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 years ago, bridging traditional Angolan beats with break-dance, pop and even funk. “These are works basically about our history, they...
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 out of troops to present and defend any ambassadorial candidate before.”
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 neither fish nor fowl”: Francis Wade makes a case for not sending Jamaican kids to high school abroad.
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 the destruction of the island's historical Moravian cemetery.
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 whale shark. See for yourself.
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 that these two will have some writing to do upon completion of which further decisions will be made about them.Omid...
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 trucks.
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.