Stories from 21 February 2006
Armenia: Armenian Logic
Christian Garbis writes his thoughts and observations on Armenian logic.
Uzbekistan: ICG Reccomendations
Vilhelm Konnander turns a critical eye to ICG's recent report on Uzbekistan.
Turkmenistan, Ukraine: Gas War
Ukraine, faced with threats now from Turkmenistan that it will raise gas prices, is reacting aggressively, reports neweurasia
Turkmenistan: Demolitions
Peter at neweurasia reports on the destruction of seaside homes in the city of Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan.
Kyrgyzstan: A Funeral
The Golden Road to Samarqand writes about Kyrgyz funeral customs.
Estonia: 1905 Revolution Photo Exhibit
Was 1905 in Estonia a prelude to 1917 or the year Estonia's independence movement was born? Bonjour l'Estonie links to a review of a photo exhibit capable of shedding light...
Estonia: Taking Responsibility
Bonjour l'Estonie links to an article in Free Estonian Word about how the choices made more than 60 years ago still reverberate today: “People defend and excuse collaboration with the...
Latvia: March 16 Controversy
Aleks at All About Latvia writes about the controversy surrounding March 16 in Latvia: “For the last few years, every year on March 16, Latvian uberpatriots march in Riga and...
India: The arranged marriage
India: The arranged marriage
India: Street harassment
India: Street harassment
India: Avian Flu
India: Avian Flu
Nepal: Layers in trouble
Nepal: Layers in trouble
Nepal: 5 Point Plan
Nepal: 5 Point Plan
Ukraine: Yanukovych Having an Easy Campaign
LEvko at Foreign Notes muses on why no one is really giving Victor Yanukovych and his Party of the Regions a hard time during this campaign, despite him being an...
Ukraine: Boston Diaspora Church
Greg of Reflections on Ukraine provides a link to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Andrew in Boston, built in 1954 and serving a Diaspora community whose history goes back...
Non Violence, Conservatism & Human Rights
Fanousian , a collective blog, has done an interview with Dr. Brian Martin writer in nonviolence, and associate professor in Science, Technology and Society at the University of Wollongong. This...
Ukraine: Andrey Kurkov Book Review
Kevin Kinsella at Languor Management disagrees with Victor Sonkin, a book reviewer who is being too harsh on Andrey Kurkov, a Ukrainian writer whose novels, originally in Russian, have been...
Ukraine: Kyiv on a Saturday Night
Carpetblogger, now in Kyiv (not Baku), describes the feel of the city on a (comparatively) warm Saturday night in February.
KenyanSphere this week
Bankelele is moving house, and is finding it more time consuming and frustrating than he had thought — the ranks of real estate agents are stuffed with crooks and conmen...
Benin: Angelique Kido
Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories writes about Benin artist, Angelique Kido – in particular her 1994 album, Aye which he says could have been released yesterday…….”I wikied her name and I learnt the...
South Africa – far right pt politics
Moral Fibre reports on the African Christian Democratic Party – the party that refused to accept the SA constitution in 1995 – “Like the Nazi Party abusing the democratic system...