6 February 2008

Stories from 6 February 2008

Israel: Living under Rockets

Ayana Neta, 14, from Israel vows to remain strong as rockets continue to pound her kibbutz. “The first rocket that fell inside the kibbutz was 2 m’ from one of...

6 February 2008

Morocco: The Whole “Kitten” Caboodle

Cats are abundant in Morocco. Overabundant, even. One of my favorite things about living there was photographing the street cats - of which there would often be groups of up to 20. Judging by the spate of posts from the Moroccan blogoma (and even some recent travelers to Morocco) about cats, I'm not the only one who loves felines - and lately, even professional artists and photographers have found them to be a popular subject, reports Jillian York.

6 February 2008

Brazil: And the samba school winner is…

Beija Flor is the winner of this year's title of best samba school of Rio de Janeiro's carnival, reports Thiago Velloso [pt]. “The audience was shouting ‘twice champion’ even before...

6 February 2008

Mozambique: Riot organized via SMS is covered by bloggers

Three people died and more than 250 were injured in a riot yesterday in Maputo, part of a protest against the increase in fares charged by the private minibus operators from the Mozambican capital. This unprecedented manifestation was organized through SMS and covered by bloggers, while local TV stations were mostly showing soap operas and the radios broadcasting football.

6 February 2008

China: Netizen Party

RFA reports that the chair of China Xinmin Party, Guo Quan announced the establishment of China Netizen Party to be a branch of Xinmin Party on Feb 3, 2008 (zh).

6 February 2008

Venezuela: Thought on Chávez

Luis Carlos Díaz of Periodismo de Paz [es] shares some thoughts about Hugo Chávez that he wrote at various blog communities at traditional newspaper sites.

6 February 2008

Jamaica: Marley's Birthday

Jamaican Geoffrey Philp realised early on that “good writing, like a good life, cannot be built solely on negation” – and credits that awareness to Bob Marley's “ability to transform...

6 February 2008

Barbados: Ash Wesnesday

“Traditionally, people give up something for Lent, fast and pray a lot. In recent years we have tended to make Lent positive, by taking on a challenge”: Living in Barbados...

6 February 2008

Barbados: CSME

Barbados Underground‘s “commenter analyst” examines the pros and cons of the Caribbean Free Market and Economy (CSME).

6 February 2008