Stories from 20 February 2007
Iran:War with USA?
Hoder, a Canada based blogger, says if USA attacked Iran,despite all his problems with the Islamic Republic, he would go back to fight against USA.
Saudi: Man Kills Wife
Whisper of Madness posts a link to a video, allegedly showing a Saudi man pushing his wife from the third floor. The woman reportedly died later in a hospital in Jeddah.
Indonesia: Fair Deal for Jakarta's Chinese
Indonesia Matters writes about Jakarta's governor wanting his city to end discrimination by making it easier for the Chinese to get official papers.
Taiwan: being foreigner at lunar new year
Holly blogs about his experience of being foreigner at Chinese new year: big dinner, red pocket, video games and majong.
Barbados: Kensington re-opens
Robert Frische at Cricketwukup.com reports on the opening of the newly refurbished Kensington Oval cricket ground in Barbados. Kensington was one of several Caribbean cricket grounds to undergo dramatic renovation in preparation for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, which takes place in the Caribbean starting March 11.
China: The Apprentice
The Beijing version of The Apprentice is upcoming in summer. According to Bill Zhang from DANWEI, the show will cater more to the tastes of the Chinese audience than other reality shows.
Belize: Ara Macao
Belizean – Only in Belize! features an interview with the man behind Ara Macao, one of the largest tourism development projects ever to be undertaken in the country. One of the questions the interviewer asks is “Is Ara Macao simply too big for Belize?”
Barbados: The beautification of Bridgetown
Titlayo has good things to say about the government's efforts to beautify Bridgetown, Barbados’ capital city.
Barbados on YouTube
Barbados Free Press reports on some of the Barbados-related offerings on YouTube.
Anguilla: Unethical lawyers
idmitch, who has been using a blog to tackle corruption in Anguilla, takes up a challenge from the island's chief minister and starts asking questions about corruption in the legal profession.
Venezuela, Dominica: Chavez visits
From Billy's breathless, stream-of-consciousness post about Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez's visit to Dominica: “military helicopters fly in and out of the airport. television crews are arriving en masse. feels surreal. some say it is an historic occasion. well it is just a man coming to open some oil redistribution plant...
Dominica: Carnival Monday
Flickr user wendoes has a lively photoset featuring photos of the Carnival Monday festivities in Dominica.
Cuba: Pastelitos de guayaba
Marta Darby posts a recipe for Cuban/Latin American pastry pastelitos de guayaba.
Cuba, USA: Cuban Memorial
Marc Masferrer visits a Cuban Memorial in Tamiami Park in Miami: “. . . we are called not to remember the number of Cubans lost to Castro — whether 10,000 or 100,000, or greater — but to remember that each cross represents one victim, one family, one story.“
Did Hizbollah Rebuild Itself?
Issandr El Amrani posts a question by a reader on the point of the summer war on Lebanon if “Hizbollah can build itself back up to pre-war capabilities after just six months.”
Palestine: Life in a Refugee Camp
Egyptian-German blogger Philip Rizk spent his 25th birthday in a refugee camp in Gaza, Palestine. Read about his experiences here.
Bahrain: Kuwait Blogging Show
Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, along with a group of Kuwaiti bloggers, are being interviewed for a Kuwaiti television programme on Blogging in the Gulf, wrote Al Yousif.
Uganda: best of blogs awards
Jackfruity announces the voting for the 2006 Uganda Best of Blogs awards, “Nominations for the Uganda Best of Blog awards are in. Voting will take place between now and midnight on Saturday, March 10. Awards will be presented at the Happy Hour on Thursday, March 15. Vote, tell your friends...
Uganda: Ugandan troops in Somalia
In An African Minute explains why sending Ugandan troops to Somalia is a good idea, “Last week, the Ugandan Parliament approved President Museveni's request to send 1,500 Ugandan troops to Somalia for peacekeeping, food aid distribution and supporting the transitional government. There are several reasons why this was in the...
Ethiopia: ethnic cleansing
Ewenet Means Truth in Ethiopia writes about the plight of the Afar people: “The Eritrean government is ethnically cleansing the Afar people and pushing them into Ethiopia. A Canadian humanitarian worker who went to the Afar region in Ethiopia tells of their plight in his 7 part travel diary series...
D.R. of Congo: art of war
Art of War is a work in progress at the Académie des Beaux Arts in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
