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23 February 2006

Stories from 23 February 2006

Kazakhstan: Investigation Heats Up

Registan.net notes that things seem to be heating up in Kazakhstan in the investigation of the murder of an opposition leader. The head of the Senate administration has been arrested...

Written by Nathan Hamm
24 February 2006

Russia: Political Jokes

Sergey Belyakov of RUBLog posts six political jokes, which target Vladimir Putin, Joseph Stalin, George W. Bush, Richard Nixon, and Adam and Eve.

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
23 February 2006

Russia: Market Roof Collapse

W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile attempts to analyze today's collapse of one of Moscow's largest markets from an engineer's perspective. So far, 56 people are reported to have been...

Written by Veronica Khokhlova
23 February 2006

Bolivia: The “Sound Mobile”

Eduardo Ávila has posted a video of his friend, Miguel campaigning in Quechua via a giant speaker attached to the roof of his car in the outskirts of Cochabamba. Ávila...

Written by David Sasaki
23 February 2006

Chile: French Indie Musicians Visit

For all you fans of floating canines and euro-techno, this is one post that can't be missed. The Chilean music blog, Super 45 – Blog System says that various French...

Written by David Sasaki
23 February 2006

Iran: Cutting Trees!

Hanouz, an Iran based journalist & blogger, talks about cutting thousands trees (Persian) in Levizan forest in neighbourhood of Tehran. According to the blogger, Tehran's municipality is cutting these trees...

Written by Fred Petrossian
23 February 2006

Indonesia: Tattoo Culture

IndCoup discusses tattoo culture in Indonesia. He explains: “The revival owed much to the popularity in Indonesia during the mid 1990s of US rock bands the Red Hot Chili Peppers...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 February 2006

Indonesia: Terrorist Blogger

A. Fatih Syuhud asks: “Are you the terrorist blogger?” He writes: “Blogging should be made use for advocating peace at heart and mind, not only for the sake of blogging...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 February 2006

Malaysia: Its Own Cartoon Kerfuffle

Malaysia's paper-of-record, the New Straits Times, has gotten into its own cartoon controversy after running a syndicated strip on its funny pages critiquing the Danish cartoon controversy. The government has...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 February 2006

Philippines: Revolutions

Jessica Zafra reminds readers why the Philippines 1986 “People Power” Revolt, the 20th anniversary of which is ongoing, was so important, despite the subsequent disappointments and political troubles: “We were...

Written by Jose Manuel Tesoro
23 February 2006

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