1 October 2007

Stories from 1 October 2007

Ukraine: Demography

Edward Hugh of A Fistful of Euros writes about Ukraine's demography: “The fundamental situation is that – even if this sounds very dramatic – Ukraine as a country is dying.”

1 October 2007

Myanmar: More International Support

Yangon Thu links to sites that have pictures and news of international support for the protests in Myanmar. The blogger also requests readers to write to International Committee of the...

1 October 2007

Iran:People and Ahmadinejad

Kourosh Ziabari writes[Fa] that Iranian people have no right to protest President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad‘s “way of doing things” because they voted for him.The blogger adds Ahmadinejad is a man without...

1 October 2007

Lebanon: Upcoming Presidential Elections

Recent blog posts about the upcoming presidential election in Lebanon reflect the feeling of apathy and mistrust towards politics and politicians currently spreading around the country. You have posts ranging from questioning the actions of the leaders to posts questioning whether they really are the leaders. Anyway, expect more on this subject during the coming weeks, since the elections are expected to be held before October 24. writes Moussa Bashir.

1 October 2007

Pakistan: To the Thar Desert

In August '06, the day after monsoon rains flooded the streets of Karachi, the 4×4 Offroaders Club Karachi set off to the Thar desert, an hour long video at Off...

1 October 2007

Jamaica: Replacing Portia

In the aftermath of Jamaican elections, Moving Back to Jamaica reflects on the difficulty for the People's National Party of replacing its head, former prime minister Portia Simpson-Miller.

1 October 2007