Stories from 26 December 2005
China: The Mystery of the Missing Chinese Blogs
GVO co-founder Ethan Zuckerman discusses on his blog why search engines often miss Chinese blogs in their search results.
Indonesia: One Year After the Tsunami
Indonesia Today by Yosef Ardi updates the progress in the two Indonesian regions most affected by 2005's tsunami: the province of Aceh and the islands of Nias. “One year later,...
Philippines: Gas Project Runs Out
In the 1990s, the Malampaya underwater gas field was touted as a major move for the Philippines into cleaner energy. Divergent Poles talks about what has happened to the project...
Iran: Christams!
According to Zeytoun (Persian), Iran based blogger, Iranian TV has showed a lot of films about Christmas, Jesus Christ and several movies. Goverment offered 5000 christmas trees to christian churches...
Bahrain's roller-coaster week in review
For a country as small as Bahrain, there certainly seems to be quite a lot happening which are diametric opposites!
Syria: Domestic Policies
Syrian blogger Ihsan expresses relief that the international pressure on Syria is easing up, but he is worried that the government “will get back to its previous domestic policies of...
Syria: Syrian Youth
Majd in Hawa reflects on the state of mind of most Syrian youth. Before describing his sad encounter with a little beggar girl, he writes: “My finger joints crack as...
