2 April 2007

Stories from 2 April 2007

Tunisia: Dailymotion Censored April 1st

Tunisian blogger Astrubal writes[Fr]: “Tunisian blogs and sites have been censored, then those of civil society, then those of LEGITIMATE political parties, now the stupidity of Ben Ali's regime is...

3 April 2007

Cuba: Say no to Santana

Claudia4Libertad links to a petition requesting that Cuban-American music star Gloria Estefan reconsider having Carlos Santana appear as a guest artist on her tribute to Cuba album “90 Millas” on...

3 April 2007

Guyana: Her mother's voice

Guyana-Gyal's mother's hoarse voice – the result of a foreign “taliban flu” – reminds Guyana-Gyal of the voices of the vendors on Water street who “don’t talk to one another....

3 April 2007

Thailand: Internet Usage Tax

Stuart Towns comments on the recently announced Internet usage tax in Thailand. “And it only gets worse: “In addition to the bandwidth tax, an extra usage tax of 490 Baht...

3 April 2007

Singapore: Anti Smoking Advert

Culture Shiok comments on the decision by the Singpore's health authorities to show an anti-smoking advert after 8 PM as some children found the advert too disturbing. “Airing the advertisement...

3 April 2007

Malaysia: Thinking Blogger Award

Yang-May Ooi writes about one of her readers tagging her as a “Thinking Blogger”. “I like the idea behind this award because it will make us all review the blogs...

3 April 2007

Kyrgyzstan: How Many Lives?

Sean Roberts says that Kyrgyzstan's president may have have staved off upcoming opposition protests against him, though he is not entirely out of the woods yet. Roberts says that eventually...

3 April 2007

Georgia: Stuffing the Goose

Steady State says that the president of Abkhazia, a de facto independent region in Georgia, is trying to attract ethnic Abkhaz who fled to Turkey a century ago to return....

3 April 2007

Internet and Philippine elections

Statistics vary on the actual number of internet users in the Philippines. It may range from as low as nine million to a high number of thirty-five million users. This...

3 April 2007

Armenia: A1 Plus 5th Anniversary

Onnik Krikorian reports on the public events marking the fifth anniversary of the closure of A1 Plus, the only alternative voice in Armenia's broadcast media.

3 April 2007

Afghanistan: Improving the Army

Afghan Warrior notes that re-enlistments in the Afghan National Army are very low, and says that the government should increase pay, replace old equipment, and provide housing for Afghanistan's troops.

3 April 2007

Africa: women, where are thou?

Kenyan Pundit asks, “Women, where are thou?”: Several of my virtual and real buddies have received scholarships to attend TED Arusha. So far, all the receipients that I know are...

3 April 2007

Colombia: Protesting Hunger

Voices are starting to rise up against malnutrition in Colombia. First Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez writes “we should not be surprised” after news leaked out about the the...

3 April 2007