5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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.

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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,...

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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....

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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...

5 May 2006

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.

5 May 2006