Stories from 15 November 2005
Puerto Rico: “Sobering Territorial Statistics
Gil Schmidt digs into the U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the United States 2004-2005 and finds some “sobering statistics” related to how Puerto Rico compares to other U.S. territories...
Jordan: Getting Things Straight
Rami Abdelrahman wonders, after Amman was bombed, that did not only show how vulnerable we are, but also how we need to get many things straight. Why do we stick...
Israel: Vatican swap deal to regain site of “Last Supper” in Jerusalem
Akiva says: “For the past 2 weeks, a woman in the U.S. has been trying to pin down rumors that the government of Israel is selling off parts of Mount...
Iraq: The Equation Elections
Omar says: “Math wasn’t my favorite class in school but I do remember one thing for sure that is inorder to solve any equation it has to contain a number...
Algeria: Arabism or Africanism
Nouri bin Ziri writes about Algeria's relationship with pan-Africanism and pan-Arabism and Third Worldism and how it's been snubbing pan-Africanism and playing up Arabism lately.
Iranian Blogs: Association of Moslem Bloggers, 20 million dollary Revloutionary Guard and Solidarity with Feminist Tribune
A new association for Iranian bloggers came into existence: Association of Moslem Bloggers ( Link in Persian). Before this new association, a few other ones have become active such as...
Nigeria: Pan Africa
Grandiose Parlour sees the “handiwork of the Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo in the recent attempt of some African head of states to form a closer political union”. However he feels...
Zimbabwe Action Alert
Sokwanele – This is Zimbabwe has an action alert in respect of the ” arbitrary detention of Mrs. Netsai Mushonga the Coordinator of the Women’s Coalition, an umbrella body of...
Africa Corruption
Kenyan Pundit asks “Can someone please tell me why “lobbying” and “campaign finance” and “fraud” are always the words used to describe instances of corruption/bribery when it occurs in the...
DRC Health crisis
Coalition for Darfur is reporting on the possibility of a catastrophic health crisis looming in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
WSIS Tunis
Ethan Zuckerman is also on his way to WSIS in Tunis to run Global Voices workshop on “Expression under Repression. “ He like many others has a number of concerns...
Nigeria: domestic violence
Nigerian blog, Resident Pharmacist wonders if there is not something ” about our culture that, while making it a morally unacceptable for a married woman to be assaulted, would not...
WSIS: white elephant
Friends of Ethiopia asks us to “beware of the white elephant” – The WSIS in Tunis this week will be discussing the “digital divide” between the “north” and “south” and...
Heliculture
In many parts of Africa snails are a delicacy. Timbuktu Chronicles has a report on heliculture in Africa (snail farming). Snails are not only eaten locally but are also a...
Miriam Makeba – Mama Afrika
African music blog, SoundRoots is saddened by the decision of African Diva, Miriam Makeba too stop touring. In her performance in Cuba recently Mama Afrika commented about the use of...
Uganda: arrest of Besigye
Black Star Journal has a report on the arrest of Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye by President Yoweri Museveni. “After 19 years of banning all political parties, Museveni's regime finally...
Cambodia: Shopping Spree
Lux Mean reveals where to go shopping for second-hand goods in Phnom Penh. Jinja covers a more ominous kind of sale: the no-bid transfers of public land to private bidders,...
China: Bird Flu Coverage Debate
Danwei and Bingfeng Teahouse engage in a back-and-forth over an editorial in Caijing (Finance) magazine criticizing the domestic Chinese media's hesitant coverage of bird flu. Imagethief and The Peking Duck...
Indonesia: Water Woes
Jakartass discusses Jakarta's water problems — from subsidence, flooding, the lack of tap water for two-thirds of the population to the possibility of a severe water crisis in three years.
Philippines: Wrong Side Of the Tracks
Torn and frayed in Manila reacts to last week's post on Howie Severino's Sidetrip recording Severino's train ride into Manila. Hundreds of poor live along the tracks and pelt the...
Singapore: “Just a Pretty Girl With a Blog”
Dawn Yang, a.k.a. clapbangkiss, could well be the first Singaporean blogger to find a talent agent purely on the basis of her online reputation: She is No. 1 on local...
