Stories from 2 December 2005
Bahrain: Riots and Blogging
Have a feeling of what is going on Bahrain turbulent political street and blogger field. And don't miss to follow Mahmood on ‘blogging 101′ soon.
Cuba, Caribbean: Tourism and Imperialism
wayne&wax takes aim at a recent article in the New York Times about Cuba's burgeoning tourist industry in which Ian Schrager describes Jamaica and the Dominican Republic as “atolls” compared to Cuba's “distinct personality.”
Nepal: Bringing down the house
Nepal: Bringing down the house
Pakistan: Dubya in text
Pakistan: Dubya in text
The talk in the Caribbean blogosphere
I'm writing this post on December 1st, which is also World AIDS Day. There were 24,000 AIDS-related deaths in the Caribbean this year, and as Abeni of St. Vincent & the Grenadines pointed out, “in the Caribbean the infection rates are second only to Sub Saharan Africa.” Here are a...
Iran: Free Books in Persian
Farsibooksonline is a blog which offers free download for many books in Persian. We can find different subjects in this category: Poetry, Economic, Social issues,….(Link in persian)
Egyptian bloggers and parliamentary elections
Elections This week we had the re-run of the second stage and the first run of the third stage of parliamentary elections. The second stage was the most violent. Although one person died in the first run of the third stage there was less violence but the police and security...
DRC: train crash
Congogirl reports on a train crash in the DRC in which dozens have been killed...”The people were travelling on top of carriages and were swept off by support beams on the bridge. Officials say about 60 people may have died on the train that was travelling from Lubumbashi in the...
Burundi: UN corruption
Agathon Rwasa calls for the UN Secretary General to demand an explanation from Carolyn Mcaskie who heads the UN office in Burundi…..”Never apologise. Never explain”? – Still no answers from the UN on how the FNL obtained UN Peacekeeper uniforms. Still no apology to Burundians”.
Nigeria: Plagiarism and bloggers
Chippla's Weblog writes an important piece on “Plagiarism And Bloggers” in which he reminds us that plagiarism is illegal and violates copyright laws…..”Around the blogosphere, issues of copyright are yet to be brought to the fore. However, this blogger believes that as time progresses, an increasing number of blogs might...
Chilean Bloggers: What happened with our Politics Blogging?
Roberto Arancibia, a well known blogger in Chile, posts that we are only ten days away from the presidential and parliamentary elections and that political Blogs should be burning hot, but….why aren't they? Most of the comments agree that blogs are not mainstream or still too “elite”. Maria Elena said...
Nigeria: Yakubu Gowan
Nigerian Times writes that former military commander Dr Yakubu Gowan “Dr. Yakubu Gowon is the best head of state Nigeria has ever had since Independence to date.”
World AIDS Day: Conference in Africa
CyBlug reports on the forthcoming 14th International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa which is being held in Abuja, Nigeria.
World AIDS Day: Zambia, Southern Africa
Jewels in the Jungle writing on World AIDS Day focuses on Zambia and Southern Africa in particular the documentary film by Sierra Leone filmmaker Sorious Samura. The film “Living with AIDS is the third in a special series preceded by Living with Hunger and Living with Refugees. The video was...
Writings from the Kenyan Blogosphere
Bankelele writes about the sort-of-return of East African Classic safari rally, which is no longer part of the international WRC rally, but offers ‘a nostalgic and and unique tourist attraction’. Bullets and Honey writes of the ‘courtiers who use isms like machetes’. In the piece, he explores the nature of...
News From Chinese Blogosphere
Bush Visit: Geogrge W. Bush, president of United States, visited China from Dec. 20th and met with Chinese leaders, talking about issues like trade and religious freedom. A Chinese journalist who participated in the welcome ceremony in a church posted on his blog about Bush titled “Bush's Hairy Hands” (in...
Kiswahili blogoshere this week
Mawazo na Mawaidha writes about the new Bob Marley CD. He specifically likes the song, Slogan, one of seven songs found in Marley’s working room. The song, which features Eric Clapton on guitar, was produced by Bob Marley’s children, Stephen and Ziggy. Dira Yangu, writing from Uganda, asks his readers...
Pakistan: Blog-O-Manic
Pakistan: Blog-O-Manic
