12 September 2006

Stories from 12 September 2006

Cuba: Non-Aligned security

Luis M. Garcia wonders if the tight security around the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana is to keep intruders out — or the delegates in.

13 September 2006

Russia: Sprats, Scam, Ripping

Copydude writes about “a giant can of Baltic Sprats” sculpture soon to appear in a town near Kaliningrad; about German ads – possibly, a scam – offering “assisted resettlement package...

12 September 2006

Romania, Russia: Movies

Owlspotting writes about translating movie titles into Romanian. The Accidental Russophile gives advice on finding and watching Russian DVDs in the United States.

12 September 2006

Bulgaria: Sofia

Halfway Down the Danube compares Bulgaria's capital Sofia to Romania's capital Bucharest: “Bucharest has more cars; Sofia has better drivers.”

12 September 2006

Poland: 9/11 Memorial

The beatroot writes about the opening of a 9/11 memorial in a Polish town that saw a pogrom against Jews in 1946 – and about the effects of the 9/11...

12 September 2006

Sri Lanka: Religion and Domination

Moju on the various dichotomies between religion and the politics of domination. “however, what cannot be explained, nor justified, is the frenzied nationalist who screams for sinhala domination and also...

12 September 2006

Bangladesh: On 9/11

Or How I Learnt To Stop Worrying on the events of 9/11 – including the worry for people, the anxiety and the frenzied calls. “I later found out that both...

12 September 2006

India: Satyagraha and 9/11

While 9/11 appears to have the dominant connotation of a terror attack, Sepia Mutiny explores the other 9/11 – celebrating a hundred years of Satyagraha – or Gandhi's non violent...

12 September 2006

Bangladesh: Remembering the victims

The Bengali Fob Says… on remembering the victims of 9/11, and the consequences of the tragedy. “Another thing that annoys me about 9/11 tributes is the fact that the Americans...

12 September 2006