Stories from 17 July 2006
Indonesia: Tsunami
Crisismesh blog is reporting on the Tsunami in Indonesia caused by an eartquake in Indian Ocean. The blogger at WideImaginations feels the quake in Jakarta.
Bahamas: Theatre photos
The Ringplay Productions blog posts photos from its production of the Bahamian play “You Can Lead a Horse to Water”.
Burkina Faso: No Big Macs
“Blessed are the poor,” writes missionary blogger Keith at Under the Acacias, “for they shall not have a Big Mac.”
Kenya: Stockbroking licenses
Bankelele examines whether or not the granting of more stockbroking licenses by the Kenyan government will simply mean a license to print money for the country's banks.
Mideast conflict: Reaction
Former Rwanda-based blogger George Conard posts an e-mail from a friend currently in Beirut, which points out the gaps in one MSM organization's handling of events there.
African Migrants: EU conference
And Githush also writes about why the EU – Africa immigration conference offers lessons useful to the immigration debate in the United States.
Mideast: Reactions
London-based Soul on Ice and U.S.-based Githush share two markedly different reactions to the continuing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
This Week In Palestinian Blogs: The Vocabulary of War
The word ‘peace’ has never seemed further from the recent realities that have gripped the region. Instead, the word ‘conflict’ seems to dominate the undertones of every blogger who’s been keeping track of the developments in Palestine; and even ‘conflict’ feels like a euphemism these days. Fayyad at Kabobfest looks...
