Stories from 11 November 2007
Iran: A photo from Autumn in country
Kosoof, a leading photo blogger, has published a photo from Iranian nature in Autumn.
Iran:”Voting for Ahmadinejad”
Nasleh Bidar invites[Fa] people to vote for Ahmadinejad on Time magazine site and choose him as “Time's Person of the Year 2007″.
Iran:Government suspended sentence for woman activist
Pargas says[Fa] that government suspended sentence for Delaram Ali,woman activist. She had been sentenced to 2 years and 10 months prison term and 10 lashes, for her participation in a peaceful protest.
Iran:Photos from a destroyed Sufi Center
A Sufi Center was destroyed by governmental forces in Iran. Majzob has published several photos from destroyed religious center and says that in Iran,there is a real “Religious Apartheid”.
Iran:Several Sufi Muslims Arrested
According to [Fa]Gonabadi blog,security forces attacked Sufi Muslims (dervishes) in Borujerd in Lorestan province and arrested more than 200 of them. The blogger says about 50 of these Sufi Muslims were beaten up and got injured.International media reports this event too.
Georgia: Discontent
Social Science in the Caucasus, the blog of the Caucasus Resource Research Center, takes the opportunity after last week's unrest in Tbilisi to analyze data collected since 2004 on the level of discontent in Georgian society.
Brazil: 40 years of Tropicalia
The most revolutionary movement in Brazilian music and culture has been celebrating its 40 years since October. Sancho's Panza has a brief background of Tropicalia e publishes some videos. He says: “The tropicália movement was to produce some of the most memorable careers in the pantheon of world music, and...
Brazil: The oil discovery and the biased media
Mr. Trend from Alterdestiny analyzes the biased media responses to the announcement that Brazil had discovered a major deep-sea oil field off its coast. “Randy does a great job condemning the idiotic “journalistic” treatment that the Wall Street Journal gave. However, idiotic responses did not exist just in the U.S”.
D.R. of Congo: This is the sound of suprise
Extra Extra's observations after returning to Congo: “I’m still reeling from returning to Congo to find Kinshasa flooded (for want of a bookshelf our library was lost), our neighbourhood hit by up to four power-cuts a day (candle sales are booming; my laptop battery is foutou), and a series of...
Africa: A Western journalist experiencing Africa
Arjen Westra writes about his experiences in Togo and Nigeria: “My first visit to Nigeria years ago, I did not get the AK47 roadblocks every 200 meters that people prepared me for. I neglected the advice of friends (who had never been to Africa), asking me if a story is...
Brazil: Morality, homophobia, ethics or hipocrisy?
After a popular tour throughout the country, everything was ready for the opening of the photo exhibition Heróis (Heroes) by Luiz Garrido, in Brasília, capital of Brazil. This time, the 24 black and white pictures of famous Brazilians were to be shown at the Chamber of Deputies, as part of...
Azerbaijan: Halloween Bayram!
More Peace Corps Volunteers post an account of preparing for Halloween and introducing the event to schoolchildren in Azerbaijan. This time, albeit belatedly, is the turn of Carolyn & Jesse's Azerbaijan Peace Corps Blog.
Turkey: Anti-Armenian Music Video
Unzipped reports that musicians in Turkey are currently on trial for uploading a music clip to YouTube glorifying the murder in Istanbul earlier this year of ethnic Armenian newspaper editor and journalist, Hrant Dink. Prosecutors are demanding up to 7.5 years imprisonment for the accused.
Georgia: Media Concerns
Resistance Georgia says that unless Imedia TV returns to the air, the 5 January presidential election can hardly be considered “in any way democratic.”
Brazil: The Internet Governance Forum and the USA dominance
Gizmodo on the Internet Governance Forum 2007 that takes place in Rio de Janeiro, from 12 through 15 November. The international meeting is meant to cover topics including spam, free speech and cheaper access to the Internet. “However, it seems that American dominance in the governing of the Internet is...
Thailand: Southern Voilence
The Thai Army makes bold claims of the death throes of terrorism in Southern Thailand.
East Timor: Weather Forcasting in Dili
” When it comes to predicting rain, Dili is a bit of a forecasters nightmare” says Diligence.
Malaysia: Street Protest for Fair Elections
Jeff Ooi has images and videos from the protest organised by the opposition parties and NGOs. The protests called for free and fair elections.
Japan: Am I a Blogger?
Kikko, one of the most popular bloggers in Japan, questions whether what she writes is really a “blog” [ja]. When she was selected as one of Japan's “Alpha Bloggers” [ja] in 2005, she was asked what she thought of Web 2.0, to which she replied: “Web 2.0? What's that?” Is...
