9 November 2005

Stories from 9 November 2005

Japan: Whale Hunt

  9 November 2005

A whaling fleet sets sail in Japan, ostensibly for research. Tokyo Times is skeptical.

Taiwan: Poetic Justice

  9 November 2005

In response to the Taiwan government's apparent persecution of a pro-reunification TV network, a poet named Du Thirteen threatened to murder the premier and his family. the leaky pen has a summary here.

Jordan: More Arabic Blogging Services

  9 November 2005

Isam Bayazidi is happy to hear about more Arabic Blogging Services. After Fastlink and Al Bawaba blogging services, now comes Jeeran Blogs. Isam also plans to start the Arabic section of Jordan Planet aggregator as soon as there is enough Jordanian Arabic Blogs.

Syria: Labwani Arrest

  9 November 2005

The Syrian blogger, Ammar of A Heretic's Blog writes: In the arrest of Syrian dissident, Mr. Kamal Labwani, of Damascus Spring credentials, and in the events leading up to it, including denunciation by opposition groups of Mr. Labwani’s meeting with the US Deputy National Security Advisor, Mr. J. D. Crouch,...

A Malaysian Metablog

  9 November 2005

In emulating Global Voices Online, Malaysian bloggers now have a submission based metablog called Blogs Malaysia. It's founders encourage Malaysian bloggers and blog readers to submit the URL of entries that capture their attention and share it with others. A group of editors sieve through the submissions and vote on...

Iran: Riots in France

  9 November 2005

Mr.Behi writes: At the moment, Iranian government is really anti-western in attitude and they are very pissed off that France together with other countries condemned Ahmadinejad for his speech. As a result, Iranian media is trying to show that there are peaceful Muslims that have the right to fight and...

Palestine: Israel Used White Phosphorous

  9 November 2005

While the U.S. use of White Phosphorus in Iraq is still burning, umkahlil and thecutter are reminding that Israel used White Phosphorus in an antipersonnel mode in populated areas in southern Lebanon and Palestine. (Reference: Human Rights Watch Report)