11 April 2007

Stories from 11 April 2007

Kyrgyzstan: Reports form the Protest

The Kyrgyzstan blog at neweurasia carries numerous posts reporting on the protests in Bishkek against President Kurmanbek Bakiev, including one from Tolkun Umaraliev in which he writes his impressions of...

12 April 2007

Kyrgyzstan: The PM, Info War, & Graffiti

Teo Kaye reports on the ongoing protests in Bishkek against the president, focusing on anger against the prime minister, the information war between the two sides, and the political graffiti...

12 April 2007

Uzbekistan: Aral and Health

Bonnie Boyd continues with her series of posts on the Aral Sea, this time focusing on the healt impacts of the sea's disappearance, most of which are heavily concentrated in...

12 April 2007

Iraq: Baghdad Explosions

Iraqi blogger Omar keeps us updated with news and explosions rocking Baghdad here. You really can't blame him when he writes: “Ok, let's go over what happened yesterday and today;...

12 April 2007

Algeria: Al Qaeda Strikes Again

Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb has struck again, killing at least twenty-three people, and injuring well over one hundred in a two pronged assault on Algiers, reports Algerian blogger Nouri.

11 April 2007

Russia: Namesakes

Stepping away from the drama and farce of Ukrainian politics, here is a story about namesakes, posted by Chechen journalist Timur Aliev (LJ user timur_aliev).

11 April 2007

Jamaica: Film Industry

ART:Jamaica examines the question of what having a Jamaican film industry actually means: “The idea of ‘Film’…is cool, hip, seductive and perhaps for this reason connects with the image Jamaica...

11 April 2007

Poland: Scientologists

The beatroot writes about the arrival of Scientologists to Poland: “Bizarrely, the ‘leader’ of Scientology in Poland is Hanna Garbalska, a member of the Polish Peasant’s Party! Is she seeking...

11 April 2007

Russia: Spring

The Turkish Invasion celebrates his one year in Russia and, with some unfortunate delay, the arrival of spring.

11 April 2007

India: Why work?

Indian Mommies links to mommy bloggers from India or of Indian origin. Some fabulous stuff. “I would like to be a working mom, yes! But I have never heard a...

11 April 2007

India: A view of Changlimithang

As a stadium gets ready for a 100 years of Monarchy celebration, Visit Bhutan has some photographs and description. “With the weather condition of Thimphu unpredictable and the frost still...

11 April 2007

Sri Lanka: Facade of nationalism

One One Things on nationalism and economics. “The idea is that foreign investment is all good but the profits leave the country, so we must stop that. People forget that...

11 April 2007