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16 January 2006

Stories from 16 January 2006

Afghan Whispers

Afghan Reality says that according to a poll released by WorldPublicOpinion.org, 83 per cent of respondents think things in the country are going in the right direction. The blogger adds:...

Written by Fred Petrossian
17 January 2006

Ukraine: Gas Pains

foreign notes says that Ukraine's natural gas problems are politically hurting the president's bloc.

Written by Nathan Hamm
17 January 2006

Albania: Dream On

Our Man in Tirana says that Albanians are incredibly optimistic about when their country will enter the EU.

Written by Nathan Hamm
17 January 2006

China, Vietnam: Character-less

Pinyin News translates comments by a Chinese writer who claims that the foundation for Vietnamese culture is “extremely superficial” since Vietnam gave up writing Vietnamese in Chinese characters.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
17 January 2006

Biking to WSF

Colombian ecologists are riding their bikes from Pamplona (Colombia) to Caracas (Venezuela) to attend the WSF. The 8-days tour aims to promote environmentally friendly transportation.

Written by Iria Puyosa
17 January 2006

Argentina: Tourism's Good and Bad

Jeff Barry writes out his definitive list of 30 things to do when visiting Buenos Aires while Jorge Gobbi takes a closer look at the negative impact tourism can play...

Written by David Sasaki
17 January 2006

Chilean Elections in the Blogosphere

Este artículo fue traducido por Fernando Meza. On Sunday, Michelle Bachelet, the socialist candidate, won the Chilean presidential election over the more conservative Sebastián Piñera with 53.5% of the vote....

Written by Mary Joyce
17 January 2006

China: Coverage of the Zhongshan Incident

EastSouthWestNorth posts selections from English-language and Chinese-language (translated into English) coverage of the “Zhongshan incident” — a clash over the weekend between protesting villagers and local authorities in Guangdong province.

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
17 January 2006

Hong Kong: Expatriate Pay

The Hong Kong legislature is apparently considering a law to curb the “expat package” — the controversial practice of company offices paying Western foreign workers more in benefits and salaries...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
16 January 2006

South Korea: Presidential Overblog

Apparently, South Korean president Roh Moo Hyun has three blogs. Writes Oranckay: “Some have said one of Roh’s biggest problems is that he’s got his head buried in the internet....

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
16 January 2006

Vietnam: Noodlepie's Podcast

Vietnam-based foodblogger and freelance journalist Noodlepie takes a breather from his usual offerings to expound on blogs and journalism on his blog and in a podcast interview. “Rethink newspapers. Give...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
16 January 2006

Uruguay: News Aggregator

Pablo Hoffman (ES) has created an aggregator of Uruguayan news (ES) using his own open source project, Noti. The site, called NotiUY has a handy RSS feed.

Written by David Sasaki
16 January 2006

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