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2 January 2006

Stories from 2 January 2006

Afghan Whispers

Taliban & Schools: Afghan women and girls were routinely victimized under the Taliban, who even denied them the right to go to school. President Karzai's government has given girls the...

Written by Fred Petrossian
3 January 2006

Chile: The Year in Review

Este artículo también está disponible en español. Chilean blogger, Julio Frank S. recently looked back over his archives and selected his most pointed posts (ES) of the past year. In...

Written by David Sasaki
3 January 2006

Brazil: Favela Funk

Noting the blogosphere's buzz about Kevin Federline's debut single “Popoção,” Arjan says that the favela funk genre from urban Rio de Janeiro could experience a pop boom in 2006. Made...

Written by David Sasaki
3 January 2006

Guatemala: 80's Commercials

One of the most original weblogs to appear in the Central American blogosphere as of late is Guate en los 80's (ES) and its video collection of 80's commercials from...

Written by David Sasaki
3 January 2006

China: Anti's Blog Shut?

Both the Chinese and English blogs of Zhao Jing, a.k.a. Michael Anti, have gone missing on MSN Spaces. EastSouthWestNorth has some initial thoughts about why.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
2 January 2006

China: Locust of Asia

Angry Chinese Blogger asks if China has become the locust of Asia: vaccuuming up foreign resources to satisfy its growing domestic consumption.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
2 January 2006

Indonesia: Bomb in Sulawesi

On the heels of a bomb explosion outside a store selling pork meat in Central Sulawesi, Dog Pundit discusses the latest development in troubled Muslim-Christian relations on the Indonesian island.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
2 January 2006

Indonesia: Jakartass’ Blog Awards

Jakartass lists the Indonesian blogs he likes: “The newly gained democratic right of one man – one (secret) vote, coupled with access to free hosting of personal websites and reasonably...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
2 January 2006

Japan: History Lessons

The Japan History Blog reflects on a revealing exercise by a history teacher in Fukuoka: the teacher passed out mock draft cards and asked students to mark whether or not...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
2 January 2006

Syria: Why Khaddam?

AfterKhaddam shacked the earth under Syrians, Aleppous wonders, why would a man who for the past 40 years served his country loyally, occupying two of the most important jobs –...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
2 January 2006

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