2 October 2007

Stories from 2 October 2007

Lebanon: You Are What You Sound

“During the (un)civil war, people got killed because they had the ‘wrong’ pronunciation of tomato at the ‘wrong’ road block,” writes Lebanese blogger Moussa Bashir.

2 October 2007

Ecuador: Alianza Pais Wins the Majority of Seats

Nearly 9 million Ecuadoran nationals and others who live abroad voted for delegates for the Constituent Assembly, which will be charged with rewriting the Constitution. Current President Rafael Correa's political party, Alianza Pais, was expected to win a large majority of these positions. Even though the official tally is still being counted, early estimates have given Correa a majority in the 130-member assembly. Ecuadoran bloggers give their thoughts on these preliminary results.

2 October 2007

Ukraine: So Long, Oleksandr Moroz?

According to the preliminary results of Ukraine's snap parliamentary election, five parties and blocs appear to have obtained the minimum 3-percent share of the vote required to enter the new parliament - and the Socialist Party led be Oleksandr Moroz is not one of them. Moroz was Victor Yushchenko's ally during the 2004 Orange Revolution, but joined Victor Yanukovych's coalition to become the speaker in 2006. Some Ukrainian bloggers are already discussing the renegade politician's likely defeat.

2 October 2007

Lebanon: Fires across the country

Lebanese news services are reporting the ignition of numerous brush fires across the country, causing residents in some areas to flee. Blacksmiths of Lebanon posts updates and photos.

2 October 2007

Iran:Ministry of Guidance and Blogs

Fahimeh in her blog,Occupation Reporter, says[Fa] that the Ministry of Islamic Guidance published a 40 pages study about blogs.According to this study only 40 percent of bloggers mention their real...

2 October 2007

Jordan: Hacking Apple Products

“One of the reasons I love Ramadan is that I become productive in a crazy way… After the nap I start hacking & experimenting with different stuff. Don't think of...

2 October 2007

Iran: Ahmadinejad's trip to USA

Pasdaran informs[Fa] us that several Iranian leaders including a reformist leader considered Ahmadinejad's trip to USA and his speech in Columbia University very fruitful.

2 October 2007

Iran:The Day After We Bomb Iran

Chris Weigant writes in his blog that “enough attention is not being paid to what happens after we rain death from the skies down on Iran. Which is a shame,...

2 October 2007

Philippines: Bloggers React To Poll Chief's Resignation

The chairman of Philippines Commission on Elections resigned earlier this week amidst allegations that he was involved in brokering a telecom infrastructure deal with a Chinese company. Tonyo Cruz rounds up the reactions of bloggers in Philippines.

2 October 2007