24 May 2006

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Stories from 24 May 2006

Iran: Riots in Tehran University

Shahram Kholdi reports about riots in Tehran University. He says riots at Tehran University were in response to the forced resignation of five Professors who resigned under the pressure of...

Written by Fred Petrossian
24 May 2006

China: Relations with Germans

A lengthy and thorough post from China Matters‘ China Hand looks at cooling Sino-German relations and the global role the two countries now play, set against German Chancellor Angela Merkel's...

Written by John Kennedy
24 May 2006

China: Piracy taken on

Software piracy in China, blogs China Law Blog‘s Dan Harris, is on the decline: “A few days before Chinese President Hu Jintao dined at the Gates’ Mansion across the lake...

Written by John Kennedy
24 May 2006

China: Biggest bank's IPO

The Bank of China went public this week, blogs Jeremy Goldkorn at Danwei, and brought in $9.7 billion with its long-anticipated IPO. “Despite the fact that everyone knows China's state-owned...

Written by John Kennedy
24 May 2006

China: Typhoon preparation

Photos of China's People's Liberation Army preparing for last week's typhoon Chanchu which swept through the south-eastern corner of the country in The PLA Blows at myrick's Asiapundit. (via We...

Written by John Kennedy
24 May 2006

China: Hi-tech weapons trade

A significant amount of research went into the AngryChineseBlogger blogger's lengthy post looking at Israeli aviation technology company and defense contractor Emit's recently-uncovered selling of hi-tech equipment to China, which...

Written by John Kennedy
24 May 2006

China: Three gorges dam

“They might have moved 1.3 million people, flooded archeological wonders and more,” says Simon at Simon World with a post on and a link to photos of the recently-completed Three...

Written by John Kennedy
24 May 2006

Togo: National Treasures in German Hands?

Blogger Kangni Alem contends that (Fr) “no national treasures (…) were taken from Togo by the Germans” but rather that “what colonization generally speaking stole from the Togolese is their...

Written by Alice Backer
24 May 2006

Cote d'Ivoire: Census and Disarmament

“Some experiments in census taking started last thursday in six towns of Cote d'Ivoire, where disarmament of the loyalist army and of the rebellion forces that was to happen simultaneously...

Written by Alice Backer
24 May 2006

Senegal: Forum on Cheikh Anta Diop

Semett announces (Fr) an upcoming forum taking place from May 25 to May 28 in Dakar entitled “20 years Later: the Intellectual and Scientific Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop and...

Written by Alice Backer
24 May 2006

The Global Voices Show #1

Global Voices is pleased to announce the first of our new magazine-style podcasts, which aim to do for online audio what the Global Voices web site does for text blogs...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
24 May 2006

Pakistan: Blog-o-Aggregator

As the readers of some of my posts are well aware, I have complained often about the tedious process of sourcing interesting blog posts to highlight here on GV. One...

Written by Omer Alvie
24 May 2006

Uzbekistan: CAFE Convictions

Registan.net discusses Western missionaries in Uzbekistan in the wake of convictions of employees of an aid organization for proselytizing, a crime in Uzbekistan.

Written by Nathan Hamm
24 May 2006

Armenia: The First Republic

Nessuna writes about an event presenting the Armenian-language publication of the first volume of Richard Hovannisian's history of the first year of the first Armenian Republic, and notes that the...

Written by Nathan Hamm
24 May 2006

Kyrgyzstan: Press Freedom

Yulia writes about freedom of the press in Kyrgyzstan and discusses ways to achieve journalistic independence for the media.

Written by Nathan Hamm
24 May 2006
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