Stories from 21 April 2006
Argentina: “The Yang to Steak's Ying”
In The Argentine Metropolis describes a meal at an Argentine oxymoron: the vegan restaurant. “This was not penance for eating steak; this was a celebration of fresh ingredients, the yang to steak's ying.”
Jamaica: Marley philosophy
Geoffrey Philp views Bob Marley through the lens of philosophies ranging from Joseph Campbell's to Caroline Myss’.
Peru: Miss Peru Universe 2006
With just 5% of uncounted votes remaining Un Lobo en Peru takes a brief break from the election madness to describe the blooper-filled pageant which sends Fiorella Viñas to the Miss Universe contest as Peru's representative.
Haiti: In the news
Alice Backer rounds up Haiti-related news stories that have caught her attention lately.
Caribbean: What's going on?
“So what else is going on, this fiercely hot Thursday?” writes JT at the Caribbean Beat Weblog. He finds West Indies, the anniversary of the Bay of Pigs, and some soul-searching on the part of Caribbean heads of state.
Caribbean: French creole language
At the Pan Collective, Francine offers an brief treatise on the French creole language.
India: Reviewing books
There's an ongoing debate in the Indian Blogosphere about doing book reviews. Amardeep collates various opinions on the issue and presents his own take on the case.
Nepal: Update from the streets
SerendipityYouCity provides an update on the situation in Nepal by publishing a mail from a director of a boarding school -“It’s 2 o’clock in the morning and curfew has started again in Kathmandu until 8 o’clock this evening. We just finished a round of picking up as many street kids...
Sri Lanka: Identity and Nationality
London, Lanka and Drums on identity as being born to Sri Lankan parents but being brought up in the UK.
Sri Lanka: Army suspected for deaths
transcurrents.com on “The Sri Lankan army is suspected by residents of Puthur in Jaffna of being responsible for the deaths of five Tamil civilians from the area.”
DRC: UDPS Reiterates Political Muscle
In a post titled “UDPS is Congolese Political Gold”, UDPS Liege writes (FR) “we are the depositaries of democracy in our country. […] UDPS has not agreed to any alliances with the political parties that use our name. […] The real UDPS is preparing for a final assault on June...
India: Firefox bus
Kalyan finds a bus painted with the logo of Firefox (the browser) in Karnataka.
Helping Russian Orphans
On March 19, a group of wonderful, kind people from Moscow took presents acquired on donations from ordinary Muscovites to an orphanage in Ivanovo, home to 122 children (o to 4 years old), most of whom have various disabilities. The effort – one of the many – was coordinated online...
China: Missing persons unbloggable
With screenshots and a statement from Microsoft, the Asiapundit blogger counters the assumption of some that the MSN Spaces blog of illegally-detained Beijing or Bust blogger Wu Hao‘s sister Nina has been blocked: “There was an outage of the service for those who were using China Telecom's ISP service –...
China: Anti-Japanese sentiment analyzed
With a prediction of diplomatic repercussions carrying over well into 2006, AngryChineseBlogger looks at the root causes, location and total cost of damages incurred during violent anti-Japanese protests in many cities across China in early 2005.
China: Taiwanese foods unmentionable
Friend Gram at Holidarity shows us how the One China policy affects even food reviews in mainland China's English-language media.
Nepal Revolution: Showdown
The king is nowhere close to seeing the light.
China: Hu Jintao heckled
Richard and readers at The Peking Duck add to the discussion on Chinese president Hu Jintao's heckler at the White House yesterday: “I admire this woman's courage though I don't in any way admire her organization. I don't see anything wrong with the way she was handled, though there's something...
Iran: Ahmadinejad & Propaganda
Mikhak (Persian), an Iran based blogger & journalist, writes that Ahmadinejad does not act as President of all Iranians. He just continues his radical propaganda and counts on his followers. He adds that Ahmadinejad acts as a candidate for presidential election rather than a President for the whole country.
DRC: sexual violence
Congo Watch has a report on the ongoing sexual violence in the DRC – some horrific stories.
South Africa: politi'king
South African blog, AfriCAN HOUSEIT reports on more political manoverings in Cape Town which will ultimately impact negatively on the lives of ordinary citizens in area of service provision..”.Read the names and stories of those affected by lack of service delivery on this blog from housing riots and peacefull demonstrations,...
