Stories from 14 February 2008
Zimbabwe: Valentine's Day Protest
Kubatana blog has a post about Valentine's Day Protest in Zimbabwe: “The power of love will overcome the love of power, claims Zimbabwean activist group Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA)....
Trinidad & Tobago, U.S.A.: Fired For Blogging?
Trinidadian blogger Further Thoughts has only one thing to say about the firing of a CNN producer who was allegedly sacked for blogging.
Trinidad & Tobago: Commonweath Writers
As the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize shortlists are announced, Antilles writes: “I'm sure some…will share my disappointment that more Caribbean writers were not shortlisted for the only major writing prize...
Iran:”Revolution just an illusion
Haminjori writes [Fa] when Islamic Revolution happened in 1979 in Iran,he was just four months old. The blogger says when he was a kid he thought that Iran's new political...
Iran:Journalist sentenced to death
Yaghoob Mehrnahad,a journalist from Sistan and Baluchestan province was accused of being involved with terrorist groups and was sentenced to death by a court.Several bloggers including Gorgomishskysay[Fa] that this journalist...
Japan: Bloggers study group
Blogger shinyai [ja] (Keiwa College Associate Professor Ichinohe Shinya) writes about an upcoming bloggers study group [ja] organized by the Agile Media Network (AMN), which will take place on February...
Kazakhstan: Opposition Offers Help to the Ruling Party in Fighting Corruption
Zhanna Zhukova tells that the leading opposition party of Kazakhstan offers its recommendations on what the ruling party Nur Otan shall do first of all to implement its newly declared...
Turkmenistan: Petrol Prices, Market Economy and Corruption
Maciula writes about the introduction of market prices for petrol in Kazakhstan and analyses possible reasons and cosequences of this decision.
Central Asia: Which Candidate is Good for the Region?
KZBlog ponders on which candidate for the post of the United States president may be better for the development of Central Asia and says that John McCain co-sponsored Freedom Support...
Iran:Parvin Ardalan Receives 2007 Olof Palme Prize
According to Change4equality,Parvin Ardalan, one of the founding members of the One Million Signatures Campaign, and a longtime women’s rights activist in Iran has been awarded, the Olof Palme Prize...
Iran:Jailed students and empty chairs
Ghommar says [Fa] we should be worry about several jailed students in Iran rather than barred candidates from parliament election.He considers life of students and their right to study is...
Iran:No beautiful faces please
Kamangir writes when Iranian Fars News wanted to publish pictures from a meeting in a film festival in Tehran, they had no othere choice than to focus on the name-tags...
Costa Rica: High Price of a .cr Domain
Cristian Cambronero of Fusil de Chispas [es] cannot believe that it costs $100 per year to purchase a .cr domain in Costa Rica.
Ecuador: Videos of Guayaquil Protest
Cambiemos Ecuador [es] posts videos of last month's protest held in Guayaquil, which was called together by the city's mayor Jaime Nebot.
Peru: Blog Devoted to Capital City
Vivir Lima [es] is a new blog site devoted to events, activities and stories about the Peru's capital city.
Mexico: Calderon Visit to the United States
Mexican president Felipe Calderon recently visited the United States and the blog Enigmatario [es] provides some of the critics and praise received by the head of state.
Myanmar: Ban Ki-Moon Must Go To Burma
Keith commenting on a post about Myanmar's government's ignoring of the UN writes “Ban Ki Moon must go to Burma. If Kofi Annan can go to Kenya and tries to...
Myanmar: May Referendum
Mayburma has penned a poem welcoming the referendum announced by the military rulers of the nation.
Japan and U.S: U.S. Military Crime Record
Edward Chmura from Japundit reposts a list of U.S Military sex crime record in Okinawa since 1955.
Japan: Okinawa Outrage
Japan Observer follows up the incident of the raping of 14 years old girl by U.S marine and explains its political implications on U.S presence in Japan.
South Korea: Irregular and Migrant Worker Movement
CINA posts the video produced by seoulidality on the history of irregular worker movement and the recent crack down of migrant worker organization by the South Korea government.
