Stories from 15 November 2005
On the Menu: Food Blogs from Southeast Asia!
Take one former graphic designer, a retired corporate banking and management consultant, a civil servant, a teacher, an amateur photographer, an academic and a freelance journalist. Add generous dollops of blogging software, several digital cameras, enthusiastic assistants/partners and web-hosting accounts (there are no substitutes for these ingredients). Stir them together and you get some of the best writing about Southeast Asian food this side of printed page.
Voices From Zimbabwe Plus
Zimbabwe:This is Zimbabwe in Surviving Zimbabwean Democracy presents a summary of the major arguments for and against the MDC's participation in the senate elections which a are now under two...
Preventing another African war – Blog reviews on the Ethiopian-Eritrean dispute
As seven African leaders met in the Nigerian capital of Abuja over the weekend to discuss ways of moving their continent forward, Ethiopia and Eritrea had troops amassed on their...
India: Once we leave
India: Once we leave
Nepal: Repression of Media
Nepal: Repression of Media
Nepal: Code of conduct
Nepal: Code of conduct
Pakistan: The real enemy
Pakistan: The real enemy
Sri Lanka: Issues of import
Sri Lanka: Issues of import
Sri Lanka: Crucial Decisions
Sri Lanka: Crucial Decisions
Man, she's a man?
Malaysians are pondering same gender marriages. Blogger SK sympathised for the bride, who had undergone a sex change, having been born a male 30 years ago. Her marriage to an...
Mexico: Transparency Portal
Ocho Cuartos directs readers (ES) to Nuevo Leon's Transparency Portal (ES) where everyday citizens can check on the salaries of their elected officials and more.
Colombia: A conversation with the governor of Putumayo
Adam Isacson sits down with Putamayo governor, Carlos Palacios to discuss the state's progress, or lack thereof since Plan Colombia first began five years ago.