3 April 2006

Stories from 3 April 2006

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...

4 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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:...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006

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...

3 April 2006