9 May 2008

Stories from 9 May 2008

Lebanon: Laughing in adversity

“There are heavy gun-shots going on near us, and my roommate made me laugh amongst the shootings: ‘these are crazy mother-******s, i am happy to be as normal in comparison,'”...

9 May 2008

Lebanon: Misunderstanding?

“…Hezbollah's private telecommunications network that triggered the confrontation is a ‘secure network of primitive private land lines [that] helped the guerrillas fight Israel's high-tech army in the 2006 summer war’...

9 May 2008

Lebanon: Things may slip?

Prof Rami Zurayk, who is in Beirut with his family, writes his observations and what he is witnessing on the third day of the conflicts in Lebanon.

9 May 2008

Angola: Decolonization in motion

Carlos Pereira [pt] has found a very interesting video showing the mass emigration of Portuguese-descended settlers and white Angolans from Luena, with scenes classified by the blogger as “great drama...

9 May 2008

Brazil: Change yourself the media focus

Guilherme Felitti [pt] has some good tips for those who wish to take part of the Reporter Blogger [pt] experiment or want to experiment with Citizen Media. “Remember that, be...

9 May 2008

Sri Lanka: Creating wealth

Deane's Dimension takes a look at the issue of poverty, and writes that the question is not how poverty can be reduced, but how wealth can be created.

9 May 2008

India: Pangea Day

Almost as good as Chocolate writes about the upcoming Pangea Day – a day devoted to films in different locations of the world.

9 May 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: Football Fever

“It is no secret that people are football crazy in Trinidad and Tobago,” writes Discover TnT Blog, adding that “the upcoming friendly match between Trinidad and Tobago and England is...

9 May 2008

Caucasus: Subjective Well-being

Social Science in the Caucasus, the blog of the Caucasus Resource Research Centers, looks at the the subjective well-being of citizens living in all three South Caucasus republics. Although the...

9 May 2008