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1 February 2006

Stories from 1 February 2006

Kazakhstan: Reaching West

Ben Paarmann explains how Kazakhstan can take advantage of European fears about the reliability of Russia as an energy supplier.

Written by Nathan Hamm
2 February 2006

Poland: Political Alliance

the beatroot reports that the UK's Conservative Party intends to team up with the Polish Law and Justice Party in the EU parliament.

Written by Nathan Hamm
2 February 2006

The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs

Few knew quite what to expect during President Evo Morales’ first week in office. After the worldwide attention of the inauguration had settled, proposed policy decisions would draw the attention...

Written by Eduardo Avila
2 February 2006

Russia: The land of juice

Russian Marketing Blog says that the every kind of juice imaginable is available in Russia, and that juice makers are still coming up with strange combinations for customers.

Written by Nathan Hamm
2 February 2006

Argentina: More Free, Creative Commons Music

Fernando Casale reviews the album (ES), “Eleven Songs Written in the Bathroom” by Argentine singer, Esteban Gómez whose project, Madreocéano (Mother Ocean) has its own weblog and website where the...

Written by David Sasaki
2 February 2006

Argentina, Spain: Blogs and Translation

Martin Varsavsky, an Argentinean living in Spain, explains why he has six blogs in two different languages. He then adds, “I rarely translate my blogs. I don´t believe in translation....

Written by David Sasaki
2 February 2006

Chile: Streets Open to Bicycles

Chilean citizen journalist, Ramiro Octavio Garcia Strohm describes the mixed reactions to Chile's recent car-free day of recreation. The festival, copied from a similar event in Colombia, is known as...

Written by David Sasaki
1 February 2006

Trinidad & Tobago: Faux-Westminster

In the aftermath of the Blair government's humiliating defeat over a bill to combat religious hatred, Jonathan Ali compares Trinidad & Tobago's political system with that of Great Britain, calling...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
1 February 2006

Iran: Dead End?

Mr. Behi, Iran based blogger, writes ” I do not like to write about this nuclear stuff that much because news and media are doing so a lot. I never...

Written by Fred Petrossian
1 February 2006

China: Exporting Language

What's China's hottest export? Language! says Horse's Mouth. “I always laugh to myself when I speak with fellow business majors and they tell me they're studying a language such as...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
1 February 2006

Taiwan: The World is Not That

Michael Turton picks apart global know-it-all Thomas Friedman's myths, mistaken conclusions and mischaracterizations of Taiwan so as to shoehorn it into his popular theories. “Friedman's uninformed screed highlights a desperate...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
1 February 2006

Thailand: Tearjerkers

Brain farts (and other inane crap) spends an afternoon in Thailand watching Korean films that make her cry and asks “Why do we re-watch movies that we know are going...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
1 February 2006

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