Stories from 13 February 2008
Dominica: Refinery Plans On Hold
Steve's Dominica is pleased to report that plans for establishing an oil refinery on the “Nature Island” are on hold.
Jamaica: Murderous Reputation
Moving Back to Jamaica links to an article in The Economist that he says “painted a damning picture of the Caribbean, but in particular of Jamaica.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Save the Dolphins
Both Discover T&T Blog and Keith in Trinidad draw attention to the recent phenomenon of dolphins being illegally caught and sold as “fish” in order to “satisfy a sanctimonious need to consume seafood for Lent.”
Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Obama Sweeps
“Darwin Day was good for Barack Obama,” writes Trinidadian blogger Further Thoughts, adding: “He looks set to win by a similar margin in Maryland.”
Zimbabwe: What is the real inflation figure?
Zimbabaloola puts inflation figures in Zimbabwe into local context: “Everybody seems to have a different figure for inflation in Zimbabwe. The most commonly used is 24000 percent, though occasionally one still sees the government figure of 8000 percent. That’s year ON year, of course. I’ve used the inflation calculator here...
Hong Kong: Apologize for What?
One of the victim of the sex photo scandal Gillian Chung finally broke her silence. In her statement she claimed that she was too innocent and she apologized for causing the social damage. Cow wondered what she apologized for. The blogger felt that such gesture implied a victory of conservative...
South Korea: The Gates of Seoul
Sewing from Marmot's Hole introduces to the readers brief historical background of the Gates around Seoul city.
Taiwan: Questions to Presidential Candidates
With the upcoming presidential election in Taiwan on March 22nd, televised debates will be held on February 24th and March 9th. Following the Youtube example in the United States, at the first debate, two presidential candidates will answer 20 video questions selected from Peopo website[zh]. Voters in Taiwan are welcomed to make their own 30-second...
China: Expecting Democracy in 2008
At the eve of Lunar New Year, Zou Tao and Li Tie was holding a banner “2008, expecting democracy in China” in the most busy street of Shenzhen city for celebrating the new year – via sun fuquan's blog (zh).
Hong Kong: Another Hyperlink Case
The sex photo scandal has developed into another test case for the nature of hyperlink as “distribution” of indecent and obscene article. This time, the suspect posted a hyperlink of a compressed file stored in overseas server. I have written an article on that via inmediahk.net (zh).
Bangladesh: On human rights, and people across the border
In this weeks roundup we take a look at what different Bangladeshi blogs are talking about. On human rights- who is a human? Rumi of In the Middle of Nowhere discusses the death under custody of Mr. Qayyum Khan, an elected local government representative and a BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party)...
Armenia: US, Russian-backed Regime Change?
Archuk's Blog, which has already asked who exactly woke up the former president, comments on reports that Levon Ter-Petrossian was recently in Moscow. The blogger says that while it's possible the former head of state was there just for a “bowl of of borsh and a shot of Stolichnaya,” it's...
Guatemala: Targeted Violence Against Bus Drivers
Bus drivers in Guatemala have been the victim of targeted attacks, which have left 3-4 murdered per day and have caused panic and fear among the people. Some local bloggers are speculating on who is behind this violence and what the government can do to reduce these crimes.
Kazakhstan: Gaisha Madanova – Winter Photos of Almaty
Daniel presents Gaisha Madanova, the photographer, capturing the streets of Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan, this winter taking photos that are poetic and meditative.
Kyrgyzstan: Neo-Nazis in Russia Target Central Asians
The Azamat Report says that many people in Kyrgyzstan are learning more about neo-Nazism in Russian because of increasing number of cases of murder and violent attacks againsts Kyrgyz immigrant workers in Russia.
Kyrgyzstan: New Blog Preview
CXW introduces Nomadistan, a new blog about Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, and says it provides an insightful, sometimes humorous, sometimes serious commentary on the past, present, and future of this fascinating country and region.
Tajikistan: Energy Troubles and Fights
Ian reports that amidst harsh energy and humanitarian crisis in Tajikistan, a more alarming news has come about a gunfight that took place in Garm last week between OMON forces and members of the former opposition.
Kuwait: Traffic Jam
Mishary, from Kuwait, posts pictures of a traffic jam.
Bahrain: Indian Workers on Strike
Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif comments on the treatment of Indian workers on strike in Bahrain.
Egypt: On Winning the African cup of Nation, Ghana 2008
Ask any Egyptian, he’d tell you that last Sunday night, February the 10th, wasn’t like any night.. a night like “thousand nights”.. Egypt won the African Cup of Nations in Ghana 2008 after a fierce match with Cameron 1-0. A marvelous score in a beautiful ditto between Abu Tarika and Zeidan. Egypt won.. Celebrations was almost every where on each and every street in Egypt, as well as in many other Arab countries.
Bahrain: For sale?
In this post we look at some of things that Bahraini bloggers have been saying during the last month. We start with a complaint about the privatisation of utilities in Bahrain, followed by an opinion about changes at the Ministry of Information, and another about the role bloggers can play...
