Stories from 12 June 2006
Serbia: Song Praises Srebrenica Massacre
Srebrenica Genocide Blog reports on a new Serbian song praising the killing of 8,106 Bosniak males that occurred in Srebrenica in July 1995.
Serbia: Government Paper Headlines
Dictionary of the Serbian Mess posts select headlines from back issues of Sluzbeni, “a 62-year-old official gazette of the Yugoslavian (now Serbian) government.” Here's one: “Year 1991, Act 682: Regulation of Yugoslavian standards of ceramic tiles. Somehow somebody somewhere decided it was really important to standardise ceramic tiles in 1991.”
Serbia: Wedding, Part 1
Meaghan of American for Hire gets invited to the wedding of her Serbian friend's friend and reports on the first part of it, which began at the groom's house and included a pair of accordions and a handgun in the groom's bag.
Serbia: Musings on Independence
Cvijus011 of Belgrade Blog shares his feelings on the life in Serbia after Montenegro gained its independence: “My personal opinion is that we shouldn't be desparate because others don't want to share the same state with us, but we should now work even harder towards prosperity and show to the...
Yugoslavia: Historical Building
Cvijus011 of Belgrade Blog writes about a Belgrade building in which, on December 1, 1918, “the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was proclaimed that later became Yugoslavia.”
Iran: Peaceful Protest
According to Persian Architect, this afternoon, there will be a peaceful protest against anti-women's law in Tehran. The blogger gives a link to the declaration of women's rights activists concerning this protest. Several blogs and many personalities have already backed this peaceful demonstration.
Japan: The shape of state buildings
Kotaji blogger kotajihwa blogs on some interesting sights found using Google Earth to look down on Japanese and South Korean government buildings in ‘Archigraphy.’ via Kerim and Pinyin News.
China: Miss media mogul
Today on Danwei TV comes the second part of an interview with the returnee daughter of a Mao-era higher-up turned Capitalist media mogul, one of China's most successful, from Danwei‘s Anna Sophie Loewenberg, Jeremy Goldkorn and Fernando Fidanza
China: Netgame proxy players
Possibly the strongest unifying force for Chinese men under 30, fierce competition in internet-based roleplaying games has led to the development of an unusual new meta-occupation: proxy player. Translates Virtual China‘s Lyn Jeffery: “As the article explains, proxy player shops “网游代练”公司 arose to serve those who love online games but...
China: Terror alert issued
The American consulate in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou issued a warning last year of potential terrorist attacks against its citizens there. As seen on Guangzhou-based Lonnie Hodge's blog OneManBandwith, another terror alert has been released: “I think we are relatively safe,” the professor-blogger writes. “I am loathe to...
Guyana: Flooding in Lethem
Guyana Resource Centre links to a Guyana Chronicle aerial photo of last week's flooding in Lethem, in Guyana's Rupununi savannah. The report called it “the heaviest flooding there since 1989″.
China: Oil, diplomatic relations
Bingfeng Teahouse blogger is back with a post which takes a humorous look at China's approach to diplomatic relations, particularly those of which Chinese authorities take advantage.
Cuba: Super Doctors
Medicina Cubana questions the figures (ES) being quoted by the Cuban ambassador to Bolivia regarding the number of patients seen by the team of 590 Cuban doctors who arrived in Cuba in February: “The figure is really surprising: 570,0000 patients attended to since the end of February. . . With...
China: Tiger Leaping Gorge
One assumes that any scenic photos taken by Supernaut blogger Frances D'Ath are abound with serious epistemological and metatheoretical significance. “This is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been,” D'Ath says of a recent trip through China's Tiger Leaping Gorge (虎跳峡), “and I've been drawn to Yulong...
Belize: World Cup & customer service
Watching the World Cup at a resort in Belize Andy Hunt (who is himself a resort owner) notes that “the Resort owners and staff are all disappearing during the day, to be found hiding in some local bar to watch the games. I'm sure the quality of service at the...
Barbados: A little bit of editing
The Barbados Labour Party blog re-jigs a quote from Barbados Free Press to make it appear that the latter supports the BLP over the opposition. Barbados Free Press isn't having any of it.
Bahamas: The state of Eleuthera
A visit to the Bahamian island of Eleuthera inspires Lynn Sweeting to write a moving article lamenting the state of the community: “The land and the sea are as beautiful as ever, but there is no creation fire burning anywhere in the neighbourhoods. . . . “
Bahamas: Hurricane insurance
A hurricane insurance act is being drafted to help local farmers and fishermen recover from devastating storms, reports the Nassau Bahamas Vacation blog.
Aruba: June 8 protest
ArubaGirl posts a report of sorts, in point form, on the June 8 anti-government protests in Aruba, with a link to photos of the event.
La Reunion: 150th Anniversary of Agriculture Chamber
Jean-Paul of Dijoux.re posts pictures of the 150th anniversary of La Reunion's Agriculture Chamber and explains (Fr): “During the 3 days employees of this institution and its President Guy Derand welcome you to the Esplanade of Trinity with a mini-farm, some exhibits and produce tastings. Sunday [June 11] a produce...
Senegal: Baaba Maal For the Fans
Seckasysteme is in a mood for Baaba Maal's music on a sunny day and he shares (Fr) some with you.
