Stories from 16 November 2007
Brazil: Christiania No Borders Campaign
Cyrano explains a little bit more about his project: “Christiania is like several projects that are popping out around the world, at the same time, without knowing the existence of...
Brazil: Festival Arte.Mov and the mobility era
Andre Lemos invites [pt] whoever happens to be in Belo Horizonte to take part in the Arte.Mov Festival, starting today. It brings together artists that perform new technologies such as...
Syria: Mourning Lost Sailors
This week, the Syrian coast was washed in the black color of mourning, after the shocking news of the Syrian vessel [Georgian flagged, but owned and operated fully by Syrian crew] "Haj Ismail" was hit with the horrendous storm that hit the Black Sea last week, along with another nine ships. Yazan Badran brings us the latest buzz from the Syrian blogosphere.
Bangladesh: Hurricane Sidr and the aftermath
Sidr is a category 4 Hurricane (deadlier than Katrina) raged its severest onslaughts packing winds of 240 kph (150mph) on the southern coast of Bangladesh from about 5:30pm Thursday to...
The other side of the coin: English blogs in Burkina Faso
As Burkinabé journalist Rasmata Some pointed out last month: “In Burkina Faso, blogging is more than a pastime. It is the eyes and ears of thousands of net users.” She was writing about French-language blogs of this former French colony. For Burkinabé journalists and citizens, she says, the blogsphere is a place to freely report and discuss topics the government would rather have left unsaid. For the growing list of English-language bloggers in Burkina Faso, blogging is also more than a pastime.
Trinidad & Tobago: WordPress Woes
Lifespan of a Chennette is in Turkey without WordPress and compares herself to “that cat on the wall, in Antalya, sulking a bit…I had no intention of making any kind...
Jamaica: Ignorance or Bliss?
“It hurts me to say the truth — those of us in Jamaica who are educated and employed benefit from those who aren't,” writes Francis Wade, as he blogs about...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada: Cost of Living
As the Grenadian Prime Minister calls for a regional summit to address the rising cost of living in the Caribbean, Abeni says: “Go ahead and have the summit but am...
Jamaica: All Work and No Play
“Yesterday while at work, I looked on the computer clock, noted that it was past 4:00pm and silently cheered. When did I become a clock watcher?” asks CityGirl.
Armenia: Rubberneckers
As it starts to turn cold, Raffi K at Life in Armenia ushers in the winter with a post that also comments on a planned rally by the country's first...
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Boxing Champion Arrested
Asel reports on the arrest of Kyrgyz boxer Almazbek Raimkulov in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is a professional boxer, living in the States for a long time and known as...
Afghanistan: Women Prisoners Raped in Kabul
Mohammad Fahim Khairy says that a crying fact of prisoners’ rights violation has been revealed by the parliament official in Afghanistan. As reported, some officials of Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul...
Afghanistan: Fighting Hunger
Afghanistan Watch reports that country director of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan is lamenting that citizens and the media tend to overlook humanitarian work in Afghanistan, preferring to keep...
Afghanistan: Undermined Mission
Carl Robichaud considers that a too-narrow focus on counterinsurgency operations has undermined the mission in Afghanistan, and that it is high time to look for the right combination of military...
China: Labour Contract Law and Huawei's Violation
Chris O'Brien has a detailed post on how the news about a local company, Huawei’s decision to “ask” 7,000 of its employees who had been working for the company for...
China: Professor Shot to Death by Police
Liu Xiaoyuan comments on a recent news about an assistant professor being shot to death in Guangzhou city by local police (zh). According to the police report, the gunshot was...
Hong Kong: Uwants
Poon Wai Hang blogs about the most popular internet forum in Hong Kong, Uwants (zh). It ranks second among traditional Chinese language webistes, however, the sources of income are very...
Taiwan: Friendly City
Michael Turton posted an initiative to make Taichung A Barriers-Free City for All International Guests. The proposal was drafted in 2004, but has some significance against the recent campaign for...
Peru: Global Voices Translation Manager Interview
Global Voices Translation Manager Juan Arellano is interviewed by Mi Blog de Blogs [es] about his work.
Japan: NEC Fingerprinting Technology
Edo from Pink tentacle gives some technology background of the fingerprinting foreigners policy in Japan: NEC helps Big Brother watch foreigners in Japan.
South Korea: Workers’ Protest
Jamie from Two Koreas blogs more on last weekend's workers’ protest commemorating Chun Tae Il, a worker who immolated himself in the early seventies in protest of the regressive labour...
