4 January 2007

Stories from 4 January 2007

Kenya: dis-arming vigilantes

The Head Heeb on police and vigilantes in Kenya, “The police in much of Africa have a bad reputation. In many countries, police forces are still living down the image...

4 January 2007

Russia: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Accidents

Wu Wei reads the Crimes/Accidents section of the Sakhalin Times: “All the usual stuff: bribery, corruption, prostitution, drugs, alcoholism, bombs on planes plus a few local issues: ‘Heavy Winds blow...

4 January 2007

Indonesia: Adam Air Crash

Unspun complains about the lack of crisis management training in Indonesia after observing the way the authorities handled the crash of an private airline plane. Relatives were given conflicting messages...

4 January 2007

Uganda: Ugandan Blogger Happy Hour

In An African Minute announces the 1st Ugandan Blogger Happy Hour, “The development of blogging communities has a tradition in East Africa, with the Kenyan Blog Webring and the Tanzanian...

4 January 2007

Myanmar: Prisoners Freed

The swanker comments on the news that Myanmar government released over 3000 prisoners (but not Aung San Suu Kyi) to mark the country's 59 independance day. “Why are a bunch...

4 January 2007

China: execution of murderer

Kanchai comments on the quick execution of a criminal Qiu Xing Hua who had found guilty of murdering 11 people. The blogger is convinced that Qiu is guilty, however, the...

4 January 2007

South Korea: revisionism

Owen from Korean history group blog introduces the debate on revisionism concerning the president Roh's comment on Korea War as civil war.

4 January 2007

Peru: YachayBlogs

Juan Arellano announces that the Peruvian Scientific Network [ES] is now offering its own WordPress-based free blogging platform called YachayBlogs [ES].

4 January 2007

Armenia: Expatriates

Armenian LJ user bekaisa writes about the segregated world that expatriates live in, inspiring some interesting comments. Onnik Krikorian responds, adding that Armenia's expatriate community is different from neighboring ones...

4 January 2007