1 June 2006

Stories from 1 June 2006

Egypt: From Alaa to Bloggers

Alaa, in his new letter from his cell says that he thought he will be happy to meet the rest of the detained activists, but ended up in disappointment and...

1 June 2006

Caribbean: Good writing

Jamaican poet Geoffrey Philp writes on his blog about a family recipe for chicken soup, and gets an e-mail suggesting he contribute something to the Chicken Soup for the Soul...

1 June 2006

The Philippines: School Memories

The blogger at the citizen on mars is looking forward to his son entering elementary school. This also reminds him of a memorable incident from his school days.

1 June 2006

Malaysia: Police Arrogance

Jeff Ooi in Malaysia has the latest on the IPCMC (Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission) issue. The IPCMC idea was proposed by the Royal Commission on the Police Force...

1 June 2006

Belarus: Young Activists on Hunger Strike

More young Belarusian activists are hunger-striking now, TOL's Belarus Blog reports: “Twenty-two activists of the unregistered youth group Young Front are carrying out hunger strike to protest the harassment and...

1 June 2006

Poland: Poles on Fascist Black List

The beatroot comments on the Polish component of an international fascist organization's black list posted online: “Krakow’s students, feminists, gays and academics have been put on the internet “black list”...

1 June 2006

Pornography Fear Sparks Cambodia 3G Ban

The fear of pornography spreading through video-capable mobile phone prompted the wives of government officials to petition the government to formally ban the new 3G technology. The planned 3G network...

1 June 2006

Peru: Elections Coverage

Living in Peru is collecting excerpts from foreign press stories on this weekend's election. Meanwhile, both Peru Election 2006 [ES] and Gran Combo Club [ES] comment on Vladimiro Montesino's latest...

1 June 2006

Nigeria: Heritage Park Abuja

Ethnic Loft reports on a theme park on 15,000 arces of land just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja…Heritage City otherwise known as the African Kingdoms and Empires Theme Parks and Resorts...

1 June 2006