14 April 2008

Stories from 14 April 2008

Poland: Krakow; Warsaw

Polandian compares Krakow‘s past with its present; the beatroot writes about a survey that found Warsaw the third most boring city of Europe.

14 April 2008

Serbia: New Belgrade

“New Belgrade” – regarded by many “as a giant sleeping dorm” – turns 60, Belgrade 2.0 reports and posts some pictures and video.

14 April 2008

Online Obama campaign splits Ethiopian bloggers

Diaspora Ethiopians have been flexing their political muscles in the U.S., organising websites, rallies and email campaigns to persuade their compatriots to support Barack Obama's presidential run. Many Ethiopians bloggers rallied to the cause, pledging cash and votes for the Democratic candidate whose father came from Kenya, a country that neighbours Ethiopia. But others raised questions about the campaign, asking whether it was right to expect Ethiopian-Americans to vote en masse for any candidate.

14 April 2008

Indonesia Lifts Ban on YouTube

Indonesia has lifted the ban on Youtube.com. Internet service providers “would only block access to pages carrying the film by Geert Wilders” The vice chairman of the Indonesian Internet Providers...

14 April 2008

India: Bride's side

of this and that on the heavy weight of patriarchy that forces the families of brides to foot the wedding bills and more.

14 April 2008

Bahamas: For Shame?

“Have we in the Bahamas become so insensitive and so lacking in shame that there is not a public outcry about this prescription for socio-economic disaster?” Sidney Sweeting at WeblogBahamas.com...

14 April 2008

Barbados: Thoughts on Zimbabwe

“I have been struggling for a couple of weeks over how to express my feelings about the current non-outcome from Zimbabwe's presidential elections”: Living in Barbados finally blogs about it.

14 April 2008

Jamaica, China: Carrying the Torch

“For many Chinese nationals, this Olympics is an event about hope–hope that China will become a better country not just economically, but as a nation progressing in all ways”: Blogging...

14 April 2008