Stories from 7 December 2005
Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere
Roj Bash! As finals are fast approaching, today's post is going to be a little shorter than normal, here's the weekly run-down: Kurdo from Kurdo's World addresses the credibility of...
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
Does the term “retroactive blogging” actually exist? Upon closer inspection and a little help from Google, the concept of retroactive blogging has been around awhile. One of the more interesting...
India: Airports in India
India: Airports in India
Sri Lanka: Bloody Sunday
Sri Lanka: Bloody Sunday
Bangladesh: Remember Babri Masjid
Bangladesh: Remember Babri Masjid
Nepal: Tourists and the government
Nepal: Tourists and the government
China: Avian Flu Informer
EastSouthWestNorth muses on frustratingly incomplete information about the arrest of a bird flu informer in China.
Nepal: BBC is back
Nepal: BBC is back
China: Mascot Conspiracy
Less than a month after China unveiled the “Five Friendlies” as the official 2008 Beijing Olympics mascots, Angry Chinese Blogger unveils the great mascot conspiracy!
Japan: Drag Racing
MasaManiA has pictures of street car racing on a Saturday night in Tokyo.
Pakistan: Why can't ours be like theirs?
Pakistan: Why can't ours be like theirs?
Singapore: Bloggers Beware
James Gomez warns: “Expect Singapore bloggers to be the target of new legislation or rules that will govern electronic communication during the next general election.”
Singapore, Australia: Another Take on Nguyen Van's Execution
Imagethief in Beijing has another take on Nguyen Van Tuong's execution in Singapore and why his fellow Australians could not stop it. “They thought of it as retribution, or punishment....
Egypt: Journalist Detained
Alaa reports that armed state security forces detained the Egyptian journalist Ahmad Abdollah “Abo Islam”. They broke in to his house on Monday. Five bloggers visited him and knew from...
Nigeria Blogosphere this week
Jeremy of Naijablog has two posts on Gay and Lesbians in Nigeria, a subject guaranteed to send huge numbers of people into a rage with bible quotes being hurled left...
AFrica news on Yahoo
New Age Hippie writes a letter to Yahoo complaining about their lack of coverage of African news or rather the bunching together of everything negative under “Africa”…Of the 31 headlines...
Kenya: Civic education
Gukira suggests a year long campaign whereby the people can grade their leaders by answering the following three questions: * What did your MP promise during election campaigns? * Has...
Kenya: development alternatives
Kenyan Pundit reports on an interview in German news magazine, Der Spiegel with Kenyan economist James Shikwati on “Alternatives to the current development model”.
Uganda: first ladies in politics
East African Peripetatic writes on the two Ugandan first ladies who have decided to become involved in politics….”Janet (for MP) and Miria (for President) These two women in Uganda have...
Guinea: military build up
Black Star Journal reports on an alleged military build up in southern Guinea
Pan Africanism
SEMett, Senegalise blog, has some critical things to say about Africa and Africans today…. …….What are AFricans waiting for to recognise their own mistakes and their contribution to the exploitation...
