Stories from 10 February 2006
Armenia: Hye Tghek
Who knew Armenians Could Rap? posts about Hye Tghek, a Yerevan rap duo.
Armenia: Yeraz Art
Raffi Meneshian, a blogger at Life in the Armenian Diaspora, writes about joining Yeraz Art, a nonprofit that assists young Armenian musicians in finding venues to perform internationally and helps...
Armenia, Azerbaijan: NK Peace
Oneworld Multimedia has plenty of discussion of talks in France between Armenia and Azerbaijan to reach a settlement over Nagorno Karabakh, including that a US military presence in the region...
Georgia: The Fitness Scene
Ben Wheeler has a postage stamp sized portrait of the Georgian gym scene.
Iraq: Riverbend Raided
Riverbends neighborhood and home was raided by the police. She provides a detailed account of what happened: “One of them stood with the Klashnikov pointed at us, and the other...
Ecuador: History and Analysis
In a somewhat enigmatic, but very informative series of four posts, S. Artesian of The Wolf Report describes, “The Importance of Being Ecuador.”
Costa Rica: On Ballots and TP
Costa Rica en el Presente has unofficial election results which are being thrown around as the Supreme Election Tribunal (TSE) continues to hand count ballots. In what Bob Glass calls...
Bolivia: Troubled Airline and U.S. Relations
Eduardo Ávila has two posts on the current troubles for the airline, Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB). Jim Shultz tries to decipher Washington's mixed signals towards Bolivia and then calls a...
“Billboard Ballyhoo”
Lemuel Kolkava of Deleted by Tomorrow writes about a funny development in the Slovak politics: because of the early election, the party that most wanted it now risks being left...
“The First Circle” and “East-West”
Charlie Ganske of Russia Blog writes about the TV adaptation of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's novel “The First Circle” that's currently being shown on Russian TV. He sees it as a “positive...
Russia's War, Oligarchs and Arguable Foreign Policy Decisions
Yuri Mamchur of Russia Blog writes on the recent clashes in a Southern Russian village, the inadequate coverage of Russia in the U.S. media, the West's support for the Russian...
Brazil: Carnival, Football, and Elections
Ricardo Héctor, a Brazilian living in Chile, says it's going to be a busy year for Brazilians with Carnival right around the corner, a difficult World Cup tournament in Germany,...
“Go Back to Slovenia!”
Michael M. at The Glory of Carniola writes that Slovenian women were portrayed as not pretty in a 2002 Ali G's movie – and how Slovenians remained unmoved by it.
Estonian Beauty Contests
Inspired by a Finland blogger, Giustino at Itching for Eestimaa discusses something as relative as female beauty – and the lack of it – and writes on the Miss Estonia...
Nepal: The elections and after
Nepal: The elections and after
Nepal: Power and its components
Nepal: Power and its components
Nepal: Valentine and the country
Nepal: Valentine and the country
Jamaica: Spanish Town Blues
Charles Matheson reports to work at his office in the Jamaican district of Spanish Town, which erupted in violent protest on Wednesday in response to the killing of a gang...
India: Education and the government
India: Education and the government
Bangladesh: The blog meet
Bangladesh: The blog meet