Stories from 27 August 2006
Blogging the Week in Peru
Este artículo también está disponible es español. These past few days, apart from the appointments of new government employees, it has been President Garcia's dogged persistence in fulfilling some of his campaign promises that has been making noise in the political section of the media. Perú Político deals with the...
Iran: Iranian second- rate citizens & Lebanon
Irane Emrouz writes the Speaker of Iranian Parliament has said that Iran will construct all destroyed houses in Lebanon. The blogger adds in our country there are many second -rate citizens who are looking for their daily bread and now the authorities want to deprive them form their daily bread...
Iraq: Wearing t-shirt with Arabic script, in America, means you are a suspected terrorist
On a trip back from the Middle East, Iraqi blogger and activist Raed Jarrar was not allowed to board a flight at JFK airport because he was wearing a t-shirt that said “We will not be silent” in English and Arabic. Airport security forced him to change his t-shirt saying...
What Salvadoran bloggers are saying — anti-terrorism law
El Salvador has a legislative National Assembly where no party holds absolute sway. While the majority of deputies are from parties which will work with the President Saca's ARENA party, the FMLN continues to have sufficient votes to block much legislation. Recently, even though El Salvador has not suffered from...
African Women This Month
Literature, music and blog redesigns are three of the themes in the African women's blogosphere this month. Molara Wood and Mama's Junkyard have both redesigned their blogs. Molara has chosen to stick with blogger.com but takes on a new name, Wordsbody. Mama's Junkyard ungrades to WordPress with a new colour...
Africa: An inefficient method of allocating resources
“It does not take advanced training in economics to know that corruption is an inefficient method of allocating resources …” says BusinessinAfrica report, Paiting Africa with the corruptor's brush, cited in Africa Unchained.
Tanzania: Royalties for the first time
For the first time, Tanzania's musicians get their royalties, reports Tanzania's leading photoblogger, Issa Michuzi.
Kenya: Emillion lies
Foot-In-Mouth on “emillion lies.” Emilio is the name of Mwai Kibaki, the President of Kenya.
Zimbabwe: Something extraodinary is going to happen
Eddie Cross, the spokesperson for Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change believes that something extraodinary is going to happen in Zimbabwe to end Zanu PF's rule.