Stories from 1 June 2006
Bahamas: Land speculation and fake web sites
Larry Smith at the Bahama Pundit blog reports that a fake web site has been set up to divert users away from Bahama Pundit and the articles published there about the Rum Cay development. “It appears that some people think these comments, and later information posted by me, are impacting...
Mexico: Hairy Accusations
VivirLatino describes the spectacle surrounding a comment by Italian pop star Tizziano Ferro who accused Mexican women of being mustachioed. Carlos Bravo, with some photoshopping ingenuity, says it's going to take a lot more than an apology to win back any fans in Mexico.
Armenia: Conflict Resolution
ArmYouth Blog writes that there are lessons in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict for resolving the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh.
Mongolia: HIV Case #22
Luke Distelhorst reports that Mongolia has possibly identified its 22nd case of HIV infection and says that widespread testing is needed in the country to determine how widespread the disease is.
Kazakhstan: Zazhigalka on Fire
The LiveJournal community has Астана и Мы (Astana & We) photos of the fire in Kazakhstan's tallest building, which was known by its nickname, “the lighter,” the name it received because of its shape. (Russian)
Armenia: Children's Day
Onnik Krikorian has photos of International Children's Day celebrations at Yerevan's Liberty Square and of the free concert of Armenian Navy Band to end the day.
India: The Great Indian Middle Class
Does a section of the Media find the middle class in India an easy punching bag? Confused responds to a scathing attack on the middle class with a cogent analysis of where the Middle Class stands, and who has benefited from various programmes of the government.
Argentina: More Borges
“I have committed the worst sin of all That a man can commit. I have not been Happy….” That is from Borges’ poem “El remordimiento” [Remorse], which Jeff Barry reviews in his 12th of “30 Days with Borges”. The trilingual blog Trendy Palermo Viejo has photos of Borges’ childhood home...
Kamla: Talking to Indu the Masseuse
Kamla has a podcast interview (in Hindi) of Indu, a masseuse. “Barely educated, Indu has been working since she was a young girl. Indu's role model is her mother, who taught her to be self-reliant and be economically independent.”
Mexico: Review of English Language Sites
Mexico-in-English is a weblog that regularly reviews websites about Mexico that are written in English.
Nepal: Maoists Mass Meeting
As the Maoists plan the Maoists Mass Meeting in Khatamandu, United We Blog! has a post on power and bargain in Nepali politics.
Pakistan: Karachi Anime Convention
Misha on the Karachi Anime Convention 2006 – “Anime, as opposed to popular opinion, is generally different from cartoons in that it has a very specific way of animation that sets it apart from, say Disney or Hannah-Barberah style animations. ” and links to an Orkut Community for Anime Lovers...
Honduras: Collaborative Media
Josh of Hacking in Tegus introduces his readers to two Honduran websites (ES). Honduras News Daily (ES) reminds him of Digg and Newsvine because anyone can register and publish a news item. La Truchita (ES), on the other hand, is more like Craigslist where registered users can post items they...
Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela: Surplus Investment
In a rare English-language post, Guccio reveals his theory on Venezuela's foreign investment of surplus oil revenue. Noting that Chile invested its copper revenue surplus in foreign banks, he suggests, “if for Chile the best option were to save in a bank, it seems that for the Venezuela, the best...
Hungary: Ultra-Nationalist Victor Orban
Paul of Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar writes about Victor Orban, an ultra-nationalist politician, and his recent interview with the Economist's Edward Lucas.
Romania: Streetcleaners in Brasov
Romerican writes on a dilemma he was faced with after a brief encounter with a family of friendly Roma streetcleaners in Brasov, Romania.
Chile: Student Protests Overwhelm Santiago
Referring to the student protests that have engulfed Santiago, Fernando Flores says that he has always considered education to be the Achilles heel of Chile (ES). Grafica Rebelde has photos and video of the protests. Atina Chile reminds readers (ES) that there is an entire category on the education debate....
United Arab Emirates: Customer Service
Keefieboy describing the customer service policy of the major telecommunication company in UAE: We're only a phone company and ISP, but we behave like a totalitarian dictator. We charge enormous fees for our services. We only give you half the Internet and criminalise access to the other half. We lie...
Bahrain: Boycott ISP
In a united front, people (including bloggers) in Bahrain are expressing their annoyance on the Kingdom's ISP in a way never witnessed in Bahrain before, Silly Bahraini Girl said.
Egypt: LA Times Journalist Arrested in Egypt
Issandr El Amrani report that Hossam el-Hamalawy, a locally hired journalist for the LA Times who has recently been posting on Arabist blog, has been arrested at a protest today at the Lawyers’ Syndicate.
Bahrain: The Pope has Spoken
He and any other “Christians” have a lot of nerve calling out the Muslim world, while not saying a word about the illegal, immoral unjustifiable war in Iraq which has killed over 100,000 INNOCENT Muslims. When the pope starts speaking out vociferously about American Imperialism, the Chinese government squashing its...
