Stories from 7 April 2006
Bahrain: A glimpse of Iraqi art
Mahmood offers a glimpse of Iraqi art in his recent Vlog which he shot during his recent visit to Albareh Gallery. He envy whoever buys any piece from Mr. Al-Bahrani’s...
Palestine: Bellydancing out, cinema in!
Sabbah seems to be angry on recent news about Hamas intentions to ban religiously-forbidden practices (from Islam point of view) in Palestine. He is afraid that Hamas is going to...
Israel: Israel Arrests, Frees Palestinian Minister
Richard Silverstein commenting on the detention of the Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, Khaled Abu Arafa at an East Jerusalem road block set up by Israel’s Border Police, he said:...
Conversation between prisoners
James Wong Wing On of Freedom in Solidarity has an excerpt from the memoirs of Sybil Kartigasu, a member of the resistance movement during the WW II Japanese occupation. The...
Opposition to Indonesian Playboy magazine
Yosef Ardi of Indonesia Today calls the first issue of the Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine a “smashing success” despite insistence by some quarters that it is pornographic because it...
Blogging success
When asked what makes Yugatech click–high traffic, high comment rate, and good ranks from Google and Technorati, blog owner Yuga says he doesn't even use “tools” like wordtracker, database of...
Belarus: Flash-Mobbing in Minsk
White Boats – by Andrei Hrachou On April 4, a small group of young people gathered at the Svisloch River embankment in Minsk, folded origami paper boats, let them out...
China: Rural-urban divide
Shak from Chinawhite leaves the city life for a countryside vacation and discovers some differences while out there. “A quick dinner in a local restaurant and then on to experience...
China: State surveillance
“The mark of the beast,” says the Art of Balance blogger, of China's Public Security Bureau's announcement of the completion of a database which contains details on 1.25 billion of...
Hong Kong: Chinese illegal immigration
In ‘This Kind Of Shocked Me,’ Milton J. Madison‘s Glenzo analyzes the plight of the 39,000 illegal Chinese immigrants in the United States whom the Chinese government refuses to repatriate:...
North Korea: Regime unstable?
“There is more evidence to suggest that North Korea really is in dire financial straits after all,” writes Joshua at The Korea Liberator. “Some would not call this a novel...
Taiwan: Police life
Michael Turton reports in his blog The View from Taiwan on a presentation last week by Jeff Martin, Ph.D. who spent three years researching—sometimes drinking with—the Taipei police force. From...
Africa: innovation in emergency care
Timbuktu Chronicles points to an innovative project tested in India that would provide a way of addressing “sustainable emergency care in the developing world.”
Nigeria: Innovative online tools
Oro has been testing some innovative online tools that “can provide alternative income generating strategies (that work) to help combat the scam menace in Nigeria, and a meeting that centered...
Nigeria: No useful opposition
Thots of a Naijaman writes that Nigeria is in a shambles - “There is no opposition anymore. Political parties are now at the mercy of the state controlled “Independent” electoral...
Kenya: Rape and truths
Gukira writes a comment on rape…”Recently, 10 girls were raped in Kenya, raped by neighborhood residents. We continue to live in the shadow of St. Patrick’s, Kibwezi, where a boys’...
Ethiopia: Development contradictions
Concoction points to a BBC report which highlights the descrepancies between the Ethiopian government's version of development and that of villagers in the country.
Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere
It's another eventful week in the Saudi blogosphere, so let's get started with our weekly roundup… Providing a proper work environment for Saudi women was one of the major goals...
Rwanda: historical background
On the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, Rwandan Survivors publishes posts a brief historical background to the genocide and conflict through the eyes of a survivor.
Rwanda: genocide anniversary
Black Star Journal reminds us that yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. …”It was one of the world's worst atrocities of the century and certainly the worst...
