19 October 2007

Stories from 19 October 2007

Russia: A St. Petersburger in Moscow

Russian bloggers are, of course, eagerly discussing the upcoming elections and other newsworthy political developments, but there's still plenty of room in the country's blogosphere for apolitical reflection. St. Petersburg journalist Svetlana Gavrilina (LJ user aneta_spb), for example, shares her impressions of Moscow, filing her little sketch from "the-street-named-after-I've-again-forgotten-who" in Kuzminki district of the Russian capital.

19 October 2007

Iran:Global Warming and our brains

Paris Marashi,Iranian-American blogger says today in Pop!Tech conference, Dan Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, spoke about risk, specifically our ability to deal with the risk of global...

19 October 2007

Pakistan: In the wake of the attacks

On her return from an eight year self imposed exile, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was welcomed to Karachi with a procession of thousands of her supporters, and two successful suicide bombers. The attack resulted in 136 dead, hundreds more injured and a public that was left in utter shock. The public have their own opinions about who is ultimately responsible.

19 October 2007

Iran:Protect Environment

Small Candle reminds[Fa] that there are no signs of (Persian) Lions in Khuzestan province and (Persian) Tigers in Mazandaran in Iran.The blogger asks us to become more responsible people regarding...

19 October 2007

Kazkahstan: Credit Crunch

Ben reflects on the troubles of Kazakhstan’s foreign capital dependent financial sector and the measures that have been proposed by the government to support it.

19 October 2007

Kazakhstan: Panic over Prices

Gulnaz reports on the panic in Karaganda, which was caused by unprecedentedly sudden and harsh rise in prices for goods of first priority [RUS].

19 October 2007

Tajikistan: Endangered Pamiris

Vadim raises the issue of deteriorating situation with children's low show-up in the schools of mountaneous and socially disadvantaged Gorno-Badakshan region of Tajikistan.

19 October 2007