13 December 2007

Stories from 13 December 2007

Dubai: Newspaper Changes Tone

McMenon, who lives in Dubai, is annoyed at how a newspaper changed its tone in reference to the gang-rape case in which a 15-year-old boy was attacked in Dubai.

13 December 2007

Russia: Oka, the Car

The Turkish Invasion writes about Oka car: “In Moscow, Oka cars are widely used by pizza delivery (since it is basically warmer than driving a bike in winter) and only...

13 December 2007

China: Bullog's top stories of 2007

Is it top ten year-end list time yet? Bullog International blogger Song Shinan gives us eight choices [zh] in a vote for blog story of the year at Bullog, the...

13 December 2007

Russia: Health Care

Grigory Pasko cuts a finger and ends up writing a horror story about health care in Russia – posted at Robert Amsterdam's blog.

13 December 2007

Kenya: The 3 opiums of Kenyan voters

Kumekucha highlights three main problems of Kenyan voters: “Tribalism. Corruption. Short-term memory. These are the three opium’s we must exhale out of our body system before you go vote on...

13 December 2007

Armenia: Banditocracy

Nazarian comments on the bombing of a minor opposition newspaper in Yerevan with the 2008 presidential election just two months away. Although the damage was slight, the blogger says that...

13 December 2007

Georgia: Populist Politics

TOL Georgia is less than impressed with the populist politics of opposition politician Shalva Natelashvili. The blog says that promises from the candidate for the January 2008 presidential election usually...

13 December 2007

Azerbaijan: Media Freedom

Leigh's new adventures in Azerbaijan says that the authorities in Baku reacted quickly in releasing an imprisoned Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist after comments from the U.S. Ambassador on media...

13 December 2007

Russia, Belarus: Putin's Visit

TOL's Belarus covers an attack on protesters against Putin's visit to Belarus and explain what could be the reasons for the visit: “That means that it is the Russian side...

13 December 2007