6 August 2007

Stories from 6 August 2007

Iran:Asian basketball

Razeno informs[Fa] that for the first time Iranian basketball team won Asian basketball championship.The blogger says basketball is less popular than football in Iran and it is a reason why,politicians,...

6 August 2007

Russia: North Pole Flag-Planting

The Accidental Russophile posts a detailed entry on the Russian North Pole flag-planting; Tim Newman of White Sun of the Desert writes that though the Russians he knows are proud,...

6 August 2007

Romania: Cemetery and Church Pictures

Romerican posts cemetery pictures from the northwest of Romania (where they “[greet] death with a smile”) and church pictures from the northeast (where they paint “demons, death, and killing”).

6 August 2007

Kyrgyzstan: SCO summit

Kyrgyz Report reports that the guest houses built to host the heads of states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) have been finished, dearly costing the average taxpayer. Meanwhile, Mirsulzhan...

6 August 2007

Tajikistan: Drug trafficking

Having just toured the Afghan-Tajik border area, Ian at Beyond the River has some thoughts on the cross-border drug trafficking so rampant in this area.

6 August 2007

Afghanistan: Six years on

Six years after its invasion of Afghanistan, the United States has announced it will curb aid to the war-torn country. Bonnie Boyd thinks this does not make much sense at...

6 August 2007

Armenia: Election update

Onnik Krikorian provides a comprehensive update of new developments in the run-up to next year's presidential elections in Armenia, including the opposition's inability to rectify past mistakes.

6 August 2007

India: Being a Soldier

Blogeswari remembers a poignant moment when she witnessed a coffin being taken on board a flight during the Kargil War, and spares a thought for the armed forces.

6 August 2007

Afghanistan: Relevant or not?

Afghanistanica develops two arguments: One that says that Afghanistan's importance is exaggerated and the other which argues that the country should not be forgotten.

6 August 2007

Afghanistan: Hostage crisis

Mohammad Fahim Khairy translates passages of an article by local Afghan media claiming that four female Korean hostages have been sexually assaulted by their kidnappers.

6 August 2007