Stories from 5 March 2006
A small sampling of the best of what the food world has to offer
This has been a pretty busy week. No complaints at all, I sometimes just feel like I have been in this planet for a short time, other times I am just sugar high. I know, this may sound weird, but anyhow…let's go over some of the best and most interesting...
Nepal: Moriarty Drowns Out Prachanda
US ambassador Moriarty gave an important speech warning the political parties to watch out for the Maoists.
Pakistan: Blog-o-block
I am sure the readers of Global Voices are, by now, well aware of the recent move by ISPs in Pakistan to block blogspot.com sites. The rationale behind this ban cannot be logically justified. The reason given is that due to pressure from (political) groups within Pakistan, the government has...
The Week That Was – Bolivian Blogs
Este artículo también está disponible en español. This photo of a Carnaval dancer receiving assistance in putting on his outfit was taken by Marcelo Montecino. See his other in this series of photos from the 1994 Carnaval in Oruro at his Flickr page. The photo was used by permission from...
Angola Carnaval 2006
Photos by “Tonspi” – José Silva Pinto
The Lebanese Bloggers On the National Dialogue: Cynicism, skepticism, and a ray of hope
The most important event in Lebanon this week was the long-awaited “National Dialogue” taking place between various Lebanese group leaders. The meeting is important because the country was becoming dangerously divided. On one side, an alliance largely between the Sunnis, Christians and Druze, is vehemently opposed to Syrian influence and...
Syrian Blogsphere in a week
A diverse week for the Syrian blogsphere. To start off with politics, Omar from Earth to Omar has an interesting post citing the major developments in the Middle East in the last 6 years. Noting how the right-wing governments in the west are directly influencing into more radical right-wing governments...
