2 May 2007

Stories from 2 May 2007

Iran: A trap for students?

Kamangir reports that more news is coming out of Amir Kabir University (AKU).The whole story began when three articles were distributed on the campus, published on papers which held logos...

2 May 2007

Peru: Bloggers and Codes of Conduct

Bloggers are often friendly people that like to get together and talk amongst themselves, but every once in awhile they also like to argue. These battles can be quite heated. Lately the subject of codes of conduct has been a topic that has generated disagreement among some Peruvian bloggers, and it hasn’t always been clean, and some have resorted to dirty tactics. The debate is far from settled.

2 May 2007

Russia: Saratov

Ruminations on Russia travels to Saratov, a Russian city that, among other things, “suffers from a surfeit of small roads which were designed for horses and carts and not for...

2 May 2007

India: World Cup? Bah!

GreatBong is a little disappointed with the way the World Cup 2007 turned out. “World Cup 2007, the most bloated, insipid, one-sided World Cup ever, ended appositely in pitch darkness...

2 May 2007

Pakistan: Dalrymple's Last Mughal

chapati mystery has a post with a response to a review, and a wonderful discussion follows. “Dalrymple posits a connection between the mythmaking that passes for history in the subcontinent...

2 May 2007

Bangladesh: “Soft” Bombs

black and gray on the “soft” bombs in Bangladesh. “The nature of bombs that simultaneously went off yesterday morning in three major rail stations in Bangladesh is a curious one....

2 May 2007

Bolivia: Nationalization Falls Short

One year ago, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that the hydrocarbons natural resources would be nationalized. Martin P. Gutierrez of Vitrina de Realidad Boliviana [ES] writes that the events of...

2 May 2007

Nicaragua: Balloons Provide Joy

On a filming assignment in the main plaza in Managua, Julia Ardón snapped a portrait of a small boy. She recalls giving to him and his friends some of the...

2 May 2007