Stories from August, 2006
Haiti: Evaluating Kevin Sites Visit
Of Kevin Sites’ recent Hot Zones coverage of Haiti, Yon Ayisyen writes (Fr): “His visit helped me realize how narrow and even possibly twisted an image he portrays of the...
Haiti: Haitian Photo Sites
From Haiti, Yon Ayisyen points to (Fr) sites of pictures of Haiti taken by Haitians.
South Korea: relation with U.S
Robert Koehler in Marmot's Hole has two posts on Korea-U.S relation regarding the withdrawal of U.S troop or the flexible military strategy in South Korea. The first one is a...
China: more on Foxconn
Bingfeng is now translating comments from present and ex-foxconn workers on the working conditions in Foxconn from the two First Financial Daily workers’ blog. According to Bingfeng, the newspapers company...
China: sexist and racist blog in Shanghai
Shang pei-jin from Shanghaiist has a detailed sum up on Chinabounder (Shanghai foreign sex blogger) issue.
Jamaica: White martyrs, Black savages
Having watched the trailer for a newly released film set in Uganda, Jamaican novelist Marlon James announces that he's sick and tired of “stories of a white man trapped in...
Cuba: Raúl Castro's first appointment
Raúl Castro appears to have made his first official appointment, writes Luis M. Garcia: “analysts and Cuban watchers will have a field day over the next few hours with these...
Serbia: Collective Guilt
Srdjan Cvijic of The TransAtlantic Assembly a translates an article by a renowned Serbian political analyst on Kosovo, the West and the feeling of collective guilt.
Serbia: Attack on Israeli
Eric Gordy of East Ethnia writes about a recent attack on an Israeli in Belgrade and the hype it caused.
Russia: End of War Anniversary
David McDuff of A Step At A Time translates an article on the tenth anniversary of the end of the First Chechen War.
Russia: Deportation of Volga Germans
J. Otto Pohl translates a decree that ordered deportation of the Volga Germans to Kazakhstan and Siberia in 1941.
Albania: Euro 2008
Our Man In Tirana writes about Albania's upcoming football battles.
Russia: The Sopranos Promotion
Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog writes about guerilla promotion of The Sopranos.
Egypt: 300 Egyptians who seek asylum in the Czech Republic
Ibn ad Dunya writes about the 300 Egyptians who seek asylum in the Czech Republic. He said: “Who can blame them for wanting to go to Europe, to leave Egypt...
Syria: Peaceful Change Forum
Ammar is calling to hold a closed forum of well-known intellectuals and dissidents with the purpose of coming up with a draft for a Syrian national pact or charter where...
Morocco: Moroccan pilots’ wives fund terror cell
Morocco has stepped up security at its airports after discovering that the wives of two pilots at national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) had been funding a radical Islamist cell,...
United Arab Emirates: Tips to navigate through Dubai Traffic Jams
Well, schools are opening, people are back from vacations, and traffic jams are all around Dubai roads and linking Emirates. If you want to get to work on time, you...
Internet in Chile: Creating New Political Actors?
Co-authored by Mary Joyce and Rosario Lizana Why has Chile, a country of only 16 million people where only 10% have internet in their homes, become a hotbed of cyberactivism?...
India: Limca Book of Blog Records
A blog to collect facts on blogging records in India at Limca Book of (Blog) Records.
Honduras: Panamax 2006 Military Exercises
Honduras News-Daily says that Honduras will be participating today in the controversial Panamax 2006 military exercises.
Sri Lanka: A National Government
A Land like no Other on the possibilities of National Government in Sri Lanka. “Party politics has spoiled this country to a level where after your race and religion, supported...
