Stories from 2 May 2007
Paraguay: Citizen Complaint with Municipality
RESCATAR [ES] is a citizen journalism site that encourages readers to “learn, share and add answers” with the aim of improved development in Paraguay. Carlos Rodríguez posts information and accompanying pictures of a complaint filed with the municipality of a sharp protruding bush that inhibits pedestrians from passing safely along...
Barbados: Caribbean Airlines Fare Structure
Barbados Free Press has done the math on regional airfares and finds that Caribbean Airlines comes up short.
Liberia: another look-how-crazy-these-Africans-are story
Liberian Ledger on “another look-how-crazy-these-Africans-are story“: My two cents: the reporter and photographer could have done a better job humanizing the phenomenon they're reporting on. Strikes me as just another look-how-crazy-these-Africans-are story. What is the value of showing the guys mugging with the skull? She doesn't even get the cemetery's...
Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago: Photographic Journeys
Stet goes on a photographic journey into downtown Kingston, while a Triniview.com team chronicles the route from San Fernando to Icacos in South Trinidad.
Somalia: things fall apart, but…
http://zayali.blogspot.com/2006/02/picture-story.htmlfrom Zaynab, “Things fall apart, but it can be saved.”
Guyana: HIV/AIDS Cheerleaders?
“Are you between the ages of 14 and 17? Would you like to be a CHEERLEADER for HIV/AIDS Messages?” An odd newspaper ad gets Guyana-Gyal thinking.
Mali: Mali opposition challenges election results
Election update from Sociolingo's Mali:”This morning the news is that a march is taking place in Bamako by the FDR and their supporters, and that the FDR intend to file a complaint with the consitutional court tomorrow.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Models and Body Image
Trinidad Carnival Diary wishes that the models that advertise Carnival costumes were more representative of the masqueraders themselves: “That way when we work out or diet to fit into our costume it is because we want to be healthy,toned and fit with lots of stamina for Carnival and not because...
Cuba: No Castro at May Day
“Where in the world is Fidel Castro?” wonders Cuaderno Latinoamericano after the Cuban leader's no-show at the annual May Day celebrations.
Lebanon: The Truth About Hezbollah
Lebanese blogger Anton Efendi sheds light on the role Hezbollah plays in Lebanon. “Hezbollah strives for one thing and one thing only: maintaining its armed status and parallel existence both within and above the system. Think Iran's Pasdaran. In other words, Hezbollah has not joined the political process in order...
Myanmar: Road to Bangladesh
New Mandala has a post on the new Friendship Road that is being built to connect Myanmar and Bangladesh. Road links between Myanmar and its western neighbors (India and Bangladesh) are not as developed as the ones in the East (Thailand and China). The blogger at New Mandala asks “Major...
Lebanon: The Shia Sunni Divide in Dutch
Blogger Sietske in Beirut has just published an article on the Shia-Sunni divide — in Dutch.
Kuwait: Magic Spells on Display
A Kuwaiti blogger got more than she bargained for during a visit to a jewellery exhibition. “Anyway the hottest “exhibit” for me was at the entrance (or exit?) where the JAMARIK or customs or whatever they’re called are showing busted illegal items such as pirated DVD’s and ummmm….BLACK MAGIC SPELLS?...
Singapore: Interviewing Software Builders
Nimbupani in Singapore is interviewing local software builders. “This week, I had a conversation with Choonkeat. Choonkeat is an action oriented geek who has developed two useful and popular “web 2.0″ services: rssfwd and more recently, sharedcopy.”
Camel Hopping in Yemen
Kuwaiti-Saudi blogger Yazeez links to a video of a new sport in Yemen. Anyone into camel hopping?
Jordan: When Tradition Meets Fanatism
Arab tradition meets football fanatism in this image posted by Jordanian blogger Ahmad Humeid.
Iraq: Underground Missile Cities in Saudi and Syria?
Iraqi blogger Lady Bird points the finger at Israel, accusing it of spreading propaganda about the presence of underground missile cities in both Syria and Saudi Arabia. “Don’t be surprised if soon the propaganda machine publishes maps of Syria’s Qasioun caves complex or Syrian trucks carry chemical labs,” she notes.
China: Poisoned pets, our food regulations
With American FDA officials on the way to China to get to the bottom of the inclusion of the toxic chemical melamime in pet food exported to the United States, now known to have been responsible for at least several thousand cat and dog deaths, what do Chinese netizens have...
Macau: Gambling, Corruption, and Repression
Last year Macau has a recorded 17% GDP growth, the gambling and tourist industry is blooming. However, the May Day demonstration in the past few years has been getting more and more violent. This year, it has resulted in 5 open gunshots (by the police) in the city center among...
Egypt: Singers Lined Up for Wedding
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia updates us about who is expected to perform live at Egyptian President's son Gamal Mubarak's wedding on May 4.
Egypt: Jordan Bans Paper
Issandr El Amrani reports that Jordan has banned a weekly newspaper for published details about an anti-Hamas plan.