Stories from 9 October 2006
Latvia: The Election and Minority Voters
All About Latvia writes about election results and Latvia's minority voters: “As if speaking to Latvia’s MEP Tatjana Zdanoka, one woman exemplified a sentiment of most minority voters, when she said ‘Tatjana, people are simply tired of fighting and barricades. Long time ago, we all learned to speak Latvian and...
Russia: Violence Filmed by Perpetrators
English Russia re-posts a video from a Russian Nazi site – their “most non violent video”: “We at englishrussia.com are against violence, so we would not put such violent videos here. This is just a light version in order to give the readers an example of what’s going on in...
Chile: What Language Does the Internet Speak?
Writing from Santiago, Rosario Lizana cites a recent study by the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, which found that 45% of all web pages on the internet are written in English while only 4.6% are written in Spanish. The reports suggests the creation of an governmental “Agency of Linguistic Coordination” to...
Colombia: Naked Reflections
Naked Reflections [ES] is a Colombian weblog that deals with a lot more than just skin. blogsColombia describes [ES] the Medellín based project as “a subtle blog, feminine and with all the candor of a complex and sensitive woman. An unequalled hostess, Lully takes her audience for a journey across...
Peru: Bloggers Reunion in Trujillo
Peruvian bloggers based in Lima are constantly getting together to extend their online interactions offline. Now bloggers based in northern Peru get their chance. Fredy Zegarra describes the Trujillo “Bloggers Reunion of the North [ES]” to take place on October 28.
India: IIPM and a year on
A year on after the infamous IIPM controversy in the Indian Blogosphere, Gaurav Sabnis reflects on his actions then, the support of other bloggers and blogging. “Bloggers can not topple governments, change policy and end world hunger. But what they can do is remove asymmetry of information. And this is...
Pakistan: Men and Women
Metroblogging Islamabad on the exclusive skills sets of girls and boys. “What creates problem is the differentiation; between both male and female .As in our society women still face great discrimination not only in business world but also in every walk of life.”
India: The veil and the nation
The controversy surroundin Straw's comment on the veil worn by Muslim women has Dateline Bombay wondering – “My sense is that more and more countries are going to question their policies of free-for-all immigration and assimilation, often driven by economic necessity, on social grounds.”
Nepal: Language Politics and English
Say Na Something.. on speaking English and why it's important. An interesting discussion in the comments space.
Nepal: Maoists and the talks
Blogdai doesn't have very high expectations from the round of talks in Nepal. “blogdai says it here: The Maoists will walk away from these talks with everything they need– and fully armed. “
Iraq: Iraqi Kurdistan Book Drive
Pearls of Iraq announces the details of an English language children's book drive for the Kurdish children in Sulaimaniya, Northern Iraq/Southern Kurdistan. This book drive is sponsered in part by Kurdistan Save the Children and the University of Sulaimaniya.
Nigeria: culture of corruption
Naija Blog writes about the culture of corruption in Nigeria: “There was an interesting passage by one of the better This Day journalists, Simon Kolawole, in This Day yesterday (on the back page). He goes to the nub of the problem of corruption in Nigeria by showing how it is...
Debate about the Male Black Body
A thought provoking conversation between Eshuneutics and Naijablog about the Male Black Body.
Cayman Islands: Cruising for bruising
In the caption to this photo, Flickr user George Chang touches upon one of the dilemmas facing small tourist economies: There are 6 cruise ships that you can see in this picture. They are anchored off of George Town in Grand Cayman, BWI [196 km²]. These ships actually do a...
Cuba: Havana images
Angel D has a lovely Flickr photoset of images of Havana, Cuba.
Trinidad & Tobago: On Jack Straw
Trinidad blogger Jeremy Taylor weighs in on the Jack Straw affair: “Jack starts to sweat. He tries hard to be liberal and tolerant, poor fellow. On the other hand, he was the man who with Tony Blair helped to plan and execute Britain's role in the disastrous Iraqi war. And...
Trinidad & Tobago: More long weekends
Hassan Voyeau has a proposal for Trinidad and Tobago: “All holidays should be changed to fall on the closest Monday or Friday thus always creating a long weekend thus maximising the usefulness of a holiday.”
Congo-Brazzaville: Should a Colonizer Be Honored Like a Founding Father?
For me, this De Brazza business is like someone telling you: “We got the crap beaten out of us, but at least De Brazza put on some vaseline while the others let our wounds dry. So let's give thanks to De Brazza.” (Fr) – From a reader at Mwinda.org This...
Bangladesh blog buzz
The latest happenings in Bangladeshi blogs around the world: * Politics: A recent study published in the Daily Star depicts that there are 53% undecided voters making the prediction of the coming 2007 election very uncertain. Nazim Farhan Chowdhury of Conversations with an Optimist says this is because the voters...
South Korea: labour relation road map
Jamie has an update on the recent labour conflicts and relation: a road map is drawn by the government concerning the relation between business, government and labour, which is considered as a setback on labour conditions.