Stories from 19 April 2006
Manila – blogging conference capital
In the Philippines many bloggers are, understandably, excited by not one but two conferences on blogging and the internet taking place in the capital Manila. In one part of town...
Bangladesh: Military Blogs
imperfect world 2006 points towards a blog run by the Bangladesh Military Forces.
Singapore politician blog
As election fever heightens in Singapore – speculation is becoming intense that an election date will be announced very soon – opposition political activist and blogger Goh Meng Seng gives...
There's a new video blog site in Thailand
There's a new video blog site in Thailand. In fact it's apparently not just new, it's the first! Called, descriptively, Thailand Video Blogs it is part of the Thai-Blogs.Com group....
Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko
Ethan of Room 12A writes about Yulia Tymoshenko event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce: “Yulia's least attractive quality is her taste for self-pity, which combines easily with her...
Moldova: High School Physics Class
Peter Myers of Adventures in Moldova writes about his experience of visiting an “under-attended” high school physics class in Moldova: “Grigore Fyodorovici lamented to me after school about the fact...
Russia: Yukos Lawyer Bakhmina Sentenced
David McDuff of A Step At A Time provides links to the news about Svetlana Bakhmina's sentencing. Bakhmina, 35, used to be a Yukos lawyer and is the mother of...
Slovenia: 10 Tolar Bill
Isoglossia.com writes about the Slovenian 10 Tolar banknote: “the smallest of Slovenia’s folding money, both in buying power and physical size; like many other nations, Slovenia issues notes with sizes...
Czech Republic: Players in the Upcoming Election
Douglas Arellanes discusses the main candidates’ chances in the upcoming June election in the Czech Republic.
China: Yahoo! implicates writer
Seen on the Chinese Law Prof Blog today is a post on Reporters Without Borders’ announcement of Yahoo!'s role in the persecution and arrest of yet another Chinese internet essayist,...
Slovenia: Sex Tourists Disappointed
Michael of The Glory of Carniola compiles quotes about Slovenia from disappointed sex tourists: to them, the country is too quiet and expensive, too well-integrated into the EU.
Russia: “Russia Lodges Protest with US Over Chechnya Seminar”
As Russia is protesting a 3-hour Jamestown Foundation seminar on North Caucasus that took place April 14, W. Shedd of The Accidental Russophile discusses some of Russia's unfulfilled international obligations.
Mexico: Learning Freedom
Leon Felipe Sanchez introduces the new weblog, Aprender la Libertad (Learning Freedom) (ES), which he is co-authoring with Ariel Vercelli (ES). The blog continues themes from a book by Vercelli...
China: The Art of Sublety
The Sun Bin blogger takes issue with Chinese president Hu Jintao's choice of gift for George W. Bush: Sun Tzu's The Art of War. “This is the best choice of...
Panama: Farmer's Markets Worldwide Parade
This coming Sunday I'll be taking pictures of my local farmer's market. You should do the same and submit your photos and posts to the Farmer's Markets Worldwide Parade. Elena...
China: Detained blogger missed
Nina, sister of illegally-detained Beijing or Bust blogger Wu Hao, spent the last few hours of his thirty-fourth birthday unable to access the MSN Spaces blog on which she documents...
Peru: Nearing 92% of Votes Counted
Another day, another percentage point of votes counted in Peru. Un Lobo en Peru, contrary to what Andres Oppenheimer says, claims that Ollanta Humala is not compromising his nationalistic rhetoric....
China: U.S. relations analyzed
The opening editorial for this week's issue of the Chinese-language, internet-based, international politics-analyzing Far & Wide Journal takes a quick look at the diplomatic buildup to Chinese president Hu Jintao's...
Venezuela: Opposition to Hold Primaries
Both Oil Wars and Jorge Arena celebrate the decision by opposition group SUMATE to hold primaries to select a candidate to run against Chavez in the upcoming presidential elections. El...
Barbados, Cuba: The future of Cuba
Barbados Free Press believes that “Castro’s revolution will die with him”.
China: Hu dines with Gates
In ‘A soft leader treats a hard leader to dinner,’ blogger Wu Zuolai posts some photos of Chinese president Hu Jintao's dinner party at Bill Gates’ house yesterday. “How can...
