital Africa offers congratulations to the people at Open Cafe – “One year of building open source communities in Africa“.
South AFrica: Racism
The FishBowl reports on a “bizzare” quote of the day
South AFrica: new blog
Floyds Perspectives is a new South African blog by a young “politically active and thereof a young activist or perhaps a student activist. Lots of hope for the future and...
