9 May 2006

Stories from 9 May 2006

Extensive Flooding in Suriname

HEAVY FLOODING has affected more than 157 villages in Suriname over the past 48 hours and 15,000 people have been displaced already. “Operation Falawatra” (Operation “Low Tide”), the government's aid...

10 May 2006

Armenia: Uborka

Zarchka writes about all the tasks involved with uborka, Armenian spring cleaning, and all the “oofs” that come with it.

10 May 2006

Mongolia: Tuts

Luke Distelhorst writes about “tuts,” Mongolian kiosks, weighing their positives and negatives.

10 May 2006

Belarus: The West's Awareness

Following Dick Cheney's recent speech in Vilnius, TOL's Belarus Blog writes that “the U.S. and Western Europe are becoming more and more aware of Belarusan situation.”

10 May 2006

Russia: Ethnic Subbotnik

Amid ethnic and racial tensions, Moscow experiences something different for a change: a group of “Africans from over twenty countries (Congo and Ethiopia included), Iranians, and Iraqis [were] all raking...

10 May 2006

Chile: Atina Blog Awards

Atina Chile has a heart-warming video, set of photos, and description (ES) of the awards ceremony of the Atina Blog Awards. For anyone who has been following Chile's blog community...

9 May 2006

Mexico, Argentina: Encouraging Free Culture

The winners of the “Mexicommons Creativity Contest” have been announced (ES). You can download the winning songs, podcasts, photographs, and designs from the post. The site Bienes Comunes (Common Good)...

9 May 2006

Peru: Another Blogger Suicide

Following an unfortunately established precedent, “Leuzor” of BlogsPerú laments (ES) the suicide of Andres Kishimoto (ES), a blogger described by (ES) El Comercio as “a young 26-year-old psychologist and author...

9 May 2006

Nepal: The Counter Revolution

Nepali Netbook on the (Counter)Revolution – “It must be a testimony to our twisted times that, in a matter of a fortnight, Nepalis have graduated from discussing a nebulous “total...

9 May 2006

Nepal: On The Democracy Fast Track

As they try and undo the damage done by the Monarchy, Legal News From Nepal reports “months after the controversy and protests, the King in October last year, had promulgated...

9 May 2006