11 September 2006

Stories from 11 September 2006

Israel: HATRED … 5 YEARS LATER

  11 September 2006

What are the roots of such intense hatred that the slaughter of thousands of innocent people was the result? … The United States has done things over the past decades to make many a nation look at them with suspicion, even hatred. The documented crimes against the people of the...

Ecuador Chooses

  11 September 2006

It has been a year of controversial and closely-contested elections throughout Latin America. As electoral observers take a restful sigh following the delayed conclusion of Felipe Calderón's controversial victory in Mexico, it is already time to look ahead to Brazil, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Ecuador; all set to head to the...

Caribbean, USA: West Indian Day Parade

  11 September 2006

Will, a Dutch student newly arrived at New York's Columbia University, takes in last Monday's West Indian Day Parade: “A giant Caribbean parade which takes place in Brooklyn on the Labour Day Holiday . . . . The first part of it was made use of by American politicians (Congressional...

Guyana: Old-look cabinet

  11 September 2006

MediaCritic receives news of the cabinet appointments made by the newly re-elected government in Guyana, and concludes that the nation has been duped.

Barbados: Last bastion of male influence?

  11 September 2006

A Barbadian community leader asserts that there's no place for girls in the Boy Scout movement, as “there must be organisations within our society that maintain a male influence.” “Here we going again with the usual ‘Bajan women are taking over blablabla’,” says eemanee, “How many times must it be...

Iran:Referendum and Nuclear Energy

  11 September 2006

Ali Mazroi, reformist politician and former deputy in Parliament says it is better to organize a referendum to know if people want this nuclear energy or not. He says personally he does not consider nuclear energy as our absolute right and he thinks nuclear weapon won’t be, in general, in...

Iran:Commercials and Women

  11 September 2006

Pouya says in USA-based Iranian channels, commercials about food products represent women in kitchen trying to serve husband, family and guests when these commercials’ targeted audiences are Iranian, Arabic or Armenian. The blogger says same commercials from same company represent women as active professional people when they target American audience...

Iran:Iranians in Lebanon Get no Money!

  11 September 2006

Kaariz said Iranians who lost their houses in Lebanon can not get any money from Hezbollah or Iranian government [Fa]. The blogger said he knows some people who get up to 18000 dollars from Hezbollah and now try to get 40,000 dollars from Lebanese government. Iranian in Lebanon got nothing....

Cuba: Non-Aligned in Havana

  11 September 2006

Luis M. Garcia posts a photo of certain Cuban officials taken on the eve of the Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Cuba and wonders how much one should read into it.

Lebanon: Field Trips, Wardrobe Personification and Poetry

  11 September 2006

Have you wondered why most women like shoes? Or can blogging be life threatening? Then read on and see what answers the Lebanese Blogosphere has. This week’s blogs have topics that are as serious as a threat to a fellow blogger for his political cartoons and as light hearted as...

Senegal: Wade's Secrets

  11 September 2006

Seckasystemeperso isn't sure (Fr) whether integrity or a desire to settle scores are motivating former President Wade ally Abdoulaye Bathily's recent public outbursts but rejoices nonetheless in the man's recent revelations of Wade's alleged “secrets and governance scams”. He points to a Le Quotidien article on the issue. (No permalink...

China: managing foreign newswires

  11 September 2006

Xinhua released regulations regarding limitations on cooperation between Chinese media and foreign newswires yesterday (September 10). ESWN has translated some mainstream reports. China media project has summarized some blog comments on the issue.

China: teacher's death

  11 September 2006

ESWN translates various reports on the mysterious death of a teacher, Dai Haijing, in Zhejiang, which resulted in a series of demonstrations demanding the police to carry out proper investigation.

Taiwan: campaign against president Chen

  11 September 2006

The campaign against the Taiwan president Chen Shiu-Bien started on last Saturday, 9 of September. Whether to support Bien or depose Bien, that’s the question for many Taiwanese bloggers: Hung Wing tries to answer the question : 為什麼要倒扁, 是因為不希望國家再繼續空轉兩年, 每一個新的政策都需要時間來蘊釀推行, 我們的時間是很寶貴的… 為什麼要挺扁, 老實說我還真的想不到有任何的理由, 除了它是本土政權的代表, so what? 陳水扁他給自己訂了三大計劃,包括以台灣名義申請加入聯合國、推動台灣新憲法以及要求國民黨將黨產歸還給國家人民 不過看來看去,還是沒有經濟議題,或是有關民生的政策, 唉~ 所以把其放在天平的兩端…嗯~該偏向那邊就很明顯了,...