Stories from 2 November 2007
Honduras: Depressing News
Aaron Ortiz of Pensieve highlights several fear-inducing incidents that recently took place in Honduras, including the kidnapping of the brother of a footballer playing in the UK.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Genocide Denier; Dutch Peacekeepers
Srebrenica Genocide Blog writes about Srebrenica genocide denier Milivoje Ivanisevic and the former Dutch peacekeepers visit to Srebrenica.
UAE: French Boy, 15, Raped
i, Bobo posts news coverage of an unsettling story in which a 15-year-old French boy was kidnapped and raped by locals in the UAE.
Europe: Karadzic's Whereabouts
Finding Karadzic posts a translation of an Italian newspaper article on the war criminal's possible whereabouts.
Jordan: Facebook Vs White Pages
“Can you believe they’re now Facebooking pictures they like rather than resorting to the white pages?” asks Roba Al Assi from Jordan.
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Political Crisis
TOL's Balkanizer writes about political instability in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dubai: Money and Crime
Secret Dubai Diary discusses money, crime and punishment in the UAE in this post.
Bulgaria: Q & A
The Balkan Yankee answers questions about Bulgaria: its technological development, its roads, police, and the people.
Croatia: Football and Politics
Balkan Baby writes: “The football scene in Croatia, and for that matter all across the Balkans, has for a long time been a remaining bastion of tasteless nationalist sentiment, the...
The Balkans: More on the Language Issue
Balkan Anarchist responds to Balkan Baby on the issue of the language(s) spoken in the Balkans.
Romania: Corruption
Transatlantic Politics writes about corruption and impunity in Romania: “If the current trends in the Romanian justice system are kept, the EU might very soon deal with one great failure...
Eastern Europe: Diary of a Correspondent
Edward Lucas reposts his diary from a recent trip to Estonia and Poland and the Czech Republic. Itching for Eestimaa comments on a few of the points made by Lucas.
Armenia: Scandinavian Invasion
Armenia and me posts an account and photographs of what is a rare sight indeed — 150 Scandinavian running through Yerevan's Victory Park as part of a World Wide Orienteering...
India: Bangalore – Infrastructure and Barcamps
Bangalore is the focus of this post. Bangalore is the capital of the southern state of Karnataka and and is often referred to as the Silicon Valley of India. Once...
Sri Lanka: Weaning
aljuhara on “Weaning Sri Lanka” – getting off the dairy-dependency.
India: No Toilets
India Daily on how 80% of people in India have no access to a toilet. A sobering thought considering the World’s 7th World Toilet Summit is going to be held...
Trinidad and Tobago: Election Picong
With general elections looming on 5 November, bloggers in Trinidad and Tobago respond to the three main parties' campaigns with frustration, anger — and satire.
Pakistan: Women and Stereotypes
All Things Pakistan comes up with a witty but telling list of female stereotypes that a “male middle class Muslim” perceives.
Pakistan: Politics and Silver Linings
Red, Black and White comments on the current political turmoil in Pakistan and wonders if there's a silver lining at all.
Bangladesh: Squatters, Media and Goons
Mash on the media giving in to the pressure of the “unelected unaccountable military government”.
Japan: Two Degrees from Terror
These days, particularly since the events of 9/11, a latent fear of "terror" has come to lurk in the hearts of many a concerned citizen. But how far away are the terrorists, really? This week in Japan, they suddenly seemed to get a whole lot closer when Justice Minister Hatoyama Kunio, just recently appointed to his cabinet position, revealed in an off-hand comment that a "friend of a friend" of his belonged to al-Qaeda.
