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3 January 2006

Stories from 3 January 2006

Bolivia: “Latin America's New Socialism”

Miguel Centellas and Jim Shultz joined economist, Jeffrey Sachs to discuss “Latin America’s New Socialism” on Radio Open Source. The show has amassed an impressive amount of comments from bloggers...

Written by David Sasaki
4 January 2006

World: Holiday Food Recipes

Melissa, a chef from Panama – whose blog, Cooking Diva is recommended only if are not hungry – had the excellent idea of hosting a New Year's international recipe swap...

Written by David Sasaki
4 January 2006

Cuba, Venezuela: Bloggers Interviewed

Aleksander Boyd of Vcrisis and George of The Real Cuba were both interviewed on Clandestine Radio durring the week between Christmas and New Years. The audio interview is available for...

Written by David Sasaki
4 January 2006

Human Rights, Non Violence Library & Christmas

Cheraghyekhamoush (Turned off lights) talks about Ahmadinejad’s, recent proposition to Europeans about human rights. According to Iranian President, whose government is under pressure for human rights abuses, Iran can send...

Written by Fred Petrossian
3 January 2006

Iraq: One billion dollars a week

Raed Jarrar says, at a time when the US army is spending more than ONE BILLION DOLLARS every single week in Iraq alone, the United States government doesn’t have enough...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
3 January 2006

Caribbean: Island Maps

Island Tips has added to its site a number of Caribbean maps based on the Google Maps API marked with sites of interest. The list currently includes maps of Anguilla,...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
3 January 2006

Cambodia: Wasting Our Time

A sex tourist posts a question on the Cambodian Ministry of Interior website's forum for asking the best places to find prostitutes and the going hourly rate in the country....

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
3 January 2006

Malaysia: Bad Robot

A Malaysian-made robot is standing in a Kuala Lumpur light rail station delivering information about malaria. Kenny Sia is shocked by where the makers decided to place the LCD screen.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
3 January 2006

Myanmar: Missing Portrait

Burma Digest explains why a portrait of General Aung San, Myanmar's national hero and father of opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi, no longer appears on the country's currency, the...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
3 January 2006

Philippines: Social Divides

Notes from the Peanut Gallery reflects on the persistence of class divisions among Filipinos, even those abroad: “To a great extent, Filipinos abroad welcome each other. But sadly, in my...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
3 January 2006

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