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20 November 2006

Stories from 20 November 2006

China: sex tape and corruption

A Chinese actress, Zhang Yu, showed 20 tapes to media of her having sex with famous Chinese directors and actors. DANWEI has the details. Wang Xiao feng's judgement is that...

Written by Oiwan Lam
20 November 2006

Zany who writes for The View from Fez, Morocco, posts part of a paper which highlights plans to increase the number of women candidates in Parliament. Mohammad V University law...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
20 November 2006

Lebanese Mark who lives and works in Kuwait had to fly into Dubai for urgent business. Although he didn't like his hotel, traffic and the fact that an exhibition he...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
20 November 2006

The abuse of domestic maids is on the rise in Jordan, reports Black Iris. So far 10 maids have committed suicide this year in the country which has about 38,000...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
20 November 2006

Kazakhstan: Right Hand Rights!

Leila reports on protests in Kazakhstan over the the government's decision to ban the import and sale of cars with steering wheels on the right side.

Written by Nathan Hamm
20 November 2006

In the United Arab Emirates, police first arrest men accused of sexual harrassment and then start questioning them, writes Lou Lou in her blog Renderings of Me. There is zero...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
20 November 2006

An Arab version of both YouTube and Flickr on one site, called Ikbis, is gaining popularity in the Arab world, writes Mustapha from Beirut Spring. A video of a Lebanese...

Written by Amira Al Hussaini
20 November 2006

China: apart from dog, what else?

Positive solution posts a question concerning the one dog policy in China: If you start banning dogs on the grounds that they are potentially dangerous and a public nuisance, why...

Written by Oiwan Lam
20 November 2006

China: banking regulation

Survived SARS comments upon the newly released banking regulations in China: at first glance, they appear to provide more leeway for foreign banks to compete than was originally expected…

Written by Oiwan Lam
20 November 2006

Afghanistan:Taliban's Purchasing Power

Afghan Lord says about the presence of drugs in country. The blogger quotes NewsMax site “Policemen in Afghanistan are not happy with their lives. The highest-ranking officer makes about $80...

Written by Fred Petrossian
20 November 2006

Hong Kong: from hit rates to narratives

ESWN has some reflections upon his blogging: but at some point, I ought to develop some opinion or the other after recording ten thousand data points…I believe that there is...

Written by Oiwan Lam
20 November 2006

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