6 January 2008

Stories from 6 January 2008

Iran:A Plane Catches Fire

Shekkar [Fa],an Iran based blogger, was on board the Iran Air Fokker 100 which attempted to take off for Shiraz but ended up losing its landing gear and caught fire.Read...

6 January 2008

Brazil: Protect your freedom of speech

Jorge Serrão [pt] has a long Sunday post on freedom of speech. “The Brazilian society must not accept that press and citizens are silenced, censured or corrupted. Some politically odious...

6 January 2008

Armenia: Christmas

While all attention is focused on Georgia after its early presidential election was held yesterday, The Armenian Patchwork reminds its readers that today is also Armenian Christmas and posts some...

6 January 2008

Georgia: Presidential Election Update

Although the international media is now reporting a victory for the incumbent, Mikhail Saakashvili, in yesterday's presidential election in Georgia, there has so far been very little reaction to the...

6 January 2008

Vietnam: Regulating the Street Economy

Vietnamese capital city Hanoi recently introduced a draft legislation aimed at improving traffic flow. The result of this was a drastic reduction in the places where the vendors can sell there wares. Caroline Finlay looks at the online debates sparked by this new legislation.

6 January 2008

Iran:Snowy Tehran

Accroding to media,snow has paralysed several cities in northern and western parts of Iran.Here is a short film that shows snowy Tehran.

6 January 2008