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25 July 2006

Stories from 25 July 2006

China: public servant pay-scale

Sun Bin discusses about public servant's pay scale: “Instead of arguing against the raise, I would rather argue for a mechanism of firing incompetent staff...”

Written by Oiwan Lam
26 July 2006

Taiwan: student in hunger strike

A student Li Wen-zhen has been sitting at CKS memorial Hall for more than a month to protest against Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian's suspected corruption. Six days ago, he started...

Written by Oiwan Lam
26 July 2006

China: national security

ESWN translates a post written by Zeng Jinyan (zh) about civic rights activist ‘Knight Errant’ Peng's experience in dealing with national security people.

Written by Oiwan Lam
26 July 2006

Korea: blood donation

Ohmynews‘ Citizen reporter Saenam Kim reports about Korean's attitude towards blood donation and its blood donation certificate system.

Written by Oiwan Lam
26 July 2006

South Korea: korean farmer family

Song Sung-young, a korean farmer and a citizen reporter of Ohmynews hosted his newly met french friends in his house. He has some vivid descriptions of how Childish English vs....

Written by Oiwan Lam
26 July 2006

South Korea: remodel broken house

Days in Daechuri shows a series of pictures on how young people are remodelling the broken house in Daechuri: “Korean government said they are planning to drive all of the...

Written by Oiwan Lam
26 July 2006

Armenia: Open Source

Nessuna reports that the opening of Microsoft's representative office and the passage of a new copyright law may encourage the adoption of open source software by Armenian companies.

Written by Nathan Hamm
26 July 2006

Georgia: Reforms

Vasili Rukhadze details the fight for governmental reforms and against corruption of the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Written by Nathan Hamm
26 July 2006

Global Food Blog Report #25

#1: From Malaysia, Tham Jiak on Tastes of YesterLife: If one's life can be determine by food preferences, I believe that I might be an Indian in my past life....

Written by Melissa De León
26 July 2006

Nigeria: Fear of science

Of all the science-related fears Chippla has encountered, none seems greater than the fear of mathematics, he writes, among other musings on the discovery of the cause of malaria and...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
25 July 2006

Appeal for Ethiopians in Lebanon

Ethiopian Politics is in the processes of contacting the Red Cross, Amnesty International and UNHCR regarding the problem of Ethiopian nationals trapped in Lebanon. “We ask all concerned Ethiopians to...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
25 July 2006

Africans in Lebanon

Black Looks reports that an estimated 20,000 Ethiopians as well as Nigerians, Ghanaians, Sudanese and Somalis working in Lebanon, many of whom were trafficked there, are being “left to fend...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
25 July 2006

Zimbabwe: End in sight?

Are we there yet? asks Eddie Cross, guest-blogging for Zimpundit, and wondering if Zimbabwe really is about to see the end of the Mugabe regime.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
25 July 2006

African women: Call for poetry

African Women Blogs posts a call for poetry from Agenda magazine, 21 years after the Nairobi (Women's) Conference. “Contributions should reflect the contradictions, complexities, challenges and successes for African women...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
25 July 2006

Sierra Leone: Economist's tale

R.E. Ekosso reviews, and even approves of, The Economist's Tale, written by World Bank consultant Peter Griffiths after a recent research trip to Sierra Leone. “This book”, says Griffiths in...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
25 July 2006

India: Bhopal Tragedy

Bhopal Blog posts on a victory for those who have been campaigning on the issue of the Bhopal tragedy. “You: the unyielding anger of compassionate people the world over, burying...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
25 July 2006

Pakistan: Women and Life

Shirazi on women in Pakistan – choices that are to be made when it comes to career and family, and the lack of support for women who want to test...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
25 July 2006

India: The Corporation

Dispatches from Zembla reviews a Canadian documentary, The Corporation – reflecting on trends in business, the market and everything else.

Written by Neha Viswanathan
25 July 2006

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