Stories from 4 October 2006
Martinique: Aimé Césaire and Franz Fanon
Le Blog de Moi (Fr) describes the debate over after which anticolonialism thinker to name Martinique's international airport: Aimé Césaire or Franz Fanon. Fanon, although born in Martinque, is not well-known there. The balance has tipped in favor of Césaire who, still living, publically refused to meet with French Interior...
Vietnam: Visiting a remote Island
The blogger at The Final Word in Saigon visits Con Dao, an island in the South China Sea. The blogger posts pictures and some observations from the island. “If I had to pick one adjective to use for Con Dao, it would be ‘rugged’, although that may be influenced by...
China: Media literacy, meetings, Macau, memories and mooncakes
Do Chinese police see bloggers as some sort of criminal element? Blogging undisturbed nearly requires a mastermind these days, and it's getting worse. Liu Di (刘荻), aka Stainless Steel Mouse, imprisoned in late 2002 for over a year for writings she'd posted on the internet, updated her blog late last...
Malaysia: Space White Elephant
The blogger at Sensintrovert analyses a news report on Malaysian Prime Minister talking about Malaysia's space efforts. The blogger feels that there is too much hype in the media. “I am amazed of the media-hype when some ministers clicked on a mouse or had video conferencing. I guess that is...
Trinidad & Tobago: The 2007 Budget
Saucydiva offers an assessment of the budget presented today by Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, with a special emphasis on its potential effects on the upcoming Carnival season.
Laos: Fish Stuffed with Thai-Lao Herbs
Thai-Lao food blogger Manivan Larprom video blogs on how to prepare fish stuffed in Thai and Lao herb.
Brunei: Haze in South East Asia
This is the haze season in South East Asia. The cause of haze is the open burning of land by the farmers to clear it for agriculture. SaS in Brunei talks of some ideas to help reduce haze.
Jamaica: Rastafari influence
Geoffrey Philp starts a survey: How has Rastafari — and Bob Marley — influences our lives? powered by performancing firefox
Hong Kong: Minimum wage
A citizen report at inmediahk.net on a demonstration for minimun wage in Hong Kong. Demand from demonstrators are HK$30 (US$3.5) per hour. While the existing fast food resturant (KFC) rate is HK$15 per hour (zh). More background information can be found at interlocals.net, the lowest hourly wage found in the...
Africa:positive news coverage for Africa
The European Union is funding a new media initiative to give Africa positive news coverage, reports Sociolingo.
Kyrgyzstan: Political Season Starts Up
Yulia says that with summer over, the political season in Kyrgyzstan is firing back up.
The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs
The Bolivian blog community continues to grow by leaps and bounds. In addition to its own website, Blogs de Bolivia, where new blogs are added to the blogroll on an ongoing basis, there is a Yahoo! groups specifically for this community to communicate amongst themselves. Another blog project was created...
Kazakhstan: Diaspora in Turkey
Kazakhstan's diaspora in Turkey recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary there, and Özgecan of neweurasia reports on the celebration and the community's history.
Africa: Phil Collins, Keny Rogers, Madonna, and Rambo
Why is Phil Collins so loved in Senegal? Why can't you go a day in Rwanda without hearing Kenny Rogers? And why are there dozens of Madonna and Rambo stickers on every public bus in Senegal? Benn Loxo would like to know the answers.
Armenia: Trouble for Diasporans
Onnik Krikorian discusses the difficulties and discrimination many Armenian Diasporans face when living in Armenia.
Kazakhstan: Car Culture
Car culture is blossoming in Kazakhstan, as videos from Almaty at KZBlog show.
Africa:positive news coverage for Africa
The European Union is funding a new media initiative to give Africa positive news coverage, reports Sociolingo.
South Africa: interview with South African security contractor
Someamongus interviews a South African security contractor in Iraq about the situation in Iraq and his thoughts on the new South African Anti-Mercernary Bill.
DRC: UDPS of Benelux Won't Support Bemba
On their blog, the UDPS of Benelux announces they will not support Jean-Pierre Bemba, incumbent Joseph Kabila's opponent in the October run-off election, even though they are staunchly anti-Kabila.
Russia: Ramzan Turns 30
David McDuff of A Step At A Time translates an article on Ramzan Kadyrov's 30th birthday.
Russia: Relations With Georgia
A Step At A Time, The Accidental Russophile and Russia Blog discuss the ongoing Russia-Georgia crisis.
