Stories from 16 December 2005
Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA: World Baseball Classic
Steven Mansour asks for the justification for not allowing Cuba's baseball team to play in the inaugural World Baseball Classic. Meanwhile, World Baseball Classic Blog says that New York-born Alex Rodriguez is currently leaning towards playing with the Dominican Republic team instead of the U.S. team in the tournament.
Argentina: Football Champions
Doug congratulates the Boca Juniors for becoming champions of the Argentine football league while The Global Game is accepting submissions for a “forthcoming anthology of literature on world soccer, women’s soccer and culture.”
Bolivia: A Better Xmas Gift
If you're tired of the consumerist Christmas spirit, Nick Buxton recommends giving a “Bolivia gift,” which he promises to divide between four development projects.
Costa Rica Blogs – Newsfeeds � Blog Archive » Taxes Slashed on Hybrid Vehicles
Buying a hybrid in Costa Rica? Costa Rica Blogs says you'll soon pay less taxes.
Argentina: Anonymity on the Web
Jorge Gobbi of Buenos Aires returns to the topic of internet anonymity following recent criticisms of Wikipedia.
Bolivia: Last Poll Before Elections
Miguel Centallas has posted what looks to be the last poll, with Evo Morales on top, before Sunday's presidential elections.
Voices from Kiswahili Blogosphere
Mawazo na Mawaidha from Kenya follows closely localization of different versions of computer software and programs in Swahili. This week he writes and comments briefly on the launching of Swahili Windows and Office programs. Kilinux (the Open Swahili Localization Project) released its open source Swahili office suite, Jambo Open Office,...
Ethiopia: Ethnicity
Ethiopian Paradox discusses ethnicity in Ethiopia and ” Melese's strategy to establish a governing system of ethnic federalism emphasising rights of “nations, nationalities, and peoples.” He writes that in Ethiopia ethnicity has gone too far…..”Instead of ethnicity referring to cultural-linguistic communal groups, built around ties of real or putative kinship,...
Pakistan: Blog-o-furious
Over the course of the last few months, the responses to my personal blog have become “interesting” to say the least. I am not talking about the usual comments posted by friends and fellow bloggers regarding their review of my latest post but of HATE messages that are addressed to...
Corporate evil doers
Friends of Ethiopia has a list of the 14 worst corporate “evil doers” – just the usual suspects…Nestle, Coke, Chevron etc
WTO
Curious has a brief comment on the WTO….“f those responsible for distorting world markets want to do something about it, it won't be because a trade-round made them. It will be because they want to. And from that, I can infer that they don't want to, regardless of the consequences,...
Kenya: What is God for?
What an African Woman Wants asks if God is not going to give her what “he” wants then “what on earth is God for“? Good question!……….”If only He would see that all I want Him for is to serve me hand and foot, meet my every need and cater to...
Nigeria: Ibadan politics
Nigerian World News writes about the “brutal” nature of Ibadan politics which is once again rearing its head. . Ibadan is the capital of Oyo State in Yorubaland.
Ghana: Refugees
New Vision Online reports on the plight of refugees from Togo and Liberia who are still living in the Krisan refugee camp in Ghana’s western region.
Nigeria: Nollywood
Nigerian Times writes about the Nigerian film industry known as Nollywood. “Nigeria is Nollywood and Nollywood is Nigeria! It is the story of a people who dream dreams shaped by material reality elsewhere – in fancied societies. They identify and lift (for adoption) features of better organized and sophisticated societies,...
Australia: Malawi
African Refugee based in Australia has an interview with a young Malawian girl
419 & Chickens in Ghana
My Heart is in Accra points to two stories on Africa in this week's Christian Science Monitor.…One on “yahoo-yahoo” boys comes from Nigeria and the other on Ghana's chicken industry.
Iran: Graffiti in Tehran
Irangraffti shows urban art and graffti in Tehran. (English & Persian)
Egypt: Elections ends and more
Finally the elections of the People's Assembly (the lower house of the Egyptian Parliament) are over. With a bloody end and surprising results, that would probably heat the political debate in Egypt for the next five years. Summary and results With a 26% voter turn out and out of the...
Armenia: Youth & HIV
Onnik Krikorian reports on youth and the potential for an explosion of HIV infections in Armenia.
Poland: Anti-Corruption Project
PolBlog.pl has launched a new anti-corruption project called “Whistleblower 24/7″ that will take individuals’ reports of corruption and pass them on to the proper authorities.
