12 December 2006

Stories from 12 December 2006

East Timor: Native Ceremony

Dili-gence gives us a glimple into a native ceremony in East Timor. “One part of the ceremony involved the symbolic killing of a pig. Probably in deference to the large...

13 December 2006

DRC, France: Dear Pascal Sevran

In response to comments about Africa, Africans, African penis size and its relationship to famine on the continent made by French TV personality Pascal Sevran in a recent book, Congolese-origined...

13 December 2006

India: Free drugs for the HIV positive

myHimachal on steps taken by the government in Himachal Pradesh to combat HIV/ AIDS. “The Himachal Pradesh Government would be providing free medicine to the HIV affected people, besides reimbursing...

13 December 2006

India: Suicides in Kerala

“Dog's Own Country?” on the high suicide rate in Kerala. “It is a sad fact that Kerala has the highest suicide rate in India. A friend of mine once speculated...

13 December 2006

Pakistan: Morality and Students

Metroblogging Lahore on Pakistani students caught cheating. “Last week, a friend of mine sent me this email about an embarrassing situation in Swedish universities where the number of Pakistani students...

13 December 2006

Bangladesh: Going to RIS

A bengali in TO is rather tongue-in-cheek about suggestions for those going to an event for Muslims called Reviving the Islamic Spirit. “Some women will be without hijab. Such women...

13 December 2006

South Korea:

Robert Koehler at Marmot's Hole blogs about the National Human Rights Commission's decision on not to look into human rights abuses occurring in North Korea.

12 December 2006

Anguilla: New Anti-Corruption Blog

Anguilla has a new blog dedicated to speaking out against corruption and Adam applauds the effort, saying, “It's challenging to engage in conversations about changing public life when you're on...

12 December 2006