Stories from 10 November 2006
Nigeria: Nigerian fashion designers
Bella Naija writes about the October 2006 Edition of True Love West Africa, which features top Nigerian designers and their muses.
Nigeria: remembering Ken Saro Wiwa
Ken Saro Wiwa is remembered today: “It is important to note that the militancy that is taking place in the Niger Delta today has evolved out of the original non-violent struggle begun by Ken Saro Wiwa and the Ogoni people in 1990 and the failure of successive Nigerian regimes together...
Flood in Burkina Faso, Power supply in Ghana and an Idyllic Transfer of Power Turned Sour
Under the acacias blogs about a recent flood in Burkina Faso – Update on Gorom-Gorom flood and emergency aid: The Broken Dam I went to see the dam on Wednesday. It is about 1km long, mostly built of stone and mud, with a cement spillway in the centre. It is...
Iran:Election in USA and Iran
Hanif Mazroi says US President understood the message of voters and replaced Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld by Gates. The blogger adds now compare USA with Iran where even legal political parties have a lot of difficulties to be present in election [Fa].
Iran:Remember Kianoosh Sanjari,jailed blogger
Tarnevesht reminds us that Kianoosh Sanjari,23 years old blogger is still in jail and his life can be in danger [Fa].
China: Why speaking for minority?
Li Yin he explains that a turely harmonious society needs to protect minority's rights (zh).
North Korea: migrant labour
R. Elgin in Marmot's Hole discusses about the North Korean migrant labour conditions in Czech, who are producing luxurious car to support the North Korea's economy.
Japan: letter to youtube
Adamu wrote a letter to youtube hoping that the company can remove sexy videos of 12-year-old Japanese actress Saaya Irie.
Japan: birthrate
Alexpappas in Japundit discusses about the situation of falling birthrate in Japan, a simple solution is to open up immigration.
Hong Kong: cantonese soundbite
Alex was surprised by both the Hong Kong reporter and Margaret Chan, the newly elected WHO Director-General's performance in the official press conference (zh): a Hong Kong reporter insisted to repeat an earlier (English) question and asked Chan to reply in Cantonese in order to get a “soundbite” eventhough the...
Laos: Guess What this Eggplant Preparation is
Stickyrice encounter Lao women burning and pounding the blackened eggplants into a strange preparation. The blogger is asking the readers to guess what the preparation might be.
North Korea: Rock for peace
A concert “Rock for peace” will take place in Pyongyang March, 2007. Richardson in DPRK is skeptical about the concert.