Stories from 3 April 2006
Armenia: Notes from the Armenian Blogosphere
Onnik Krikorian's Oneworld Multimedia has a roundup of the Armenian blogosphere.
Peru: Churchless Sunday
Patrice explains why church services will be outlawed this Sunday in Peru.
Venezuela, Brazil: “A tale of two scandals”
Francisco draws a comparison between a recent bribery scandal in Brazil that was caught on video with another one in Venezuela of which there is also allegedly incriminating video.
Latin America, Iraq: Bagdad en Llamas
Bagdad en Llamas is a blog of Spanish translations of every single post from Riverbend's original, English-language Baghdad Burning, which was recently listed as a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.
Mexico: Official Blog of Google México
Eduardo Arcos links to (ES) the newly created official blog of Google México (ES).
Venezuela: Podcast with Visiting U.S. Professor
“Bicyclemark” talks with his former professor, Steve Shalom about Shalom's recent 10 day trip to Venezuela.
Guyana: Movie review in Creolese
Itchy-footed Guyana-gyal reviews an Austrian film — in Creolese, no less: “Man, when I tell you some parts o’ Europe poor, believe me, they raggedy poor. And you should see Croatia after the war. Tragic.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Two rants
“It seems to me that rather than trying to use their money to invest in Trinidadian youth, the moneyed elite instead just use it to protect themselves,” writes Club Soda and Salt, responding to the latest cry for more licensed firearms from the Chamber of Commerce. And Francomenz recounts a...
Trinidad & Tobago, Liberia: Taylor's Trinidadian links
Caribbean Free Radio contemplates former Liberian President and accused war criminal Charles Taylor's Trinidadian links.
Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko's Campaign Posters
Vilhelm Konnander reviews the results of the Ukrainian parliamentary election and admires Yulia Tymoshenko's campaign posters.
Poland: Concentration Camps In Poland
The beatroot writes about an unfortunate tendency to call Nazi German death camps in Poland “Polish concentration camps.”
Hungary: Blogging Cop Missing
Henrik of Hungarian Accent reports on a possible case of censorship directed at a blogger – a policeman-blogger. Paul at Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar writes on the sometimes dangerous conditions in which Hungarian bloggers work.
Afghan Whispers: Apostasy
We all heard about Abdul Rahman, the Afghan who converted to Christianity, went to prison, and finally find refuge in Italy. Now let's look what Afghan bloggers say about it: Afghan Lord talks about Abdul Rahman's background. He says: “Abdul Rahman lived for a long time in Pakistan and was...
Desperation
KI Media in Cambodia has an English translation of a news story about an 18-year-old woman who jumped off a bridge in a suicide attempt. Rescued by fishermen, the young woman told the police “she did not want to live because she has no job, no money, and nothing to...
Thailand parliamentary election news
Parliamentary elections in Thailand are unique. Bangkok Pundit cites section 74 of the election law that says there is no such thing a a sure win for an unopposed candidate–he must get at least 20% of all eligible votes. Voters who want him to lose can cast a “No” vote...
Living in the karaoke era
Karaoke singing is so popular in the Philippines it is almost like a national sport. It's fun if you're doing the singing but Noisy, Noisy Man didn't enjoy it one bit when his neighbors held a karaoke party, with booze, until 3.00 a.m.
No podcasts in Singapore elections?
Asiapundit quotes Singapore Ink‘s post based on a Channel News Asia story that political candidates cannot use podcasting in their campaigns. Photos of the candidates, party histories and manifestos are the only permissible forms of political advertising on the internet.
Belarus: Election Observer Intimidated Into Not Reporting Fraud
Tobias Ljungvall summarizes the events of the past week in Belarus and reports on how intimidation was used against a foreign election observer: “It happened on 19 March late at night in a territorial election commission, i.e. the mid-level vote tabulation instance. A woman from another country, serving as an...
Belarus: Union With Russia Day
TOL's Belarus Blog posts a note on the meaning of April 2 – the “Day of Belarus-Russia Unity – for Belarus and its people.
About his father
Rambling Librarian knew that his father once played for the Singapore national basketball team. He did not know, nor did he ask for, the details, not being particularly close to his father. Then he had an opportunity to write for Yesterday.Sg, a Singapore heritage group blog, and decided to interview...
China: Corporate art
Supernaut hopes to be back in time for Guangzhou-based artist Cao Fei's “What are they doing here” show—sponsored by the Siemens arts program—in which the corporation's employees’ hopes, dreams, anxieties and expectations are visualized through light installations, a studio performance and a video. “In this work,” says the press release,...
