15 January 2007

Stories from 15 January 2007

Madagascar: Vintage Wooden Figurines

Mad de Madagascar posts (Fr) a series of wooden malagasy figurines from the 30s-50s: market scene, baby sleeping on working mother's back, rice planting woman, among others.

16 January 2007

Indian Ocean: New Web 2.0 Cultural Site

Collective Malagasy blog Malagasy Miray announces (Fr): “Culture-océanindien [ www.culture-oceanindien.info ] is a space for cultural and islandness expression based on the web 2.0 principle. It was born out of...

16 January 2007

Argentina: Chacarita Cemetery

Robert Wright saunters to the 70-block Chacarita Cemetery in Buenos Aires – “the capital of cool” – and finds an architectural surprise.

16 January 2007

Mexico: Music: Las Ultrasonicas

“If you want to digress into Mexico City punk rock videos then check out some Ultrasonicas stuff on YouTube.” Liz Henry of BlogHer has all the necessary links.

16 January 2007

Cambodia: Journalists in Blackmail Incident

Vutha in Cambodia talks about two journalists who were arrested after they allegedly tried to blackmail an actress claiming that they had proof that the actress appeared in a pornographic...

16 January 2007

Thailand: Media asked not to cover Thaksin

Metroblogging Bangkok reports that CNN has been blocked in Thailand because they featured an interview with the deposed Thai prime minister Thaksin was banned in Thailand. “The Council for National...

16 January 2007

Guyana: Fear of a pen

GuyanaGyal's pen raises suspicions in a supermarket, which causes her to wonder about the source of the fear people in her community seem to have of pens and writing.

16 January 2007

Moldova: An Emigrant's Letter

Adventures in Moldova posts a reader's letter, in which a 20-year-old Moldovan currently living in the States compares the two countries: “What I love about America is that it pardons...

15 January 2007

Nepal: Maoists in the Parliament

United We Blog! on the Maoists inside the parliament. “Putting behind their weapons in UN monitored cantonment sites (the process has started today) Maoists in Nepal have entered inside the...

15 January 2007

Nepal: Film festivals

Wagle Street Journal on the sudden spurt in film festivals. “I was talking about the waves of foreign film festivals in Nepal. I recently attended French film festival and, before...

15 January 2007