Stories from 9 February 2006
Central Asia: Press Freedom
neweurasia rounds up press freedom in Central Asia.
Armenia, Azerbaijan: Peace
Christian Garbis discusses what is at stake for Armenia in the upcoming talks with Azerbaijan over Karabakh.
Armenia: Discontent Before Talks
With talks on a framework for settling the Karabakh conflict on the horizon, discontent in Armenian civil society is on the rise, reports Onnik Krikorian.
Uzbekistan: Earthquake Scare
T-Moor reports that Tashkent was gripped with fear today over rumors of an impending earthquake.
Guatemala: Teachers’ Protest
Guate360 has a description and photo of a teachers’ strike (ES) which filled the plaza in front of the National Palace.
Colombia: Hernán Giraldo
Adam Isacson tells the story of Hernán Giraldo, a drug-trafficking paramilitary leader, who will be released from prison in six and a half years as a beneficiary of the “Justice...
Early Elections in Slovakia
Lemuel Kolkava of This Blog will be Deleted by Tomorrow comments on the Slovak lawmakers’ decision to move this year's elections from September to June 17: “Will they, won’t they,...
A Day in the Life of Children with Cancer
Volunteers in Moscow are lending their digital cameras to children with cancer this coming Sunday, so that they could spend one day photographing their lives at the Children's Clinical Hospital....
Budapest Thermal Bath is Losing Money Because of Women's Days
Pestiside.hu reports that unless more women start coming to Budapest's historical Rudas Thermal Bath, financial losses would be too substantial to continue with the “women only” and “co-ed” days experiment...
Andrei Illarionov and “Nashism”
Sean Guillory at Sean's Russia Blog examines the points made by Andrei Illarionov, former economic adviser to Vladimir Putin, about the direction Russia has taken in the recent years.
Leonid Roshal and Beslan
W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile links to an article on the controversial statements about the 2004 Beslan school siege trial made by Leonid Roshal, a Russian doctor who became...
DR: Fit to print?
Remolacha.net is outraged (ES) that the Dominican newspaper El Nacional is running a photo of two dead children on the front page of today's edition, and asks: “isn't there a...
South Asia: In conversation with Adam Greenfield
South Asia: In conversation with AdamGreenfield
Nigeria: Bridge in 60 days
Grandiose Parlor points to a bridge building project in Anhambra State in the East of Nigeria that was completed in only 60 days. The bridge “is 264 feet long and...
Brazil: Small Town Conservativism
Renata Vieira, a blogger based in São Paulo reflects on the tight social networks of small towns and how they encourage conservative values.
Ukrainian News Roundup
Scott W. Clark does a Ukrainian news roundup at Foreign Notes: the Gongadze murder case proceedings should be open to the public; the Danish cartoons have been reprinted in a...
Caribbean: Cricket World Cup in jeopardy?
The West Indies Cricket Blog links to a Guardian article which casts some doubt upon the Caribbean's ability to host the Cricket World Cup in 2007.
Pakistan: From Peshawar
Pakistan: From Peshawar
India: Clemenceau and Greenpeace
India: Clemenceau and Greenpeace
Haiti: Too soon to tell
The rumour mill and the international press anticipate a victory by Haitian presidential candidate René Préval, but Charlito News — a blog dedicated to news about presidential candidate Charles Henri...
