11 April 2006

Stories from 11 April 2006

Peru's First Round Elections

“Ubique Su Mesa” (Find Your Polling Place) by Patrice. With about 85% percent of the votes counted, the fate of Peru's second round presidential elections depends largely on the narrow...

12 April 2006

Mongolia: Shadow Government

Luke Distelhorst of neweurasia writes that Mongolia's Citizens’ Will Party is forming a shadow government and hoping that the Democratic Party will join them.

12 April 2006

Mongolia: Paid Protesters

Luke Distelhorst has an update on the protests in Mongolia and reports that one of the country's political parties has paid students to stage a counterprotest.

12 April 2006

Kyrgyzstan: Trilingualism

David Read writes that his young son is speaking three languages–Kyrgyz, Russian, and English–and wonders how he can make sure his son is able to use all three.

12 April 2006

Russia: Sibir Airline Image Revamp

Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog writes about Sibir Airline's new identity – and its new name: S7, or – if you listen to the airline's flight attendants – “Ass...

12 April 2006

Russia: Grigoriy Oster

Raffi Aftandelian of maaskva: nashimi glazami translates a few poems by the Russian children's poet Grigoriy Oster, author of the Harmful Advice: A Book for Naughty Children and Their Parents.

12 April 2006

Aruba: Linguistic prowess

“When our tourists find out that those who grew up here can speak at least four languages, there are usually exclamations of wonder and marvel at our linguistic prowess,” says...

11 April 2006

Smog in Santiago

Photo by pura naturaleza Santiago is a very beautiful valley. The mountains are very impressive. That is, if you have the chance to see them. Smog is a permanent problem...

11 April 2006

Traffic In Viet Nam

The traffic can be a nightmare for visitors to Viet Nam for the first time. Believe it or not, there are transport rules but people don't seem really interested in...

11 April 2006

Argentina: Borges & Judas

After a month-long blog break to finish a novel, Jeff Barry is back to point out that Borges wrote about Judas’ potential good side long before National Geographic.

11 April 2006

Nepal: Violence in Gongabu

The strike in Nepal was dotted with violence. United We Blog! on what happened in Gongabu – “Armed police fired more than hundred rounds of real bullets as the bloodiest...

11 April 2006

Argentina, Spain: More Music

Two more Argentine indie groups recommended by musical connoisseur Fernando Casale. Check out sample tracks from Sync Filmico and Alvy Singer. From Spain, 4024 Segundos is a compilation available for...

11 April 2006