7 March 2007

Stories from 7 March 2007

Cuba: Hunger strike in Camagüey

  7 March 2007

Marc Masferrer writes that the Cuban independent news site Payo Libre is reporting that 18 inmates, including 10 political prisoners, at the Kilo 8 prison in Camagüey, Cuba, have embarked on a hunger strike.

Iran:Silent protest in front of Parliament

According to Agha Bahman[Fa],tomorrow for one hour between 14h and 15h, protestors to recent repression against women activists, will come together in front of Parliament.The blogger says it will be a silent protest.Nobody will chant slogans and nobody carries placards in order not to be arrested.

India, Pakistan: Triggering Musharraf's Dopamine

  7 March 2007

More than just tongue-in-cheek at Varnam, on triggering Musharraf's dopamine system. “This also explains why India is not able to get Musharraf to budge on anything. Every time there is a Pakistan sponsored terrorist attack in India, all we do is re-issue previous warnings with just a change in the...

India: On Denotified and Nomadic Tribes

  7 March 2007

Indian Muslims on the plight of Denotified and Nomadic Tribes. “Denotified and Nomadic Tribes are defined as tribes whose people are “addicted to the systematic commission of non-bailable offences.” It is a classic example of “collective guilt”, how it has been endorsed by law, and how people are made to...

Sri Lanka: On Media

  7 March 2007

groundviews on the allegations against media and the comeback. “Stating there were clear attempts to stifle free media and the freedom of expression in Sri Lanka, Sunanda went on to say that journalists were extremely fearful of the hate speech directed against them.”

Pakistan: Naked wires

  7 March 2007

Metroblogging Islamabad on the menace of naked wires. “The Blue Area commercial district is a good example of the seriousness of the problem. Wires tangled in rows of electricity meters greet people at the entrance of almost every building. Like artwork, it welcomes those who enter to the thrilling journey...

Jamaica, Ghana: The trans-national book that might still be

  7 March 2007

Half-Jamaican, half-Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes posts a lovely and atmospheric meditation on the occasion of Ghana's 50th anniversary of independence: “A more responsible poet, a genuinely nationalist writer, would have planned the publication of his next book to coincide with this date. He would have written an epic poem with...

Trinidad & Tobago: Cricket World Cup ticket woes

  7 March 2007

Caribbean Free Radio goes to collect tickets for the Cricket World Cup, and is given number C92: “The saleswoman who handed out the first batch of number-papers did so with the speed and furtiveness of a drug pusher distributing gram-bags on a street corner. . . .“

Israel: Haram Al Sharif Dig Video

Israeli blogger themiddle links to a webcast put up by the Israel Antiquities Authority showing the dig near Temple Mount in real time. “It’s really quite boring, unless you’re someone who believes the Jews are destroying the Haram al Sharif compound, in which case this will be very exciting for...

Israel: New Must Read Book

Israeli blogger Danya Ruttenberg says Virgin: The Untouched History is the next must read book! The book, which even has its own blog, has “lots of commentary about virginity-related issues in the contemporary world (think honor killings, abstinence education, Virgin Mary sightings, etc)” says the blogger.

Africa: China-Africa billboards

  7 March 2007

Africabeat writes about China-Africa billboards, “At the Delhi Hibiscus meeting in December I remarked how the billboards – which featured photographs of pyramids, Kenyan safaris, and scantily-clad Africans – showed just how little the Chinese know about Africa. Here, you can see some of them for yourselves. Apparently one billboard...

Kenya: WordPress blocked in Kenya?

  7 March 2007

WordPress blocked in Kenya?, “But then after reading the comments on this post I thought to myself, what if someone was blocking access to WordPress.com making it impossible for anyone on a Kenyan IP address to view the site? Luckily there are quick ways of checking this.”

Russia: “Hell's Coat Check”

Hell is… To Darkness At Noon, it's “the intersection of bureaucracy and academia that is the Russian university”: “Today I had to enter the fifth circle (reserved for the wrathful and slothful) for a meeting. As hell has not yet frozen over, it is still necessary to check one's coat...

China: multi-dimensional news report

  7 March 2007

Zhang rui writes a letters to his reporter friends and suggests to adopt a multi-dimensional news report method for avoiding monopoly of news angle by big news company (zh).