Stories from 3 January 2007
Russia: Sorry State of North Caucasus Journalism
Timur Aliev – LJ user timur_aliev, editor-in-chief of the print/online weekly Chechen Society (Chechenskoye Obshchestvo) and the Chechnya editor of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) – is involved in a journalism education project that takes him to various parts of the Caucasus, where he conducts seminars to...
East Timor: Traffic Lights in Dili
Dili-Gence comments on the newly installed traffic lights in Dili, the capital of East Timor. “You can drive across Dili in 15 minutes and apart from the odd traffic snarl due to either an accident, breakdown or sudden road closure, I can not recall ever thinking that traffic was a...
Fiji: Rigged Elections
FijiBuzz posts a video released by the military that features a representative of the winning party and an Australian financial backer of another party that seemingly points to the rigging of elections held in 2006.
Sri Lanka: Discrimination and Tamil Students
Moju points to a possible case of discrimination against Tamil students. “Tamil students who were denied admission to Law College staged a token hunger strike in Colombo outside the Law College on Wednesday morning at 10:00am protesting against discrimination in admission process.” There is an interesting discussion in the comments...
India: Safer Roads
Even as roads are built and infrastructure is improved, the hazards on the roads sometimes get worse as Metroblogging Chennai points out. “Ongoing traffic moves on an average speed of 40 KMPH with some times no cops to facilitate the traffic, people who want to cross the road take charge...
India: Photographs from the Mylapore Festival
Velachery Balu has photographs from the Mylapore Festival in a flickr set.
Nepal: Quarreling and Mistrust
United We Blog! on the quarrels between political sides in Nepal. “All the wrangling, quarrellings and mistrust between the Maoists and Nepal government strongly indicate that the election of constituent assembly will not be held on time i.e. by Mid July 2007.”
Venezuela: El 2006 bloguero
Qtpd.com has an incredible look back at 2006 [ES] in the world of Venezuelan blogs.
Panama: Good news to close 2006
Panamanian blogger Jorge Arango has some good news to close 2006.
Bangladesh: Pluralism in Islam
Sadiq M. Alam on instances of pluralism in Islam. “As explained by Muslim historian of the eleventh century, Al Biruni, the Sabians were believed to have been remnants of the Jewish captivity who chose to remain behind in Babylon and practiced a combined religion of Judaism and Zoroastrianism, and claimed...
Honduras: In the market for a jet?
It's not what you'd find in most lost-and-founds, but “La Gringa” says the Honduran government is finally getting ready to auction off a private jet after failing to locate its owner.
Honduras: In the market for a jet?
It's not what you'd find in most lost-and-founds, but “La Gringa” says the Honduran government is finally getting ready to auction off a private jet after failing to locate its owner.
Argentina: Buenos Aires Blog Roundup
Alan Patrick has put together yet another comprehensive Buenos Aires Blog Roundup, this time to close out 2006.
Chile: Night Before New Years Eve
“After a cravenly noisy Friday night, Saturday night was strangely quiet. It was as if all the neighbors, and all Chile was preserving its chi for the following day, the explosion of 2007.” And so began Chileno's foray into 2007.
India: On Saddam and America
Bodhi's Hop on Saddam's execution. “News channels (most of the English ones being either American or British) are tireless in showing file pictures of Saddam's statues being pulled down and people celebrating with fire from AK47s, while quietly forgetting the anger and resentment evident in daily bomb attacks by armed...
Haitian “Netizenry” Speaks Up on Insecurity
After showcasing the phenomenon of online citizenship in the USA and France, Haiti-based Haitian blogger Roody Edme relates (Fr) an example of Haitian “netizenry” (Fr): “In Haiti too … recently our email accounts were flooded with a protest note by “citizens concerned” by insecurity, a new way to proselytize on...
Anguilla: First ever escalator!
Bob Green's Anguilla News posts a photo of Anguilla's first ever escalator, along with the caption: “After it had been in operation for a short time, a sign appeared on the new escalator: “This is not an amusement ride.”
South Asia: 2006 in review
Let us take a look at how the South Asian bloggers reflected on the year 2006: Bangladesh: Drishtipat reports that a total of 3,239 people were killed in Bangladesh, with law enforcement authorities killing 300 of them, from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, 2006, an average of 9.69 persons per...
Haiti: Haitian journalist is spokesperson for new UN Sec'y
The Nightshift Chronicler notes the appointment of Haitian journalist Michele Montas, widow of the pioneering journalist and broadcaster Jean Dominique (who was assassinated in Haiti in 2000) as spokesperson to the new UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
President Wade's “Gift” to Senegal
Says Blog Politique du Senegal (Fr): “Looks like the PDS congratulated President Wade for his gift of 7 billion to Senegal. It's very nice of him to return Senegal's money that Taiwan gave the country for social projects and that somehow lost its way into a private account! The only...
China: 10 missing things
Positive solution blogs about 10 things that he missed about internet because of the internet cable disruption after earthquake.
