Stories from 5 December 2006
Pakistan: A trip to North Pakistan
All Things Pakistan remembers a trip to North Pakistan in 1992. “For those of you who are familiar with Pakistan’s road transportation system of early 1990s, the bigger your vehicle was the later you reached your destination.”
Ukraine: Yanukovych in the U.S.
Leopolis writes about prime minister Victor Yanukovych's low-key visit to Washington, D.C.
Iran:A history behind a Pulitzer winner Photo
Kamangir writes about Iranian photographer Jahangir Razmi who took 70 pictures of an execution in Kurdistan on Aug. 27, 1979. One picture won the Pulitzer Prize.The blogger adds It was, however, awarded to an unnamed photographer – the only anonymous recipient in the 90-year history of the award.On his blog...
Iran:Requested page is Forbidden
View from Iran reports that New York Times site got filtered too. Reporters withour Borders expressed its deep concern for the future of internet in Iran where censorship is the rule.
Guyana: US$20M sought to quell flooding
Guyana Providence Stadium, which has been tracking the country's progress in preparing for the 2007 ICC World Cup Cricket Tournament, republishes an article from the Stabroek News about a possible World Bank loan to deal with Guyana's flooding problem.
Philippines: Subic Rape Verdict
Torn and Frayed in Manila looks at the Subic rape verdict in which an US Marine Lance Corporal was found guilty by a Philippines court of raping a local woman November last year.
Trinidad & Tobago: Mental Stability
An interesting snippet from Jeremy Taylor who is confused about a radio news report quoting Trinidad and Tobago's Minister of Health.
Fiji: Coup Forces Newspaper to Close
Mayvelous is writing from Fiji to report that Fijitimes has ceased publication after the new leadership ordered the newspaper to not publish any material against the new leadership. Earlier the military dismissed the government of prime minister Laisenia Qarase. “Yo Mr. Sheehy, if they don't allow to post on Fijitimes,...
Google sends new year gift to Cambodia
Google users in Cambodia were surprised to find that when they visit www.google.com, the site redirects them to www.google.com.kh domain. In early December the largest web search company launched Google Cambodia domain that provides users the possibility of finding information in Khmer, the official language of Cambodia. “Today, to my...
Ukraine, Russia: Dec. 1 AIDS Links
Links to Russia- and Ukraine-related AIDS stats and other resources at Michelle Knisley's Greetings from Kiev.
Syria: Pity Us!
“Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion. Pity the nation that wears a cloth it does not weave, eats a bread it does not harvest, and drinks a wine that flows not from its own wine-press… Pity us, Pity Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Palestine… The...
United Arab Emirates: Fashion Police
If you have spiky hair and intend to visit Dubai, read this first: “One of my friend's cousins was recently pulled aside by Dubai Police at Mall of the Emirates. He had a spiky hair style. They asked him to wash his hairstyle out, he told them that he wasn’t...
Saudi Arabia: Women Rights
About 50% of women in Saudi Arabia own cars, yet they can't drive them!
Somalia: Veild gunwomen!
Shobrawy posts a picture of veiled Somalian women in the capital, Mogadishu, taking part in a protest against a US-proposed draft UN resolution to ease an arms embargo and deploy peacekeepers. From the picture and look how these ladies hold the guns; I would be willing to bet its the...
Brazil: Sao Paulo's ICANN Board meeting has online participation website
Kieren McCarthy reports about the setting up of an online participation website for the ICANN Board meeting in Sao Paulo.
Trinidad & Tobago: Venezuelan Election Coverage
Jeremy Taylor takes aim at the mainstream media for their coverage of the Venezuelan elections: “Viewing these social divisions through the lenses of Cold War ideology (who's left and who's right, who's friends with Fidel) is not only pointless but destructive.”
Barbados: Quinn-Leandro elected President of Inter-American Commmission of Women
Today's installment of Gallimaufry‘s “16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence” highlights the election of Antigua and Barbuda's Dr. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro as President of the Inter-American Commission of Women.
Trinidad & Tobago: Bakr Freed
The Manicou Report notes that Abu Bakr (leader of the Trinidad-based Jamaat Al Muslimeen, which staged an unsuccessful coup-d'etat in 1990) has been exonerated of conspiracy to murder charges.
China: harmonious culture in media policy
China media project explains the Chinese government's promotion of harmonious culture in media policy.
China: green technology
Diligence China blogs about the development of green technology in China with regard to its potential and threat.
China: lemon duck
Hizi introduces a special dish from Nan-Ning, lemon duck, to his reader (zh).