17 September 2006

Stories from 17 September 2006

Japan:Canon history

Mutantfrog blogs about the history of Canon and the role of its American consultant, William R. Gorham, who became a naturalized Japanese citizen shortly before WWII.

18 September 2006

Korea: history of foreign visits

Gusts of popular feeling has two detailed posts with historical photos about the history of foreign visits to Chosun. The first visit record is 1582. The first western missionaries, two...

18 September 2006

A newly launched web site called trinivote.com and bearing the tag line “Elections May Be Sprung Upon US…Do You Know Where Your Vote Is Going”, is a typically Trinidadian mixture...

17 September 2006

Aruba: Political tidbits

ArubaGirl brings us up to speed on the goings-on on the political scene in Aruba, whose citizens will now be allowed to vote in European parliamentary elections, and some of...

17 September 2006

Nigeria's presidency 2007

The candidacy for Nigeria's presidency 2007 is a hot topic in the Africa's most populous nation. Nigerian Politics writes, “Ambassador Babagana Kingibe’s declaration to vie for the presidential ticket of...

17 September 2006

Pope, prophet, and violence

Following the controversy resulting from a speech delivered by Pope Benedict XVI, Chipla asks, “Why is the Prophet Mohammed above public intellectual debate anywhere in the world. Why are Muslims...

17 September 2006

Kenyan military secrets revealed

A Kenyan blogger's reaction to a new published biography of General Lazarus Sumbeiywo, who was the chief negotiator of the Sudan peace process, “It is rapidly emerging that the new...

17 September 2006

Thailand: Bombings in the South

Bangkok Pundit has the updates on the bombs that went of off in Hat Yai in Southern Thailand on Saturday night. The bombing left four people dead and several injured.

17 September 2006

Iran:Reversible Reforms

Aknoun says that he read in conservative Keyhan newspaper that male teachers won't be able to teach in girls high schools [Fa].The blogger adds during eight years of reformist government...

17 September 2006