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13 January 2006

Stories from 13 January 2006

Colombia: Transgender TV Diva

Andrés Duque highlights the career of soap opera diva, Endry Cardeño, noting that she is probably only the second transgender woman to play the role on TV and that “in...

Written by David Sasaki
14 January 2006

Peru: 93 Days Until Election

In her new English-language weblog, Morena Writes, Diana Zorrilla Ríos posts a translation of her pre-election update entitled “93 Days Left.”

Written by David Sasaki
14 January 2006

Caribbean: Caribbeing

“In this CSME time. In this time of dancehall self-righteousness versus soca wutlessness. In this time when Trinis don't want to hear about “small islanders” reaching to the Billboard charts...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
14 January 2006

Iraq: My final endorsement

“You can all have your war, the war you all want. You can have your racists, you can launch your rockets at your Israelis, you can suicide bomb Baghdad. You...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
13 January 2006

Israel: Red Lines

It was only a matter of time before one of our kids demanded access to what may be the most rebellious, dangerous and terrifying activities known to parents in Israel....

Written by Haitham Sabbah
13 January 2006

Jordan: Shopping cathedrals

When you hear about a mall that it probably 1.5 kilometers in length, that's divided into zones that are themed as China, Egypt, India, Persia and so on, you might...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
13 January 2006

Mexico: iLaw México 2006

León Felipe Sánchez says (ES), “if you're a blogger or interested in starting a blog, you can't afford to miss iLaw México 2006 where you'll get to know the legal...

Written by David Sasaki
13 January 2006

Palestine: The Fruits of Non Violence

Following today’s hearing in the Supreme Court Judge Ayala Prokachya issued a new temporary injunction forbidding all building whatsoever in the Matityahu East compound in the settlement Modi’in Illit. The...

Written by Haitham Sabbah
13 January 2006

China: Three Kinds of Bloggers

EastSouthWestNorth translates a Yazhou Zhoukan article describing “three kinds of Chinese bloggers” — the angry youth, the petit bourgeois, and the commercial blogger.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
13 January 2006

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