Stories from 12 May 2006
Suriname: Emergency SMS
Emergency SMS (short message service) could have helped the situation in Suriname, says Taran Rampersad: “Millions being spent world wide for disaster communication, and nobody wants to go with the...
Barbados: Kamau Braithwaite
Geoffrey Philp pays tribute to Edward Kamau Braithwaite on the occasion of the Barbadian poet's birthday.
Haiti: Advertising works
Living in Haiti has opened the eyes of T&T & Tribe, a family of US missionaries, to the fact that “advertising works”: “We have not felt any burning desires to...
Haiti: Two thumbs down for Kevin Sites
Alice Backer gives reporter Kevin Sites “two thumbs down” for his Flickr photo journal of Haiti. “The photo journal does what mainstream journalists usually do when they show Haiti: show...
Colombia: Introducing Creative Commons
Ariel Vercelli is currently in Colombia garnering support for the adoption of Creative Commons licenses (ES). He recently gave a talk at the Politécnico Grancolombiano about “Creative Commons licenses in...
Sri Lanka: Buddhism – Far away from theory
The wide gaps between Buddhism – theory and practice at Sumna.
Venezuela: Denied Human Rights Council Membership
As per usual a post on Oil Wars has inspired an absolute avalanche of comments. The fodder: why wasn't Venezuela elected to the new Human Rights Council when China, Cuba,...
India: Jarawas In Andaman Islands
Fractured Earth on the plight of the Jarawas in the Andaman Islands. “Some of you may be aware of the rapidly deteriorating situation of the Jarawa of the Andaman Islands....
India: Podcast with a 72 year old Cabdriver
With 4.5 million mobile phone subscriptions being added everyday, the face of technology in India is diverse. Kamla Bhatt in a podcast with a cabdriver from Delhi. “I met Mr....
Belarus: WFTU's Support for Lukashenko
TOL's Belarus Blog considers it a good idea to protest the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) leader's support for Lukashenko’s regime. WFTU “boasts of 129 million members in 130...
Belarus: Author of Denim Theme Faces Prison
Andrei Khrapavitski reports that “the author of the denim color theme for the Belarusian revolution, Mikita Sasim, may end up in prison for six months. The prosecutor demands such a...
Pakistan: Marketing Politics To The Infidels
Metroblogging Lahore has a post on how the media reaches out to a certain “infidel” market segment.
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Study on Karadzic Poetry
Balkan Ghost of Finding Karadzic quotes from a research paper by Jay Surdukowski, a lawyer, scholar and poet, on “how poetry can be used to prove genocidal intent.”
Ukraine: Persecution of the Baptists
Leo Finkel reports that the Prosecutor General's Office is investigating “the Ukrainian Union of Baptist Churches, the largest Protestant congregation in Ukraine, with more than 2,500 communities and equal in...
Russia: Putin's Speech
Laurence Jarvik discusses a few points in Vladimir Putin's May 10 speech that have been overlooked by the media. He also comments on the mysterious mention of “Comrade Wolf” and...
Pakistan: Three German Women
Shirazi profiles three German women who work on the Thatta Kedona project in Pakistan.
Helping the Homeless in Moscow
LJ user beth4ever accidentally discovered (online) a group of volunteers feeding the homeless in the Moscow subway and at train stations, and decided to join them. Here's her account (RUS),...
Thailand: Beer Review
Paul H at 1stopchiangmai.com reviews beers available in Thailand, both local and imports. The post contains practical information for people trying Thai beers for the first time “Chang beer contains...
Southern Africa Blogosphere
"Commentary South Africa" report on the opportunity Jacob Zuma failed to take to clear up, "once and for all, the ridiculous notion that showering can ‘purify’ someone of recently-transmitted HIV”...
Indonesia: 1998
The blogger at Jakartass remembers the student demonstrations and subsequent events that took place eight years ago in Indonesia.
Images from Haiti: Hinche's New Cathedral
Hinche's new cathedral, Haiti. By Martin Baran. Martin Baran blogs photos of Hinche, capital of Centre department, Haiti.
