Stories from 7 September 2006
Serbia: A Yugo in the US
D.R. Fairday of A Yugo in the US is blogging about stereotypical Serbs in the United States – and about himself: “*You have 17 consonants and 2 vowels in your...
Bulgaria, Romania: Right to Work in the EU
Edward Lucas, the Central and East European correspondent of The Economist, writes about the dispute over whether Romanians and Bulgarians should have the right to work in the EU: “Few...
Cuba: Grandson of Cuba's first president
Luís Afonso Assumpção interviews the grandson of Cuba's first president.
Malaysia: Cellphone video captures police excess
When the Malaysian police started accepting crime reports sent in by members of the public from their cellphones, little did they expect that their own misdemeanours would one day be...
Venezuela: to2blogs
to2blogs (todos blogs, or “all blogs”) looks like an excellent (ES) alternative (ES) to the no-longer-active Veneblogs.com (ES). The to2blogs weblog describes (ES) the project as a “vertical directory of...
Peru: The Peruvian Cuisine Explosion
Alejandro of Peru Food comments on Joan Cirillo's AP article about the explosion of Peruvian cuisine.
Colombia: Creative Commons Launch
Alvaro Ramirez calls the Colombian launch of Creative Commons “a complete success” (ES). Colombian project lead, Carolina Botero, is asking readers to help translate and subtitle (ES) the presentation of...
Bolivia: Brink of Political Disaster?
Jim Shultz asks: Is Bolivia in the midst of a national meltdown or just emitting the loud noise of political change?
Argentina: Stencils and Building Restorations
Ian Mount has a couple snapshots of “Gay-Positive Stencils in San Telmo” while Robert Wright takes a chronological look at the restoration of Argentina's Supreme Court and Casa Rosada.
Mexico: Punk rock warrior women
Liz Henry points to videos of “Punk rock warrior women from Mexico City.”
Peru: Software Freedom Day
Luis Gustavo Lira has an English-language press release on Software Freedom Day, which will take place on September 16 at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.
United Arab Emirates: Equal rights
secretdubai wonders why vaginoid homo sapiens can't have the same rights and privileges afforded to others?
Saudi Arabia: Books Censorship
See how Ahmed (you might) received his books parcel after Ministry of Information returned it from a routine censorship unit at the ministry without finding anything dangerous.
Iraq: Need to unit!
We in Iraq need no special occasions to remind us of terrorism; the front is still on fire and the daily confrontation leaves no place for doubt in our minds...
Bahrain: New Beginnings
What if you try to enter the US borders without a passport? SillyBahrainiGirl can tell you the experience.
Iran: Poverty in Sistan
Society for democracy has published several photos showing poverty in Sistan region.
Myanmar: False Modernity
Myanmar blogger Moe Moe has a question for women in her country “Burmese girls and women, honestly, do you think that just because you can wear a halter top or...
Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome
Been a while since I last reported from the Blogodrome. It was not the holiday that stopped me – it was the mountain of work after. It seems every one...
Hong Kong: privacy dispute
ESWN translates three controversial articles in defense of EasyFinder's position of refusing to apologize for pop song singer Gillian Chung backstage photographs.
China and Hong Kong: toilet stories
Simon World puts together two toilet stories, one from Beijing (bomb proof toilet) and one from Hong Kong (golden toilet).
China: positive report
Wang Xian-feng explains what is positive report: if we say “coal mine explosion in Shanxi caused 40 death” it is negative report and will have very negative effects on the...
