Stories from 16 March 2006
Palestine: Jericho Prison Raided and Saadat Arrested
On 14 March 2006 Israeli forces raided Jericho prison and arrested PFLP militant leader Ahmad Saadat. The military wing of the popular front threatened to respond to the Israeli operation....
Singapore: Meritocracy
Singapore Entrepreneurs has some thoughts about meritocracy and entrepreneurship, and how many Singaporeans have traded their passions and risk-taking in exchange for social stability.
Philippines: Right to Be Heard
Dean Alfar at notes from the peanut gallery argues for the Philippine opposition's right to be heard.
Malaysia, Singapore: Eye Scare
Jeff Ooi at Screenshots has been following a health scare in Malaysia and Singapore over contact lens solution that is apparently causing blinding fungal infections in people's eyes. The trail...
Barbados: Negrocrat redux
A New York Times writer Googles the word “negrocrat” and finds Barbados Free Press‘s reference to Prime Minister Owen Arthur's use of the term — naturally, BFP blogs about it.
Trinidad & Tobago: Carnival art exhibition
The Bookmann posts a few photos and a short description of day before yesterday's opening of an exhibition of drawings by Trinidadian Carnival designer Peter Minshall.
Trinidad & Tobago: Pollution hotline?
Francomenz calls for a pollution hotline to help alleviate Trinidad's air quality problem.
Trinidad & Tobago: ICT & small business
Taran Rampersad posts Part One of his “Guidelines for Implementing Technology In Any Enterprise”, which will eventually be published as an e-book.
Indonesia: Sesame Street
Jakartass discusses a US$8.5 million grant to Indonesia to produce a local version of the American children's show Sesame Street.
Cambodia: Voodoo Politics
KI Media translates from Khmer an article in the Cambodian media reporting a voodoo session organized by local politicians to exorcise devils believed to be living in a royal palace.
Ukraine: Chernobyl's 20th Anniversary in NYC
Languor Management reports on the exhibit that has opened in New York's Ukrainian Museum on March 12: “The Ukrainian Museum is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster with...
Ukraine: Pidhajtsi and Odesa
Stefan at Dykun writes about pre-election politics in the town of Pidhajtsi and posts a few pictures of his favorite city, Odesa.
Ukraine: Murky Politics
LEvko and Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes further examine the murky world of Ukraine's pre-election politics: election campaign heating up; last pre-election opinion polls; Yulia Tymoshenko's conditions for coalition;...
Ukraine: Playing Run-and-Chase in Pediatrics Dept.
A Malaysian medical student posts pictures of spring snow in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine's warmest region, Crimea. Also, there are pictures from another pediatrics class that evolved into “playing...
Zimbabwe: Quality of sanitary towels
This is Zimbabwe reports on the governments decision to “quality test” sanitary towels” that have been donated during an international appeal….”At the moment Zimbabwean women are forced to use newspaper...
Rwanda: Testimony to genocide
Rwandan Survivors continues to publish the testimonies of survivors of the genocide. Here Ndamyina Gisanura speaks “The genocide didn't exactly start in 1994 – we could see signs of it...
South Africa: Patricia de Lille
The Fish Bowl comments on what he sees as Patricia de Lille's “selling her soul”. …”Campaigning on the back of a promise of aggressive opposition to the ANC, she colluded...
Ukraine: Mafia in the Parliament
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes thinks “HBO should start another series on the mob when the Sopranos ends” – about certain individuals posing as Ukrainian paliament members. “Call it,...
Kenya: Law and order?
African Bullets & Honey discusses the notion of order in Kenya and concludes that words like law and order have until now ” weapons against the hopes of most of...
Nigeria: University closes
Jangbalajugbu Homeland Stories reports on the closure of his university, Obafemi Awolowo University in Ife during the middle of semester exams.. “Students are to leave the University before 4pm on...
Sudan: Darfur alert
Human Rights Action calls on 200,000 to stand in for the victims of atrocities in Darfur...”At least two million people have been forced to flee their homes—and are displaced in...
