Stories from 3 May 2007
Israel: Israelis call for Prime Minister Olmert to resign
From the left and right, Israeli bloggers Yaeli and David Bogner (aka Treppenwitz) provide us with a common ground to look into their country's blogosphere as they summarise for us what bloggers have to say about the newly-released Winograd report on how Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister handled the Second Lebanon War. Follow the arrows to embark on this fascinating journey.
Armenia: Lifting Champs
Who among Europeans are the strongest? If their dominance in the 2007 European Weightlifting Championship is any indication, it just might be the Armenians. As Armenia Blog reports, both the men and women of the Armenian team finished strongly.
Kazakhstan: Rules Too Tight?
KZBlog discusses whether or not policies in Kazakhstan are discouraging and scaring off investors.
Kazakhstan: Media Forum
Ben Paarmann reports on this year's Eurasia Media Forum, an annual (and controversial) event in Kazakhstan that, apparently, does not actually give many opportunities for journalists to participate.
Code and Culture: Brazilians celebrate the advantages of being open
There is no clear consensus about the specific reasons that occasionally boost Brazil to the cutting edge of the open source revolution. For us here in the field, facing so many difficulties, ranging from simple misunderstandings to big resource constraints, the international acclaim sounds a bit exaggerated, and at times misinformed. But now that some fruits of the first generation of "seed" ideas are starting to ripen into visibility to bigger audiences and as principles of the 'open' protocol start to be tested in other sectors, more and more commentators are joining in the conversation focusing on specific areas that catch their attention.
Kyrgyzstan: Love and Broken Glass
Leila Tanayeva interviews the director of a short documentary on life as a teenage girl, love, and bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan.
St. Lucia, Taiwan: Friends Again
Says French Caribbean site New Media [Fr]: “Taiwan, through the hand of its Foreign Affairs minister James Huang and his St. Lucian counterpart Rufus Bouquet, has officially signed Wednesday in Castries a treaty reestablishing diplomatic ties between the two countries. China has already stated it feels ‘offended’ by the document.”
Kazakhstan: UNHCHR Visits
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, just paid a visit to Kazakhstan and Bonnie Boyd discusses Kazakhstan's human rights situation.
Guyane: Strange Fruit
En Guyane posts [Fr] pictures of a mangosteen, a local fruit originating from Asia. She calls the fruit “sweet and strange”.
Armenia: Orinats Yerkir's Baghdasarian Defiant
Onnik Krikorian reports on the election campaign of Artur Baghdasarian, leader of Armenia's Orinats Yerkir party, in the wake of a scandal involving him that prompted the country's president to accuse him of treason.
