Stories from 23 December 2005
Philippines: Filipino Intimacies in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has long been a major destination for Filipinos seeking work. The PCIJ blog hosts a podcast from a journalist who lived there for three years, on how they...
Japan: Gaudy Game Paddles
Japanduit has colorful photographs of hagoita, wooden paddles used in a traditional Japanese game much like badminton that is played around New Year's. The paddles are adorned with Kabuki images,...
China: Scrubbed News Digest
danwei prints a post by a publishing consultant in Shenzhen on Cankao Xiaoxi, a Chinese-language digest of articles from world press formerly restricted to the Communist party elite but now...
China: Patients’ Fate
In 2004, China's President Hu Jintao shook the hands of two AIDS patients in a hospital. The resulting exposure changed their lives, and not for the better. EastSouthWestNorth translates a...
Indonesia: Aceh Blog
I'm Your Huckleberry is a blog in English and Indonesian by a native of Indonesia's rebellious province of Aceh. He's working there for the U.N.D.P. and writes, in one post,...
Uzbekistan: The Cost of Freedom
David Walther reports on the cost of freedom in Uzbekistan..
Russia: Free Product Placement
Russia Marketing Blog discusses how free PR and product placement made a certain Russian brand that has never advertised one of the world's most recognizable.
Russia: Not Enough Cows
Alistair reports that demand for dairy is on the rise in Russia while the number of cows in the country is falling.
Armenia: Green Light
Glendale Chick encourages people to green light a video on the Armenian genocide submitted to appear on Current TV.
Bolivia: Evo Morales Spoofed
Eduardo Avila says president-elect, Evo Morales was the victim of a crank call, which you can hear for yourself.
Peru: Blogger Night
PeruBlogs has photos of the latest Peruvian bloggers meetup (ES). Check out the t-shirts.
Uruguay: Montevideo; Barbie
Acá Fede gives a photographic tour of Montevideo. Todos Puteros, responding to a recent study which found that British girls “abuse” their barbies, sarcastically says (ES) that Mattel still has...
Venezuela: Feliz Chavidad
Taking a break from the political dialogue (well, almost), Miguel Octavio (recent winner of best Latino, Caribbean, or South American weblog), Daniel Duquenal, and Oil Wars all wish their readers...
Argentina: Latin America Marches Left
Expat Argentina gives an Argentinean perspective of South America's “march leftward” while Matt explains why he is “the chicken.”
Sri Lanka: Tamils in Colombo
Sri Lanka: Tamils in Colombo
Nepal: OS in Nepali!
Nepal: OS in Nepali!
Nepal: Why Kaplan said what he said
Nepal: Why Kaplan said what he said
Nepal: Deep Disappointment
Nepal: Deep Disappointment
Pakistan: Higher Ed
Pakistan: Higher Ed
Iran: No More Beethoven?
In Free Thoughts, a collective Iranian blog, we read The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has decided to ban all Western music from his nation’s state radio and TV stations....
Azerbaijan: Destroying the Past
Onnik Krikorian reports on the destruction of an old Armenian cemetery by Azeri soldiers in the exclave of Nakhichevan.
