Stories from 6 June 2006
Global Food Blog Report # 20
We keep a database of delicious food blogs from all over the world, and make sure to follow their creations and stories every week. Being the blogoholic I am, I spend endless hours searching and blog-hopping trying to find new and interesting blogs to feature. We love to learn about...
Philippines: Sex in Advertising
The blogger at Touched by an Angel finds a local telecom company's billboard not only irrelevant for the product it is supposed to promote but also distasteful. She wonders why the authorities allow such advertising.
Japan: HIV situation worsening
“Japan has an AIDS problem that is not getting the attention it deserves,” writes Japundit‘s JP, with a post looking at recent HIV infection statistics. “One expert says,” blogs JP, “that the number of people who actually have AIDS is four to five times the level being officially reported.”
North Korea: 150,000 political prisoners
Are there over 150,000 political prisoners in North Korea? Are You NKay? blogger kyochan says so: “It's numbers like these that scare people away from helping. But I've emphasized many times, that is no excuse to be a bystander to tragedy. Understand that even if only one person is saved,...
China: Microsoft attacks piracy
Has Microsoft started playing hardball in the fight against software piracy in China? China Herald correspondent-blogger Fons Tuinstra's post ‘Microsoft might kill millions of PCs‘ blogs some serious new developments: “Panic is hitting Chinese users of Microsoft's Windows. I just received a message from people in China who claim that...
North Korea: Aid monies diverted
In response to news that North Koreans are still starving to death, The Korea Liberator‘s Joshua looks in ‘Stolen from the Bellies of the Starving‘ at where the aid money might be going and rests his gaze on the North Korean navy. “That's 18 submarines in 2 years. During those...
China: Duihua foundation
Celia at China Activist Weekly attended a speech by Duihua Foundation founder John Kamm last week. Aside from summing up his message, Celia gives some background to the man, his work, and why it has been so effective: “First of all, who is John Kamm? He is the former president...
Ukraine: Kyiv's Mayor Gives Up His Paycheck
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes writes about Kyiv's new controversial mayor and his populist move to give up “his mayor’s paycheck for it to be used to buy apartments for Kiev citizens who don’t have them”: “That’s a nice gesture though it will probably not amount to much given...
Ukraine: “Dozens” Protest NATO in Crimea
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes writes about last week's coverage of “dozens” of anti-NATO protesters in Crimea.
Ukraine: Russia's Claims to Crimea
LEvko of Foreign Notes looks into the situation with Russia's claims to Crimea.
Russia: Golden Ring Hotel and Sergiev Posad
Nancy Case of Case In Point writes of her escape from the “gilded cage” (Moscow's Golden Ring Hotel) – and into a 14th-century monastery (Sergiev Posad).
Serbia & Montenegro: Beer “Jelen” Wins Silver Medal
Viktor of Belgrade Blog writes that Serbian “Jelen” beer almost won in the German “Stern” magazine's blind test – it came in second: “[…] officially our last good score at a competition as Serbien und Montenegro :) […]”
This week in Israel: what goin’ on?
Well, it seems that not a lot of note is going on in Israel these days. That, at least, appears to be the tacit consensus of the Israeli blogosphere. In the absence of major events like elections, suicide bombings and important holidays, local bloggers are turning to more prosaic issues....
Iran: Not Just For Sex!
In Sargashte, a lesbian Iranian, writes that many people think homosexuals only want to satisfy their sexual desires. Blogger adds homosexuals & lesbians like heterosexuals are after a love relationship. She says recently in a magazine she found out about 10to 12 percent of a population can be considered as...
Iran: A Suspicious Site, Global Voices!
Amshspand says he has discovered a suspicious site ( Global Voices) which is supported by a big university in the USA. Blogger writes this site is updated very fast and following important things in details (Persian). He adds these are reasons that this site is suspicious.
Malaysia: Professor Doctor
Ktemok explains why some Malaysian professors use the longish title of Professor Doctor before their names.
Afghan Whispers: Crash & Riots
According to media about one week ago violent anti-foreigner protests raged across the capital Monday after a U.S. military truck crashed into traffic. Let's see what Afghan bloggers have to say about this event. What Happened & Why Afghan Warrior shares his point of view with us: “Most Afghans complain...
Philippines: Learning from Chilean Student Protests
Blogging Bugs reads an Global Voices post about Chilean students coordinating their protests using social web tools and asks students in Philippines who are facing similar problems to follow the Chilean example.
East Timor: Time to Return
The blogger at Dili-gence cautions people thinking of returning to strife torn East Timor to think again. It really is a mixed bag. There is no one answer, but I would suggest that anyone thinking that they can just come to “help” to think again. Right now, one more spare...
Global Voices, Caribbean Accents: report on Caribbean blogging roundtable
THE CARIBBEAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION (CSA), one of the major assemblies of scholars of the history, culture, and society of the Caribbean region, held its annual conference in Port of Spain, Trinidad, last week, with the theme “The Caribbean in the Age of Modernity: the Role of the Academy in Responding...