Stories from 13 April 2006
Revolution In Nepal: Monarchy On Its Way Out
The movement has turned into a revolution.
Tunisia: Tunis 94th Among World Cities
MMM writes that Tunis is ranked 94th in the world wide index for quality of life. The only Arab cities ahead of Tunis are Dubai at the 85th place and Abu Dhabi at the 92nd. The lowest ranking city is Baghdad at the 215th spot.
Saudi Arabia: Illegal Nigerians in Saudi Arabia
Looks like the issue of the Nigerian citizens living in the Saudi Arabia illegally is increasingly becoming a chronic problem, Prometheus said.
Jordan: Abu Ali and the Culture Shack
“I do not sell books, magazines, and newspapers, I provide books, magazines, and newspapers because I am a link in a long chain of support for readership and learning,” states Abu Ali firmly. Lina writes about the 64-year-old man bookshop owner since 1970.
Iraq: Miss Iraq Resign
What is the second hardest to find in Iraq after the “prime minister”? It is a “Beauty Queen,” Sabbah said. On April 9, Tamar Goregian, a Christian woman, made history as the first Armenian Iraqi to be crowned Miss Iraq. Few days later, Miss Iraq announced her resignation after receiving...
United Arab Emirates: Burj Al Arab
What do you know about the only 7 star hotel in the world? NZM writes all what you need to know about Burj Al Arab Hotel, the very distinctive landmark on Jumeirah Beach, Dubai.
Spain: What You Want to Hear
As handy and effective as the text-based Internet is, it sure doesn't communicate emotions well. Not like film. Which is why I wholeheartedly recommend that everyone watches Guillermo Zapata's short film, Lo que tú quieras oír (What you want to hear). Licensed with Creative Commons, even if you don't understand...
Historical fort restoration
Wormie wants a recently excavated colonial fort in Singapore to be turned into a national monument. The authorities are planning to re-bury the fort as they don't expect the restoration to be economically viable.
East Timor tourism
tumbleweed in timor lorosae writes about some of the attractions in East Timor.
Dolphin watching in the Philippines
villageidiotsavant goes Dolphin watching near Cebu in the Philippines.
Popular Myanmar hip hop musician dies
Mady June in Yangoon is saddened by the death of her favourite Myanmar rapper.
Happy year 2549
Today is the first day of the year 2549 in some South East Asian countries. Lao ocean girl describes the calendar system used in these countries.
Coinciding festivals
Toe, a Filipino blogger now living in Cambodia tries to figure out why the holy week, the Cambodian new year and several other events from different cultures coincide around the same time of the year.
Cambodian recipes
Jojo points to a page with lots of Cambodian recipes.
Playboy protests in Indonesia
A. Fatih Syuhud looks at the protests aimed at the recently launched Indonesian edition of Playboy.
Mexico: “Internet Day”
RegioBlogs observes (ES) that May 17th will be “Internet Day” in Mexico, celebrating the 20th year of World Wide Web in the country. Some statistics about internet use in Mexico are listed.
Japan: Celebrity fanfare
Have you heard of the leather-clad hip-thrusting Japanese celebrity Razor Ramon Hard Gay? A post on the Gen Kanai blog gives a thorough introduction: “A group of fansubbers have started to do fansubs of Razor Ramon's Hard Gay comedy sketches. They have a wiki, and a forum and put their...
Taiwan: Blog conference
The Taiwan Blogger BoF conference opens this Friday in Taipei. Here's their blog [zh].
China: Taoist scripture
The Useless Tree blogger posts a pacifist poem from the ancient Taoist scripture Tao Te Ching and dedicates it to Iranian and American presidents Ahmadinejad and Bush.
China: Renewable energy increase
The chinablawger looks at a law recently passed in China which will see the country's use of renewable energy rise from the current one percent of total energy usage to ten percent by 2010, a move which brought praise from Greenpeace.
China: Generation gap
The Bingfeng Teahouse blogger uses subway passengers in Shanghai as a case study on the difference between generations in China: “As you might find when you live here, the younger generations of china is quite different from the older ones and sometimes regarded as a new ‘race.’ Generally speaking, they...
