11 January 2007

Stories from 11 January 2007

Bangladesh: State of Emergency

Drishtipat Group Blog sums up the current political scenario in Bangaldesh. “The State Of Emergency that was declared today is a culmination of a year of continuous protests and battle...

11 January 2007

Bangladesh: Political Crisis

Adda on the escalating political crisis in Bangladesh. “At the end of three day siege organized by the 14th Party alliance turned very ugly when the Police used brutal force...

11 January 2007

Chile: OLPC and Politics 2.0

Chileans bloggers are very impressed so far with the US$ 100 laptop, OLPC. But how will the innovative device, meant to help bridge the digital divide, arrive to Chile? What...

11 January 2007

Tajikistan: Mother's Best Friend

Candide describes the gahvora, the cradle used in Tajikistan and other parts of Asia, which, the author says, is the mother's best friend because it has “everything the baby needs...

11 January 2007

Kazakhstan: World Class Architecture

Ben Paarmann reports that German architects won a contract to build housing and community structures near Almaty. Judging from the designs, he wonders whether or not the contracts Kazakhstan gives...

11 January 2007

Kazakhstan: Government Shuffle

The Roberts Report reports the results of the Kazakh government's reshuffle, which has resulted, Roberts says, in another balance of power between powerful groups, but one that appears to indicate...

11 January 2007

Missing in Cambodia: Eddie Gibson

It was in October 2004, when 19-year-old Eddie Gibson traveled to Cambodia from Thailand and went missing. Until today nobody knows the whereabouts of the English backpacker. The parents are...

11 January 2007

Ethiopia: Jesus was born on January 7

Did you know that Ethiopians celebrate Christmas in January? Read Meskel Square, “As everyone who reads this must know by now, Ethiopia has its own calendar and time system –...

11 January 2007

Kenya: Chinese cars in Kenya

Kenya Online Today has a post about Chinese cars making it big in Kenya, “Now the Chinese models are back and they are offer serious competition to trucks and pickups...

11 January 2007

Kenya: is Kenya prepared?

Life, Universe, and Everything writes about the preparations for the World Social Forum in Kenya, “Apparently, they don't want to put up the attendees in hostels, since they want a...

11 January 2007

Tanzania: a Panther in Africa

My Africa Today writes about Pete O'Neal, one of the last American exiles, “O’Neal fled the country, and has lived in Tanzania for over 30 years. He is one of...

11 January 2007

Ghana: Ghanian food and culture

Ethan Zuckerman writes about a visit to Ghana by a popular TV host, Anthony Bourdain, “His camera crew does an excellent job of capturing the chaos, color and rhythm of...

11 January 2007

Japan and Korea: tunnel

Goh Kun, a former prime minister of Korea, is proposing a Japan-Korea tunnel as part of his campaign for president. Joe from Multant Frog gives some historical background on the...

11 January 2007

China: flu alert

Ai Wei Wei puts up a flu alert on his blog: in Jan, among our dozen people working team, more than half of them got flu. Some of them are...

11 January 2007