Stories from 23 January 2006
Armenia: Foreign Ministers Meet
ArmYouth Blog discusses the meeting between the Armenian and Azeri foreign ministers and the proposed Nagorno-Karabakh settlement.
Azerbaijan: Black January
Carpetblogger (who is sadly relocating from Baku to Kiev) reports on Azerbaijan's day of mourning on January 20 to commemorate those who died when the Soviet used force to crush the independence movement 16 years ago.
South Korea, Taiwan: Lost in Translation
Pinyin News discusses the sorry state of translation in Korea, as compared to Japan. Many translations are not direct from English but from Japanese translations, and (apparently) Korea does not have a proper English-Korean dictionary. According to Taiwan-based Mind of Mike, though, there's little worry: “English Sucks!”
China: Eat More
Talk Talk China has found the Chinese answer to life, the universe and everything: “Eat more.”
This Week in Palestinian Blogs: Here's Tomorrow
News of the blogosphere… It's Laila el-Haddad‘s birthday! She spent a day full of surprises with her son Yousuf. Sabbah is one of the finalists on Bloggies 2005 Weblog Awards. Promises of Arabesque Rhapsody has suggested JordanPlanet‘s citizens form their own Book Club. She's come up with another idea too,...
Uzbekistan: A Dangerous Tool
neweurasia reports that Uzbek authorities have labelled the internet a dangerous tool to dehumanize people.
Rwanda: Survivors
Rwandan Survivors is a new blog that gives voice to survivors of the 1994 genocide and hopes to encourage a range of discussions on Rwanda.
Bangladesh: Indian Media making an entry
Bangladesh: Indian Media making an entry
Nepal: Protestors
Nepal: Protestors
Russia: Forging Uzbek Ties
Tim Newman says that Russia's new deal for Uzbek gas is yet another piece of evidence that charges that US policy towards Uzbekistan was driven by a desire for gas and oil are utterly false.
Pakistan: Chilas
Pakistan: Chilas
Ethiopia: Coffee documentary
Friends of Ethiopia comments on a documentary film “Black Gold” which focuses on the plight of Ethiopian coffee growers and the huge difference between what is paid to the farmers and the profits of the distributors……”The film’s effectiveness is bolstered by juxtaposed scenes of fat and happy Americans and Europeans...
India: California Dreaming
India: California Dreaming
Poland: Acceptable Discrimination
the beatroot, in commenting on a travel guide for the fictional country of Molvania, takes issue with the failure of political correctness to extend to central and east Europeans.
Pakistan: Muktar Mai
Pakistan: Muktar Mai
Haiti: Kidnapping fears
“I fear receiving a phone call or an email giving me dreaded news,” says Mbayisyen, contemplating the changes wrought upon daily life in Haiti by the recent increase in kidnappings.
Iran: National Confidence Party
Teste democracy (Democracy Test in English!) says other political parties can learn a lot from new National Confidence Party. Blogger adds ” this new party has a site, a news paper and on its site we know how can we become party members“(Persian). This party has been launched by cleric...
Ethiopia: Freedom and fear!
Ethiopian Paradox writes it is impossible to improve the livelihood of people when they are deprived of freedom and continue to live in fear.….”It is impossible to achieve prosperity and development under a repressive rule. A repressive rule inhibits people of their energies. And in a country where people are...
African Union:
Black Star Journal questions whether the African Union deserves to exist. The AU was created to uphold human rights and promote “peace security and stability on the continent” … The President of the AU should therefore come from a country that respects these values
Nigeria: ban on gay marriages
In contrast Afro Homo takes a completely different approach. In reponse to the Archibishop Akinola, head of the Nigerian Anglican Church,who believes homosexuality is “Unnatural and Unafrican” he writes……”How would he know? Christianity only became a mainstream religion a few decades ago. Does he find universities, electricity, monogamy and his...
Nigeria: Homophobia
The main conversation in the Nigerian blogosphere this week has been the banning by the Nigerian government of same sex marriages. It will also be illegal for anyone to campaign for gay rights in the country. Trae of Trae Days unleashes a homophobic and misogynist diatribe….Anyways me thinks lesbos probably...
