Stories from 5 May 2006
Kuwait: New Political Crisis
Kuwait's current political crisis seems to be frustrating for most Kuwaiti bloggers. A3sab describing the situation in these words: “When corruption spikes up to unprecedented levels becoming the norm and...
Lebanon: Lebanon Spying on Syria
This is how Lebanon spies on Syria: Lebanon sends IT experts to inflict modernity on the Syrian government. Those experts design a network for the telecommunications ministry, and help them...
China: Western desert blogged
Michael Manning from The Opposite End of China continues blogging his travels throughout Muslim-dominated northwestern China in Travel Buddies, in which he meets up with some old friends.
China: Japan blogs North
Tokyo-based Riding Sun blogger Gaijin Biker breaks from blogging his current trip through China—hampered, seemingly, by the blocking of Blogspot on the mainland—to announce the results of his latest photo...
Philippines: Blog recommendations
Doinee recommends couple of Filipino blogs that he says deserver more readership. Doinee is also inviting his readers to take this meme and recommend interesting but not so well known...
South Korea: Free trade support?
Joshua at The Korean Liberator questions a recent poll which suggests that a silent majority of sixty percent of South Koreans support a free trade agreement with the United States,...
Thailand: Chiangmai's hidden attraction
The 1stopchiangmai blog reveals one of the attractions near Chiang Mai that foreign tourist are not aware of. The blogger recommends “If you really want to experience how local Thais...
China: Pearl river cleaner
The mayor of Guangzhou, notes Richard at The Peking Duck, has jumped with both feet into a project to clean up the Pearl river which bisects the southern Chinese city....
Iran: Shirin Ebadi on War
Abtahi, reformist politician, blogger & cleric, says Shirin Ebadi, Peace Nobel Prize laureate, in a press conference, has condemned any military intervention in Iran. Abtahi writes he, of course, expected...
Kiskeya: Conference on Haitiano-Dominican Relations
A conference on Haitiano-Dominican relations held in Santo-Domingo ends today, reports (FR) Haitian newsfeed Radio Kiskeya. The conference was sponsored by Norway in partnership with Dominican churches and, in addition...
Albania: Lining Up For Bread
Traveller One of Stepping Stones almost starts “an Albanian Feminist Movement” before she learns about the local tradition of lining up for fresh bread.
Russia: Lost Passport Stories
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow shares two stories of what happens when an American loses his/her passport in Russia: the first story, written by a friend of a friend, is...
Ukraine: March 26 Vote in the United States
Lyndon of Scraps of Moscow gives a somewhat belated photo-tour of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on the day of the March 26 parliamentary vote.
Russia: Expat Living
Nancy Case of Case In Point writes on how tragic events in one part of the world may affect dining plans of American expats living in another part of the...
Russia: Balkmina's Case and the West
David McDuff of A Step At A Time posts an unpublished letter to the editor of the Financial Times on how Svetlana Bakhmina's case should affect the West's business relationship...
Russia: Child Trafficking in Chechnya
David McDuff of A Step At A Time translates a report by Umalt Chadayev on child trafficking in Chechnya.
Estonia: A Lesson On Parties For TASS
Giustino of Itching for Eestimaa explains to the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS that, due to the specifics of history, all Estonian parties are nationalist.
Bermuda: “Dear Tourism Minister….”
The Limey has a disturbing exchange of correspondence with Bermuda's Tourism Minister over the latter's opting to stay at a seven-star hotel during a recent visit to Dubai.
Ethiopian bloggers take on the USA
It was almost as if everyone had got together and agreed to start working on a common theme. Ethiopia's bloggers turned to the United States of America en masse over...
Uganda: Rise in private security personnel
See no evil, hear non, just be a dork comments on the rise in gun ownership the rise of private security personnel in Uganda. Apparently there are now 18, 000...
Sudan: Peace deal
Sudan Watch reports via Reuters that the Sudanese government has agreed a peace deal – in breaking news today, one rebel group has also agreed to sign.