18 January 2006

Stories from 18 January 2006

Hungary: Nationalizing Organs

Pestiside.hu reports that Hungary's health minister opposes the country joining Europe's organ transplant matching service, saying that he thinks Hungarian organs, “national assets” as he calls them, should only go...

19 January 2006

The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs

Este artículo también está disponible en español en Blogs de Bolivia Bolivia will not be participating in this year’s World Cup in Germany. In fact, they did not even come...

19 January 2006

Nicaragua: Outsider's Observations

Jason Greving of Nicaragua Travels continues his cultural observations with three more notes. Rather than the North American “furrow of the eyebrows,” he says, “here the Nicas have the same...

19 January 2006

Paraguay: Rumsfeld to Visit Again

Gilbert Ramirez links to an article which says U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld will visit the country to “deepen the democratic processes in the region.”

19 January 2006

Peru: Festival of Blogs

BlogsPerú has brought back the festival of blogs (ES) where one topic is chosen for all of the community to blog about. This festival's theme is “Blogs and Journalism,” which...

19 January 2006

Venezuela: The Flag

A.M. Mora y Leon has an entire post about the Venezuelan flag, commenting that “no one, not even north Americans or Mexicans, waves the national flag quite as intensely as...

19 January 2006

Jamaica: Restorative Justice

Jamaica Express announces a lecture on Restorative Justice in Jamaica taking place on Thursday 19 January at the Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School at 7:30pm. The event is sponsored by...

19 January 2006

Americas: Coffee and Tequila

Boz has an interesting collection of links related to coffee and tequila in the Americas. The good news for margarita lovers is that the tequila behind the bar should no...

18 January 2006

Indonesia: Lobby List

Yosef Ardi imagines the wish list of U.S. business lobbyists currently visiting Indonesia, beginning with No. 1: “Boeing: Sell more airplanes to beat Airbus.”

18 January 2006

Myanmar: A Changeless Land

On the 120th anniversary of the beginning of British colonial rule over Myanmar, Burma Digest translates an article comparing military dictatorship and colonialism. “How’s it different from today? Not much!”...

18 January 2006

Singapore: Closet Agenda?

Blogs in Singapore are discussing a recent government grant to a group known as “Liberty League,” formed to help “gays and lesbians understand their sexual identity.” Sayoni Speak, a new...

18 January 2006

China, Korea: Mandarin Required

The Asia Pages asks: “Who needs to study Mandarin?” While China's rise is important and far-reaching, she admits, Mandarin is difficult for Westerners to learn and Chinese in business meetings...

18 January 2006