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5 April 2007

Stories from 5 April 2007

China: Timely Sand Storm

Rosu blogs photos of a sand storm interrupting the speech of the vice minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) during a tree planting event.

Written by Oiwan Lam
6 April 2007

Japan: Ponyo on the Cliffs

Adamu reports that Hayao Miyazaki's new animation, “Ponyo on the Chiffs” is scheduled to be released in summer 2008. The production is completely hand-drawn, with no computers used whatsoever.

Written by Oiwan Lam
6 April 2007

Japan: Oil Dream

Hisane Masaki from Ohmynews reports on the recent merge of two oil companies into Inpex Holdings to prepare for entering the global market.

Written by Oiwan Lam
6 April 2007

Japan: Kickboxing Geishas

Marie Mockett from Japundit introduces a new book, Kickboxing Geishas, about contemporary Japanese women's role in changing the society.

Written by Oiwan Lam
6 April 2007

Zimbabwe: another Dambudzo Marechera?

Poet Tinashe Mushakavanhu has been compared to Dambudzo Marechera. eshuneutics disagrees: The gaps are more to do with a poet learning a visual syntax whereas the breaks in Marechera are...

Written by Ndesanjo Macha
6 April 2007

DRC: Recent Attacks on Bemba

Le Blog du Congolais posts an article by Freddy Lokolongo stating [Fr]: “The events of Bas-Congo and more recently attacks on the homes of ex-Vice President Bemba … with the...

Written by Alice Backer
6 April 2007

Kenya: voting dilemma

My Voting Dilemma – A poem by Kenyanpoet: This paradox of how a piece of paper With X and ticks marks like an exam paper To examine my literacy and...

Written by Ndesanjo Macha
5 April 2007

Bahrain: GCC oversight

Bahraini blogger Mahmood's Den discusses the ills of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and their inability to implement important monetary policy.

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley
5 April 2007

Saudi Arabia: Phone Stalkers

Saudi blogger Nzingha's Soapbox tells the story of dealing with a potential stalker: “Now that freaked me out, it sounds like he is calling from his car and he is...

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley
5 April 2007

Sri Lanka: The gripping game

Chaar~Max on the extremely exciting game of cricket – SL vs Eng. “Not letting down his captain Dilo held his nerves to bring down the target to 3 runs in...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
5 April 2007

Sri Lanka: Cricket's Appeal

Indi.ca on the appeal of cricket. “I’ve watched whole games, but it’s hard to stay up till 3 am on a work day. However, the game courses through multiple mediums...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
5 April 2007

Bangladesh: Mohiuddin's Trial

Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying on the fairness of trials. “The Bangladesh desk of Amnesty International responded to an enquiry from Drishtipat, a Bangladeshi Human Rights organization, regarding...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
5 April 2007

India: Solo across the Atlantic

Rowing solo across the atlantic, Bhavik writes “Cleaning the bilge pump and the space under the bilge board is always a bit of a treasure hunt, turning up wrappers, paper,...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
5 April 2007

India: Inside the head of Chappell

A funny (and macabre) take on Greg Chappell's personal diary at Mostly Thoughtless. “Anyway, the Bangladesh team is not very good at all. After we thrash them tomorrow, we will...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
5 April 2007

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