Stories from 6 December 2005
Philippines: Migration Podcast
Sheila Coronel at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism podcasts her thoughts on the eight million Filipinos working overseas and the toll that takes on the country.
South Africa: Blogs
White African goes ahead and highlights some of his friends blogs….”Good writers all of them, and well worth a read” .
Australia, Philippines, Singapore: Execution Lessons
Chemical Generation Singapore extracts some lessons for foreign governments like Australia, whose Nguyen Tuong Van went to the gallows last week, and the Philippines, whose Flor Contemplacion was executed in 1995, in dealing with trying to save a citizen from Singapore's death penalty: “There are surely ways where a criminal...
South Korea: Farmer's Death
Two Koreas discusses the death of farmer Chun Yong-chul while protesting South Korea's liberalization of its rice market.
SA: Apartheid
Mzansi Afrika wonders how apartheid South Africa “dealt” with Black foreigners…..? “Did a black African from Swaziland, Lesotho, Senegal or Mali have to carry a pass? I suppose not, but one never knows. Were these foreigners treated in the same way as black South Africans were? If so, how about...
Zimbabwe: Death of Democracy
Eddi Cross guests on Zimbabwean Pundit and writes on the “death of democracy” in Zimbabwe following the recent Senate elections – low turn out and predicatable outcome.
China: Prime Minister Blogging?
Chinese Preimier WenJiabao is Blogging? Someone found that a blog named “Daily Briefing of Wenjiabao's work” on Bokee.com, the leading Blog Hosting Service in China. Shangjin, a technology reporter, has some screenshots on his blog(in ZH). He also asked Fangxindong, CEO and founder of Bokee about whether this blog is...
Iran: A research Project
A Canadian graduate student is conducting a research project about Iranian weblogging. He is interested in the issues of blog-audience and censorship. Survey is in English & Perisan.
Slovenia: Phony Ratings
The Glory of Carniola discusses Reporters Without Borders’ curiously high ranking of press freedom in Slovenia and determines that where countries end up on the rankings is a function of selective attention..
Russia: Moscow Municipals
Sean Guillory reports on the Moscow municipal elections, which many view as a preview of the 2007 parliamentary and 2008 presidential elections.
Hungary: Sorry State of Football
Further Ramblings of a Northern Irish Magyar reports on the sad state of Hungarian football.
Russia: New Immigration Forms
Cyber-Generation reports on new Russian immigration forms.
Turkmenistan: Great Neutrality
Peter reports on the emphasis placed on neutrality in Turkmenistan at neweurasia.
Tajikistan: Mixed Messages
James of neweurasia reports on mixed messages on the US in Tajikistan.
Kazakhstan: Election Roundup
KZblog and Registan.net round up news from Kazakhstan's presidential election over the weekend.
Central Asia: Union
Nurzhan writes on economic union in Central Asia at neweurasia.
Kazakhstan: Problems of Education
Baktygul of neweurasia writes on education, and looking east or west in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan: 120%
Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev was was elected to a third seven year term yesterday with a whopping 91% of the vote. Democracy Rising reports pithy commentary from the opposition.
Turkmenistan: Trump vs. Turkmenbashi
Carpetblogger does a head-to-head comparison of Donald Trump and Turkmenistan's eccentric ruler who goes by the name of Turkmenbashi (Father of the Turkmen), and finds Trump lacking.
Panama: Mother's Day
If you happen to have a mother in Panama, be forewarned: Thursday is Mother's Day.
