Stories from 13 November 2006
Nigeria: Yoruba keyboard
The Yoruba keyboard: a photo posted by Naija blog.
Sudan: relief agency pulls out
The Norwegian Refugee Council pulls out of Darfur: One can always hope for the best, but I very much doubt that the NRC will be the last organization to quit...
D.R. of Congo: sign painters
What do you do if you want a public sign for your business in Kinshasa?, “For the most part, here in Kinshasa, if you want a sign advertising what you...
Cameroon: state of democracy
An interview with Mwalimu George Ngwane on the state of democracy in Cameroon.
Cambodia: Somaly Mam awarded Women of the Year by Glamour magazine
Somaly Mam works hard. She works hard to cope with her past. In her childhood, she experienced rape, torture, and violence. With her husband Pierre Legros, she founded the AFESIP...
Voices from South Asia
Bangladesh: Asif of Unheard Voices: Drishtipat Group Blog analyzes the current political situation in Bangladesh and urges all the Bangladeshis to take a non-partisan moral stand to get out of...
China: Chinese wikipedia fully unblocked?
Andrew lih has the latest update on the Chinese wikipedia accessibility in Mainland China: According to many folks around China, the Chinese Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) seems to be widely accessible in...
Hong Kong: honorable doctorate for former CE
inmediahk.net has a citizen report (zh with photos) on the student protest against the University of Science and Technology for giving out honorable doctorate for former Chief Executive Tung Chee...
Taiwan: terrorist blogger
ESWN translates some reports and posts about a blogger in Taiwan who blogged about various ways to depose President Chen Shui Bian. The blogger is now investigated by the Criminal...
China: fabricating news business
ESWN translates an investigative report from Youth Weekend about a gang who sold tabloid newspapers in the Beijing subway and train stations with fabricated sensationalistic news headlines such as Andy...
Japan: police can't marry non-Japanese?
Debito repasted another blog post from a German girl who has a Japanese policeman boyfriend: Policemen in Japan have to report their girlfriends when they become serious about their partnership....
China: sexual service nanny
Kai blogs about a new service emerging in China: nanny for single middle age or old men. It costs about 2000 yuan per month and most of the nannies come...
China: PR on Fujian-like virus
The image thief commented on the PR strategy of Chinese government in denoucning the research concerning the discovery of a new avian flu virus: This is exactly the kind of...
China: defamation suit against blog host
Chinese Law Prof Blog commented on a court case about a journalism professor's defamation suit against blog host for not taking down insulting comments about him posted by a student.
China: one dog
Angry Chinese blogger has an interesting and thoughtful post on One Party, One China, One Child and One Dog policy.
DRC: Opposition Reaction to Early Runoff Speculation
UDPS Liege, the Belgium-based blog of opposition party UDPS posted a press relase in reaction to early speculation that Joseph Kabila (a.k.a Hyppolite Kanambe) may have won the October runoff...
