12 May 2006

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...

13 May 2006

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...

13 May 2006

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...

13 May 2006

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....

12 May 2006

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...

12 May 2006

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...

12 May 2006

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),...

12 May 2006

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...

12 May 2006

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”...

12 May 2006

Indonesia: 1998

The blogger at Jakartass remembers the student demonstrations and subsequent events that took place eight years ago in Indonesia.

12 May 2006