19 February 2007

Stories from 19 February 2007

Arabisc: Pictorial Tour of the Middle East

  19 February 2007

Fed up of all the politics in the Middle East? Me too. This week we will take a pictorial tour of the region, making stops in Qatar, Bahrain, Tunisia and Lebanon, to name a few. There are real amazing photographers out there and the scenery and mood quickly changes from...

Deadwood cabinet stokes the fire of public ire in Zimbabwe

  19 February 2007

Facing unrelenting pressure for change, Zimbabwe's beleagured leader, Robert Mugabe, reshuffled his cabinet two weeks ago, but did little to aleviate the suffering of a nation that has been ravaged by a porous leadership and failing economy. The reshuffle, which wasn't much of a reshuffle, only saw one minister dismissed,...

Liberia: Liberian national police

  19 February 2007

Kevin In Liberia blogs about the rule of law and the Liberian national police, ” According to the Manager of Police Statistics, a member of the LNP himself, and a man I spoke to for twenty odd minutes in Robertsport over the New Years, Liberian National Police Officers earn $90USD/month...

Touring Libyan Blogs

  19 February 2007

Equality among sexes in Libya? Yes, because now you have to pay attention to Libyan female pickpockets! This is what Khadijateri discovered yesterday when she went into a shop to buy some clothes. But Khadijateri was lucky indeed as she realized what was happening and used common sense. “Now, I...

India, Pakistan: 66 people killed on the “Peace Train”

  19 February 2007

66 people were killed on the Samjhauta Express with homemade bombs last night. According to Wikipedia, The Samjhauta Express is a bi-weekly train — Tuesdays and Fridays — that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Wagah and Lahore in Pakistan. Until the reopening of the Thar Express, this...

Thailand: Questions on Thai Economics

  19 February 2007

Thailand Jumped The Shark asks why the new Thai government that keeps blaming the former prime minister Thaksin for bankrupting the country is itself having a hard time balancing the budget.

Tonga: Mobile Phone Upgrade

  19 February 2007

Samiuela LV Taufa is looking for a higher paying job in order to have the <a href=”http://www.nomoa.com/news/Mobile_Phones_-_I_need_a_new_job”>latest mobile phone</a> that everyone seems to be carrying in Tonga.

Tonga: Upgrading Mobile Phone

  19 February 2007

Samiuela LV Taufa is looking for a higher paying job in order to have the latest mobile phone that everyone seems to be carrying in Tonga.

China: post-Deng 10 years

  19 February 2007

Han Song blogs about the unresolved issues 10 years after Deng Xiao Ping's era (zh), including of democratization, polarization of rich and poor.