17 April 2006

Stories from 17 April 2006

Cuba: Festival of Poor Cinema

Malmi announces (es) the 4th International Festival of Poor Cinema, which takes place in Gibara, Cuba, from April 17-23, and discusses the festival's background and philosophy. “Those new technologies,” writes...

18 April 2006

Bermuda: Underwater turbine

Sean is excited at the prospect of an underwater turbine being planned by BELCO, Bermuda's electricity company, which will make use of the Gulf Stream to generate power.

18 April 2006

Barbados: Say no to Passa Passa

“Passa passa” events, which are also causing a stir in Grenada, have arrived in Barbados as well, according to Barbados Free Press, who notes that the story has also been...

18 April 2006

Bermuda: Legalize it

The Limey is pleased to see that Bermuda's National Drug Control Minister is backing the partial decriminalisation of marijuana.

17 April 2006

Mongolia: HIV

neweurasia reports on Mongolia's 18th and 19th confirmed cases of HIV and the steps being taken in response.

17 April 2006

Armenia: Falsified Votes

Onnik Krikorian notes that an official has admitted that the 2003 presidential election was falsified and he comments on the prospects for fairer votes in the 2007 and 2008 elections.

17 April 2006

Russia: Funding to Hamas

Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert reports that Russia is planning to provide financial aid to Hamas: “For the last few years, much of Russia’s foreign policy has...

17 April 2006

Russia: LJ/ZheZhe

Sergey Belyakov of Travel Russia! (formerly known as RUBLog) posts a note on the Russian LiveJournal world: ZheZhe, as it is known in Russian, is currently 274,763 users strong.

17 April 2006