Stories from 10 April 2007
UAE: Back to the Beach
Life in Dubai gives us a picture tour of the Dubai beaches.
Tunisia: Reactions to Seven Pillars Article
Tunisian Subzero Blue reacts to the recent article the Seven Pillars of Middle East Reality: “Arab leaders have no interest in genuine peace with Israel This can't be more wrong; the Arab leaders wouldn't want anything more than to have the whole Israel-Palestine problem solved, a peace established, the ability...
Turkey: A Disconnect in Turkish Class
Carpetblogger recounts some of her learning adventures in her Turkish class: “I have been spending four hours a day, five days a week in a small room with two Korean women, a Argentinian woman, a Turkish/Swiss woman (who speaks German but no Turkish) and two women from “Dogu Turkestan.””
Iraq: Shopping with your video camera
Journalist blog Moderate Risk takes us on a video trip to the local Souk (a bazaar) in Suliamaniya, Iraq.
Latvia: Referendum?
All About Latvia writes on the president's intention to put two national security laws for referendum.
Hungary: Space Travel
Pestiside.hu reports on the “first words of Hungarian spoken in space for 27 years.”
Hungary: Nyugati Underpass
Pestcentric writes about what seems like a pretty hellish place: the Nyugati underpass in central Budapest.
Ecuador: Historic Vote Set for April 15th
Paul Henry on the importance of this weekend's national referendum in Ecuador.
Hungary: Positive Note on Health Care
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar gets a surprisingly good treatment from a Budapest doctor: “… although the inside of the hospitals still look like something from the Crimean War and the doctor wore Moses sandals, how I was dealt with last night was quicker and more efficient than the...
Hungary: Budapest Opera
Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar listens to Puccini’s Turandot at the Budapest Opera House – and looks around.
Estonia: Thoughts on Occupations
Itching for Eestimaa visits the Museum of Occupations in Tallinn and muses on Estonia's past.
Paraguay: Peculiar Politics
“‘An island surrounded by land’ is how novelist Roa Bastos described his native Paraguay, as much in reference to its political and social insularity, as to its landlocked geography.” So begins Teo Ballvé in his post, “Paraguay’s Peculiar Politics.”
Mexico: Alleged Rape and Murder of Ernestina Ascencio
Erich Adolfo Moncada Cota has a two part report on the alleged rape and mudder of 73-year-old Ernestina Ascencio Rosario by Mexican soldiers in Veracruz.
Russia: Kaliningrad Sanatoria
Copydude posts pictures of “all three of the former East Prussian sanatoria above Kaliningrad.”
Belarus: Roma History
TOL's Romantic posts a brief history of Belarus’ Roma community.
Montenegro: On the Way to EU
Montenegro is now “officially on the road to EU membership” – but no one has really noticed, A Fistful of Euros reports.
Peru: Interview with Photojournalist Jaime Razuri
You may recall the happy ending to the kidnapping saga of Peruvian Photojournalist Jaime Razuri while he was on assignment in Gaza. “Freed, unharmed, on Jan. 7 … the incident made him a minor international celebrity and a major one in his home country. But it also overshadows a more...
Honduras: Real Cost of Bananas
La Gringa, sticking to the theme of working conditions, takes a look at “the real cost of bananas” in Honduras.
India: Water and Women
A time to reflect on a place where water is everything. “This woman sits just otuside the main gate of the reserve, just off the dusty main road. She has pots of water filled and ready, and fetches them from near her home which is close to the main gate,,...
Pakistan: No Hugs please
To each its own on why women in Pakistan cannot get their hugs. “As per the fatwa, “hugging” was an illegitimate and forbidden act and Muslim women are expected to stay at home and never venture out uncovered. The fatwa demanded that Bakhtiar be fired, given another unspecified punishment and...
Kenya: war against corruption goes online
Bankelele on war against corruption in Kenya, “A noble step in the war on corruption is this website by the Public Procurement Oversight Authority which list all contracts awarded over 5 million shillings ($71,430) by organs of the kenya government. A step further would be to require/ publish all companies...