Stories from 6 March 2007
Central Asia: Security & Defense News
neweurasia summarizes recent defense and security news from Central Asia.
Kazakhstan: The President Wants Halal Meat
Leila Tanayeva notes that Kazakhstan's president has called for the country to develop halal industry in its food sector. She asks though whether or not Kazakhs really care if their...
Afghanistan: Coverups and Collateral Damage
Safrang says that unless the US takes steps to prevent the death of civilians in its military operations in Afghanistan, the fight against the Taliban will be slowly lost as...
Jamaica: Dub poetry documentary
At Geoffrey Philp's blog, filmmaker Mikey Jiggs writes about the experience of making a documentary about dub poet Malachi Smith.
Namibia: the color of farming
Namibia Notes writes about Namibia's government policy limiting the sale of live, on the hoof, animals to feed lots and abattoirs in South Africa, “The Namibian Government put the limits...
Eritrea: political persecution
Tear of Eritrea writes about political persecution in Eritrea, “Suppression of Political Dissent and Free Expression Governing party and government leaders and journalists arrested in 2001 as alleged traitors, spies,...
Cuba, Colombia: Meeting Gabo
On the occasion of the writer's 80th birthday, el Cubano de la isla meditates upon (es) a fleeting encounter between Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez and Ernest Hemingway in Paris:...
UK, Trinidad & Tobago: Half-caste
London-based Trinidadian blogger Sinistra posts part three in her “Young and black in Babylondon” series. In this installment, she's asked whether she's “half-caste”.
Trinidad & Tobago: Shoot the moon
Nicholas Laughlin didn't manage to watch this weekend's eclipse from a mountaintop, but he invites anybody who watched it from “a strange or interesting location” to leave comments and share...
Puerto Rico: Arecibo lighthouse
imagonovus has a lovely Flickr photoset devoted to the lighthouse in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Among them is a beautiful image of this weekend's lunar eclipse.
Egypt: The Perils of Succession
Egyptian blogger Baheyya gives us an insight to the perils of succession in Egypt. “With Hosni Mubarak’s rapidly advancing senility and Gamal Mubarak’s incremental supremacy, the moment of power transfer...
Egypt: Reading Material about the Muslim Brotherhood
Want to catch up on reading about the Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood). The Arabist lists a number of reading resources here.
Egypt: Pro-Israeli heads Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris
The new head of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, one of the finest cultural centre dedicated to the Arab world in the world, is Dominique Baudis, a prominent...
Lebanon: Israeli Armored Vehicles to Iraq
An Israeli state-owned corporation has won a contract to supply the U.S. Marine Corps with state-of the-art armored vehicles for use in Iraq, the latest in a long line of...
Argentina: Buenos Aires Stencil Graffiti
Robert Wright continues with his ever-entertaining narration on stencil graffiti in Buenos Aires.
Peru: Fresh and Clean Design
Carlos Chang congratulates [ES] fellow Peruvian blogger Luis Alarcón whose website was selected by Smashing magazine as one of “45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs.”
Argentina, Venezuela, Iran: Nuclear Reactor
Miguel Octavio takes a look at an explosive threesome theory which contends that an Argentine-made nuclear reactor arrived in Iran with Venezuela's participation.
Panama: Being Selective
Panamanian web designer Jorge Arango is a fan of This American Life. After watching an interview with the show's host, Ira Glass, on the art of storytelling, Arango applies some...
Bolivia: Exporting Coca, Not Cocaine
Drug War Chronicles and Bloggings by Boz both look at efforts by President Evo Morales to export coca-derived products despite U.S. claims that coca cultivation will lead to an increase...
Bolivia: How the Constituent Assembly Works
“Now that the Constituent Assembly is on track again, it becomes important to know who is working on what issues,” writes Miguel Buitrago who goes on to explain in detail...
Iran:8 women activists released,24 on hunger strike
Accordng to Khorshidkhanoum, Eight women’s rights activists who were arrested in the peaceful demonstrations in front of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court Sunday were released today.The 24 women who are still in...
