Stories from 20 June 2006
Mongolia: Taylor's Escort
…yuu bna? has a short update on the activities of Mongolia's peacekeepers in Sierra Leone.
Tajikistan: Social Obligations
Elizabeth writes on mosque, pod'yezd, and social obligations in Tajikistan.
Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan: Cars as Indicators
neweurasia writes on cars as social, political, and economic indicators in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Martinique: Joseph Zobel, Author of Sugar Cane Alley, Dies
Le Blog de [Moi] announces (Fr): “Martiniquan writer Joseph Zobel, author of the novel Rue Cases-Negres [a.k.a Sugar Cane Alley or Black Shack Alley in English] (brought to the big...
World Cup Cultural Treasures from the Lusosphere
All three Lusophone countries, Angola, Brazil and Portugal, are still in the contest for the World Cup. As anyone could guess, there is little chance of finding any relevant blogging...
Egypt: Alaa Released, Finally
Good News! Alaa's wife, Manal, reports that her husband was finally released. He will be back home tomorrow morning or maximum by Thursday. Congratulations Alaa!
Egypt: Mary Western
Freedom for Egyptians explains why Egyptian females should marry a Western not an Egyptian guy.
Bahrain: Bahrain terror cell?
Silly Bahraini Girl comment on the new book, which just published links the so-called Bahrain terror cell to a plot to attack New York's subways with poison gas.
Lebanon: Lebanon Denies Approving Gay Group
QArab report that the Lebanon's acting Interior Minister denied charges by conservative Muslim clerics that the government had approved a gay rights group as well as nudist beaches at two...
Lesotho: Why Africa is so poor
Sotho has an excellent post on “Why Africa is so Poor“……………..”Africa is waking up, however, and I hope it does so in my lifetime. The present state of affairs has...
Kenya: Soccer Chain
White African points to “the soccer's longest video chain” which is part of a soccer social network
Somaliland: Unitary Government
The Voice of Somaliland Diaspora-Ottawa posts on the case for a Unitary Government By “Mrs. Edna Adan Ismail, Mnister Of Foreign Affairs Republic Of Somaliland”
Sudan: Increasing the gap between rich and poor
Sudanese Thinker comments on a new business development in “The Mogran of Khartoum” which will further increase the gap between the rich and the poor…..”This crappy damn project is made...
Cameroon: Lagging in Science
Scribbles from the den comments that Cameroon is one of the world's World’s Scientifically Lagging Countries – Alongside Chad and Fiji…..”Caught up with daily survival, people in these societies do...
Ghana: Football fever
Ramblings of an African Geek gets on with his Ghana fever as all of Africa rejoices at their latest win.
Iran: New Cops
View from Iran says there are a lot of different kinds of police in Iran. The blogger writes we had heard about Iran’s new motorcycle cops: a band of tough-looking,...
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
The most talked about topic in the Tunisian blogosphere this past week is obviously the Tunisian team's dissapointing performance at the World Cup in Germany after their draw with Saudi...
Kenya: People made homeless
Squatter City points to a report from Kenya where thousands have been made homeless after being evicted.
Ghana: How to make headphones
African Gadget shows how to make a pair of headphones from scratch – via the Takoradi Institute in Ghana
Ukraine: “The Cars” With Ukrainian Voiceover; Local TV
LJ user didaio of Dnipropetrovsk writes about two recent viewing experiences: one good, another bad. The good one was The Cars with the long-awaited voiceover in Ukraine's national language –...
Jamaica: Anti-gay groups
Francis Wade notes the arrival of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship and the National Church Alliance, the first organised anti-gay groups in Jamaica, and quotes a Jamaica Observer article which states...
