16 November 2006

Stories from 16 November 2006

Jamaica:”Borat” and the thin line

For the Jamaican blogger BassChocolate, watching — and laughing at — the film Borat raises some conflicting issues: “Many Jamaicans are offended with Americans portray us as Weed Orgy Central....

17 November 2006

Kazakhstan: Western Trading

Ben Paarmann reports on the drive of some Kazakh companies to Western stock exchanges and some of the positive benefits this will usher in.

17 November 2006

Georgia: Slamming the CIS

Dan O'Huiginn says that Georgia's criticism of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a deescalation of its conflict with Russia rather than an escalation as has been reported by some...

17 November 2006

Latin America: History of a bolero

Puerto Rican blogger GuerillaPop unveils (ES) the true story behind the famous bolero “Bodas Negras”: “Bodas Negras (o Boda Negra, as it is also called), which touches on the subject...

17 November 2006

Bermuda: Fast ferry

The Limey questions whether the introduction of a new fast ferry in Bermuda has genuinely improved the public transportation system.

17 November 2006

China: state secrets

The definition of state secrets is so vague in China. Absurbfool tries to dig out some on web.

17 November 2006

Japan: paper plane

JP on Japundit blogs a recent world record set up by elementary school students in Hiroshima: creating the world’s largest paper airplane and flying it.

17 November 2006

Japan and China: oil dispute

Citizen reporter, Hisane Masaki, at Ohmynews has an article on the development of oil dispute between Japan and China in East China Sea.

17 November 2006

South Korea: labour movement history

Jamie at interlocals.net has written an article on the recent massive labour strike with a video explaining the labour condition of South Korea from the labour union perspective in the...

17 November 2006