Stories from 12 May 2006
Lao: Laotian Food
Lao ocean girl links to couple of blogs that host recipes and videos to help you prepare Laotian dishes.
Palestine: IDF Shoot Peace Activists in The Head
The International Solidarity Movement in Palestine reports that Israeli soldiers shot two International Peace Activists in the head at Bil'in. The two activists were shot with rubber bullets along with seven Palestinians seven. One Australian and one Danish demonstrator were hospitalized after being shot in the head at close range....
Iraq: Shot for being Gay!
14-year-old Ahmed Khalil has been shot, according to witnesses, by Iraqi police officers for being gay. According to his neighbours in the al-Dura area of Baghdad, Khalil was shot at point-blank range, after a scuffle with the police. QArab has the details.
Morocco: Eyewitness of a Tragedy at the University of Rabat
Aissam was an eyewitness of a terrible tragedy of police brutality at the university campus of Rabat. The incident has left many students injured and parts of the dormitory destroyed. Aissam was the first to write about the story and the Moroccan media is now trying to distort the story....
Egypt: Alaa blogging from his Prison
Alaa wrote the post by hand, and his friends got it out and posted it for him, so yeah. He seems in high spirits, and they seem to have left him unharmed so far, so that's good to hear. That means the campaign has been successful so far, Sandmonkey said.
Thailand: Thai pop music
Bangkok resident Kity is not a big fan of Thai music but she manages to find one Thai song that she likes. In here post she translates the song for non-thai visitors and provides some background information on the tragic circumstances that inspired the song.
Israel: Bogus Math
A significant part of the national-religious community is feeling alienated from the IDF and Israeli society in general. And there is no question that the national-religious sector is important to the IDF and to the State of Israel. The argument goes that as the national-religious provide the backbone of israel...
Vietnam: Visiting Dien Bien Phu
Virtualdoug visits Dien Bien Phu, the site of a famous battle between the Vietnamese and the French in 1954.
Egypt: Blogging Behind Bars
On May 10, Alaa Ahmed Seif al-Islam, the award-winning blogger detained three days earlier for participating in peaceful protests in Cairo, became one of the first people to blog from prison. “Today it hit me,” Alaa began his post, “I am really in prison. I'm not sure how I feel…The...
Haiti: CONAREPA, a New Peasant Organization
“A new coalition composed of six peasant organizations from different regions was created May 4″ says (Fr) Alterpresse. “CONAREPA's [National Coalition for Haitian Peasant Demands] objective is to look for appropriate solutions to the peasants’ main problems” and “does not embrace a particular political ideology or any political party.” Their...
Mexico: Mexican National Anthem in English
Never politically correct and at times offensive, Mark in Mexico has translated the Mexican National Anthem into English.
Venezuela: New Trendy Eats in Caracas
Alfredo Octavio has pictures of the new Caracas restaurant of chef and Venezuelan food celebrity, Sumito Estévez. Adriana recommends (ES) the tasty sandwiches and salads at the new cafe Pomme de Pan.
Latin America: “Banana Unionism Goes Transnational”
Global Labor Strategies describes the genesis of the newly formed Coalition of Latin American Banana Unions (COLSIBA) in the post “Banana Unionism Goes Transnational.”
Costa Rica: Protests Against Free Trade Agreement
Scott Pralinsky, describing Oscar Arias’ presidential inauguration says that “despite the numbers of people supporting Arias, several thousand protesters marched outside to demand Costa Rica not ratify the Cafta free-trade agreement.” Uri Ridelman has photos of the prosters. Professor Roberto Gallardo, in a post titled “They Don't Represent Me,” says...
China: Activists meet Bush
Veteran Chinese blogger Wang Ning notes that the news today of three Chinese rights activists—one of which is a prominent blogger—meeting with American president George W. Bush had been cut out of Hong Kong television news. [zh]
Hong Kong: Cultural Revolution remembered
EastSouthWestNorth blogger Roland Soong translates an essay from Chinese Independent PEN president Liu Xiaobo in preparation for the fortieth anniversary of the beginning of the Cultural Revolution which is this coming Tuesday.
Guatemala, Honduras, Ecuador, El Salvador: Mining Controversies
Gold prices are quickly approaching an all-time high which has inspired a new boom in prospecting around Central and South America. The Honduras News Blog asks if gold mines are good or bad for Honduras, while the Guatemala Solidarity Network continues coverage on the Marlin mine in San Marcos, Guatemala,...
North Korea: Photos from inside
Robert Koehler at The Marmot's Hole links to 301 photos taken recently in North Korea.
China: Proxy server software
Asiapundit‘s myrick reveals that which netizens in China desire most. Look now before it's too late.
China: Online TV RSS'd
China Media blog Danwei‘s Danwei TV now has an RSS feed.
South Korea: Protest crackdown fallout
The Days in Daechuri blogger continues her ongoing bloggage of a the aftermath of a nation-wide protest last week during which 640 demonstrators detained and 16 arrested by the 15,000 riot police dispatched to Pyeongtaek, the farming village north of Seoul where the protests against American military base expansion took...
