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29 November 2005

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Stories from 29 November 2005

Egypt: Source of Dictatorship

Egyptian Person says, it's certainly a negative thing to have a totalitarian regime that oppresses its people. It's even worse to have a society in which the people themselves oppress...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
29 November 2005

Bahrain: Propagating Hate?

Mahmood says that the Bahraini government does have a responsibility in facing people who spread hate, sedition and sectarian discord. Specially when it comes from religious figures!

Written by Haitham Sabbah
29 November 2005

Nigeria: Computers for all

Grandiose Parlor continues the discussion around £100 laptops, Simputers and computers for the African masses….Dont we need “school for all” and “health for all” before we get “computers for all”?

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005

Nigeria: AfroBeat Musik

SoundRoots Music blog takes us down memory lane with some free downloads of AfroBeat aka Fela's Musik……..”Anyone with an inkling of musical curiosity has at least heard of Afrobeat. It's...

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005

Africa: AIDS

Its World Aids Day on Thursday and Obifromsouthlondon reminds us of some “distressing” figures…..”Aids is gold and HIV was platinum Sit down, ask them where you get your facts from...

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005

Uganda: Judicial Issues

Black Star Journal has two connected posts on Uganda “Ugandan lawyers strike for judicial independence” and “Amnesty deal for Besigye?” – it seems Museveni may be having second thoughts on...

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005

South Africa: Poetry

The Celestine Truth offers us a poem – “The Articles of my Life”…..With all the harmonius chaos that is surrounding me, Im very fortunate to be blogging now even though...

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005

United Arab Emirates: Flickr in UAE

Blocking Flickr in UAE is getting a lot of support and attention from all around the world. A group of bloggers created a Flickr group to collect protestant's signature.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
29 November 2005

China: Damage Control

Imagethief, a blog written by a China-based public relations professional, discusses how the government could have better managed the aftermath of the Harbin benzene spill.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
29 November 2005

Indonesia: The Value of Education

Jakartass takes issue with Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla's defensive reaction to a poem read at a teacher's celebration bemoaning the low status of teachers. “I know your salary is low,...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
29 November 2005

Malaysia: Best Bumiputra CEO

Peter at Competitive Malaysia comes up with his own list of best “bumiputra” (Malaysians of Malay descent) CEOs, based on their companies’ increase in profits. One commenter wonders why he...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
29 November 2005

Islam: homosexuality

Somali/Dutch MP, Ayaan Hirsi Ali received death threats for her collaboraton with Theo Van Gogh (who was assasinated) on the film “Submission” which addressed gender violence in Islam, is now...

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005

Africa: Western media reports

Zimbabwean blogger Dumisani Nyoni, writing on Dumisani's Blog, offers a criticism of Western media interpretatons of Africa particularly Simon Robinson of Time Magazine (European edition)……”finally, why are these journalists [Michael...

Written by Sokari Ekine
29 November 2005
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