Stories from 13 August 2007
Angola: life-affirming dance in Angola
Kilandukilu is a dance group from Angola, which brings together the old and the new: “Kilandukilu was founded by a group of friends in the Maculusso municipality of Luanda twenty-one...
China: Chongqing home buyers cheated
Don't mess with Chinese homeowners. A property development company in one central Chinese city tried backing out of an agreement which left empty-handed people who thought they had already bought a new home and led to angry and destructive retaliation, including clashes with police that netizens are saying turned violent.
Trinidad & Tobago: Curry Sculpture
If it looks like curry and it smells like curry, it must be…Adele at Thebookmann showcasing her interest in Indian art.
Trinidad & Tobago: Lawful CD ROM?
“Holy crap! $5,000 for a CD ROM?” wonders Manicou, on learning about a new CD Rom of the Laws of Trinidad and Tobago.
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Nepotism?
Blogging from St. Vincent, Abeni examines the recent appointment of the Prime Minister's son to the post of UN Ambassador: “Never in my life have I seen such a calling...
Jamaica: Home Grown
“Much better, (and cheaper) I think, is to let the child stay and then apply as a full-fledged Caribbean product, rather than one that is a culture shocked creature, being...
Jamaica: Curitiba in the Caribbean?
Geoffrey Philp thinks that the Caribbean can learn a lesson or two from Curitiba, Brazil.
Barbados: Cemetery Bulldozed
“Almost 300 years of history erased with the expenditure of a little diesel fuel and the movement of a few levers and pedals”: Barbados Free Press calls for accountability in...
South Korea: Presidential Election
Victor Foo from Ohmynews wrote an article concerning the upcoming presidential election in South Korea.
China: Harmful Information
William long has translated a government regulation, Computer Information Network and Internet Security, Protection and Management Regulations, which has a very clear definition of “harmful information”.
China: China Daily Messed Up Copy-and-Paste Job
ESWN has screen-shot the story of China Daily being mistakenly copy and paste Reuters’ sentence describing June 4 incident in Beijing Olympic report.
China: Giant Cat-fish?
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist reported on the discovery of a giant man-eating cat-fish in a Guangdong reservoir. However some netizens said that the mutant cat-fish may in fact be a...
China: Baidu Kids Version
Jason Li from Virtual China found out that Baidu has launched a Baidu Kids Version, it is something related with the Chinese Internet market.
Iran:Esfandiari and Tajbakhsh will have some writing to do!
Omid Memarian writes that Hassan Haddad, Security Deputy District Attorney of Tehran stated that investigations about two Iranian-American jailed scholars, Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh, cases has completed. He added...
Iran:Revolutionary Guards and Eco Disaster
Mahar Byabanzai,a leading pro environment blog, reports[Fa] that Revloutionary Guards’ military activities in Dena,a protected wild life area in Kohgiloyeh and Boirahmad province, has damaged this natural heritage.
Argentina: Starbucks to Arrive in Argentina
Starbucks is arriving to Argentina. Expat Argentina wonders whether domestic competition will be too much for the make a dent in the market.
Bolivia: Blogger on El Alto Radio
El Alto blogger Mario Duran of Palabras Libres [ES] will now be a regularly scheduled poliitcal analyst on Wayna Tambo radio.
Guatemala: The Role of the Transit Police
Luis Figueroa of Carpe Diem [ES] thinks that the Municipal Transit Police in Guatemala spends too much time chasing after street fruit vendors and not regulating real dangers like overstuffed...
Mexico: Spanish Citizens Detained in Oaxaca
EBRmx [ES} writes about the case of four Spanish citizens that were detained in the city of Oaxaca and about the real reason why they were in the country.
Morocco: Is Co-Education Better?
Is co-education better than girls-only and boys-only schools? Moroccan blogger Mohammed Saeed Hjiouij shares with us his insight in this post I am translating from Arabic.
Syria: The Bloggers
Yazan Badran dedicates this must-read post to the lives of some of the wonderful individuals that make the Syrian blogsphere.
