18 October 2006

Stories from 18 October 2006

Mexico: Pirated CD's and File Sharing Networks

  18 October 2006

Eduardo Arcos highlights a comment on his post about the return of Amprofon, Mexico's version of the RIAA, which is using scare tactics to discourage the use of P2P file sharing networks. The commenter, Alex Zvook wonders why the authorities are going after those who download music in their homes...

Panama: Should the Canal be expanded?

  18 October 2006

This weekend Panamanians will decide on the fate of their country's famous canal. As Boz writes, “most elections only directly affect one or two terms of office and can be reversed in future elections. The decision made by Panamanian voters will decide the next century of economics and politics in...

Ecuador: Feedorama Blog Aggregator

  18 October 2006

Feedorama [ES] is a new aggregator of Ecuadorean weblogs broken down into thematic “channels.” Mouseover the headlines to get a summary of what each post is about. There is also a metablog [ES].

Slovenia: Mistaken for Sweden

  18 October 2006

NHL player Anze Kopitar is Slovenian, not Swedish, writes The Glory of Carniola, correcting the media's unfortunate mistake: “Another opportunity for Slovenia to get some press, down the drain.”

Peru: Tribute to Valentín Paniagua

  18 October 2006

Former Peruvian president, Valentín Paniagua passed away early Monday morning. Juan Arellano has compiled a list of Peruvian weblogs paying tribute to Paniagua [ES] and, later, some accompanying photographs. Living in Peru has two English-language posts on Paniagua's death.

Russia: Grozny War Diaries, 1994-95

  18 October 2006

“Every wall, every gate, every street has their signs of war in Grozny.” Like hundreds of other members of the Virtual Grozny Russian-language forum, Natasha Raslambekova lived in Chechnya's capital until the war forced her to flee in the spring of 1995. This past September, nearly 12 years after the...

India: The skewed comparison

  18 October 2006

Recursive Hypocrisy links personal finance, blogging and the health of the economy. “We compare ourselves with others to measure growth. Not just a linear comparison, but a skewed one. “

India: Veils in the UK

  18 October 2006

WA comments on the issue of veils in the UK. – “If we decide integration is the way to go, how far does one integrate into the society? If I go to work in a saree, no one is going to question me, they might be surprised but it won't...

India: Women, veils and bedsheets

  18 October 2006

Annie writes on the covering of heads and bigotry. “I can understand the temptation to call for a ban, because, sometimes it seems as if that is the only way to protect women from a forced tent-ization, to divorce their clothes from their rights and duties. Yet, I would like...

India: A ‘Hindu’ terrorist

  18 October 2006

Indian Muslims reflects on why terrorists from other religions don't have labels attached to them. “Two days back LTTE suicide bombers attacked a naval base in Sri Lanka killing at least 103 and injuring another 150, a news that did not find much prominence in our mainstream media.” While it...

Sri Lanka: Peace Process

  18 October 2006

A Land like No Other on the peace process in Sri Lanka. “But, here I appreciate their effort to bring this confusion to an end, without being engaged in any sort of violent activities like they did in 1988 to oppose the merger of two provinces and the Indo Lanka...

Pakistan: NGOs

  18 October 2006

Pakistani Abysmal Ramblings on NGOs in Pakistan. “Pakistan has hundreds if not thousands of registered NGO's that have tax free status and are allowed to collect Zakat for their projects, but most of these NGO's are fronts for politicians who want to portray their dedication to the masses before elections...