Stories from 14 July 2006
Barbados, USA: Who received the $$?
A Barbados-born, New York-based lawyer indicted for stealing a large sum of money from clients, has said that he gave a portion of the funds to relatives and friends in the US and Barbados. Barbados Free Press wonders “who in Barbados received the stolen money”.
Caribbean: Stanford 20/20
Jeremy Taylor at the Caribbean Beat weblog notes the début of the Stanford 20/20 in Antigua, the “fastest and whackiest form of the game [of cricket] yet,” adding that “the purists will no doubt gnash their teeth, as they did when one-day matches were begun in 1963 and when Packer...
Jamaica: Hypersexuality
At The Pan Collective, Mikaila writes about the “hypersexuality” of Jamaica.
Arabisc: The Blazing Middle East
Third day after the beginning of the never ending Middle East conflict; Israel/Lebanon war, the Arabic blogsphere speaks. Ranging between anger, celebration, condemnation and support, on both sides of the conflict, the bloggers views vary depends where they come from. Some sound extreme, others sound objective and reasonable, but all...
Belarus: Opposition Leader Kozulin Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years
Belarusian opposition leader Aleksandr Kozulin has been sentenced to five and a half years in jail for organizing protests in Minsk following the March presidential election. Vilhelm Konnander writes that “the now sentenced Kozulin remains somewhat of an enigma to most analysts.” Iryna of Belarus Blog posts Kozulin's final statement,...
Russia: Chechen Views on Basayev's Death Translated
David McDuff of A Step At A Time translates a Prague Watchdog report on how ordinary Grozny residents react to the news of Shamil Basayev's death: “It is possible that those who believe that the guerrilla movement is now broken are slightly more numerous than those who are certain that...
Russia: Basayev Might Have Been Killed by Daghestani Terrorists
Sean's Russia Blog continues to follow the story of Shamil Basayev's death and discusses a new theory of what caused it: “[…] Basyaev’s death was possibly carried out by the Dagestani terrorist group Shariat. The theory is based on the fact that forensics now believes that a bomb was indeed...
Ukraine: “But You Never Know”
LEvko of Foreign Notes writes about three different ways in which, according to experts, the situation in Ukraine may develop. “But you never know” seems to be the key phrase now, however.
Albania: Opposition Protest Rally
Alwyn Thomson of Our Man In Tirana reports on a recent protest rally that took place in the Albanian capital on the initiative of the opposition parties: “Whatever the points in dispute between government and opposition, however well -or badly – both are handling those disputes, it is worth remembering...
Russia: Papa John's Pizza vs Russian Police
Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog posts pictures of a Russian take on Papa John's Pizza Delivery's “guerilla marketing trick.”
