Stories from 1 October 2007
Botswana: The Nata Blog at UN conference
The Nata blog from Nata village in Botswana is featured on two seminars at a UN conference on ICT: “Pictured above is Melody Jenkins presenting the Nata website at 9'oclock...
Belarus: Give Lukashenko his LuNet!
When the Belarusian activist Dzianis Dzianisau was detained for nearly two months on charges of “taking part in manifestations which disturb public order”, the Belarusian blogsphere successfully organized an online...
Africa: Why smoking is good for Africa
Reluctant Memsahib explains why smoking is good for Africa: “The NGO who argues that tobacco growers must seek alternative cash crops needs to get out more (I think that’s what...
Africa: African culinary entrepreneurs
Fran Osseo-Asare writes about Africa culinary entrepreneurs: “Her website afrofoodtv.com includes recipes and demonstrations of North, South, East and West African dishes in what I assume is her pleasant, well-equipped...
Is there a future for e-commerce in Africa?
The past week turned out to one that came with an interesting debate online about the prospects of e-commerce in Africa. Are there any prospects for e-commerce on the African continent?
Hindi: Cricket in the air and a martyr is remembered!
It seemed as if all hell had broken loose on the evening of 24th September here in Delhi when Sreesanth took that catch of Misabh-ul-Haq that sealed for India the...
Myanmar: Soldiers Trying to Reduce Monk's Influence
The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), a non-profit news organization and one of the few places where the news from Myanmar still trickling in has posted a report in Burmese on soldiers trying to get the monks to give up their religious life. Yangon Thu translates the report.
Myanmar: International Bloggers Day For Burma
International bloggers are coming together to mark October 4th as the international bloggers day for Burma.
Japan: Pregnant Foreign Woman Rejected By Hospital
Debito blogs a local news about a pregnant foreign woman rejected by 5 hospitals 7 times. There are some good discussions in the comment session.
Japan: Red Spider Lilies
Overoften from Japundit blogs pictures of red spider lily field from rural Japan.
China: Lunquan Land Expropriation
Memedia has a special issue on Lunquan land expropriation story(zh). Local villagers are fighting against the government's illegal land expropriation. Even though the central government has showed concern over the...
China: How Much Should Be the Average Salary Of Chinese Worker?
Xueyong tried to calculate a fair average salary for the Chinese Worker (zh). Using the statistic from United Nation, an average worker in China produces USD12,642 annually, while their US...
Mali: Alicia Keyes and Oumou Sangare sing duet
Echanges, Reflexion and Cityonenete posts a You Tube video of Alicia Keyes’ duet with famed Malian songstress, Oumou Sangare.
Peru: Protest For and Against Fujimori
Gran Combo Club [ES] writes about recent anti- and pro-Fujimori protests in Lima.
Ecuador: Correa's Clear Victory
Autentico Ecuatoriano [ES] sees Rafael Correa's landslide victory in Ecuador's Constituent Assembly election as a sign tht he is not as disliked as many in the opposition would lead one...
Ecuador: More on the Constituent Assembly Elections
Cronicacero [ES] provides some interesting points in regards to the Constituent Assembly elections in Ecuador.
China: Piano House
Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist reports on a newly constructed Piano House in Anhui Huainan.
East Asia: China's Responsibility In Burma Repression
Franklen K S Choi from inmediahk.net quoted reports about China government's various military and economic investment in Burma for arguing that China has moral responsibility for the repression in Burma....
Japan: New Justice Minister wants “automatic” executions
New Justice Minister Hatoyama Kunio, upon taking office on September 25 (actually at his outgoing press conference, before he was reappointed to the position), stated that he supported creating a...
Colombia: FesTAS.org Festival
FesTAS.org is a festival about open technologies that will take place in the city of Tenjo on October 6. Martín Giraldo of Radio Capsula [ES] will speak about open software...
