Stories from 9 July 2008
Russia: The Day of Family, Love and Fidelity
Russia's got a new holiday: the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, celebrated on July 8. Translated below is a holiday post by Moscow-based LJ user eprst2000 - a post that has moved quite a few readers to tears.
Armenia: Political Football
Unzipped comments on an opinion piece by Armenia's new president published by the Wall Street Journal in which Serge Sargsyan hopes that September's Armenia-Turkey football World Cup qualifying match in Yerevan can be the catalyst for amicable relations between the two countries. Currently the border between Armenia and Turkey is...
Jamaica: Why I Blog
In a passionate post, Jamaican blogger Geoffrey Philp describes the five top reasons he blogs.
Guyana: Carifesta X
Signifyin’ Guyana looks beyond the challenges of life in Guyana, and celebrates Caribbean women writers, as she prepares for the regional cultural festival, Carifesta.
Hong Kong: Sexy Photo Victim
A Hong Kong netizen uploaded photos from the Edison Chan sexy photogate to an overseas server and linked it back to local forum was sentence to three weeks detention without bail while waiting for the sentence in the district court. Ip Iam Chong wrote a commentary at inmediahk.net, pointing out...
South Korea: Anti Lee Myungbak Movement
Newcham has written up a most elaborated report on the South Korean anti Lee Myungbak movement.
Bahrain: Pictures from Budapest
Bint Battuta in Bahrain shares with us some of the pictures she clicked while touring Budapest, Hungary.
Bahrain: Smart Cars..Stupid Owners
Bahraini Mahmood Al Yousif points us to smart cars … with what he described as stupid owners. Click here to find out why.
Bahrain: Tying the Knot
Bahraini blogger Mohammed Al Maskati is tying the knot — but keeping the details away from his blog.
India: Angry Hindus
Indian Muslims Blog on the concept of an “Angry Hindu” who complains when concessions are made for Muslims on religious grounds, not quite realizing that Hindus receive similar concessions as well.
Sri Lanka: TV SouthAsia
Moving Images, Moving People on a collaborative venture of commercial broadcasters in five countries of South Asia.
Bangladesh: E-Book on National Security Council
Drishtipat Writers’ Collective (DWC), a writers’ group on Bangladesh, publishes an e-book on the prospect of National Security Council in Bangladesh. More at Unheard Voices.
Pakistan: Biofuel and Food crisis
The Pakistani Spectator on biofuel being on the of reasons for the worldwide food crisis.
Japan: Bloggers on food crisis feast, G8 over Skype?
The G8 Summit at Toyako, Hokkaido, ended on June 9th after three days of meetings, leaving a bitter aftertaste for some bloggers in Japan. Many questioned the high cost of the event, pointing out how environmentally unfriendly it was, and one even proposed that the meeting could be better carried out over Skype.
Cuba: The US and Cuban Oil
An article on negotiations between Brazil's Petrobras and Cuba prompts The Cuban Triangle to consider the implications of oil exploration in Cuba's Gulf reserves.
Trinidad & Tobago: Support for Mugabe
Ramblings and Reason comments on a roadside sign in Trinidad that salutes Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe.
Touring Libyan Blogs: Summer, Diplomacy, Data Protection and the Right to Privacy
The sprawling summer days in Libya have kicked in fast bringing with them the beach season, which for me carries wafts of childhood holiday memories and funnily enough watermelons. As expected there were a few summer related posts on the Libyan blogosphere. After all with approximately 2000 km of coastline...
Palestine: Murder or terror rampage?
"Only Arabs are terrorists" reads the subject heading on a Palestine's blog, referring to the headlines such as "Bulldozer terror rampage in Jerusalem" splashed across Israeli and foreign newspapers after a Palestinian living in Jerusalem drove a bulldozer down a crowded street in West Jerusalem. See some of the reactions.
Barbados: Abuse or Discipline?
Bajan Global Report quotes from an educator to make the case for retaining corporal punishment in Barbados schools.
Myanmar: Alter charges against blogger Nay Phone Latt
Mizzima news reported that the charges to blogger Nay Phone Latt was altered and a new charge has been applied. “Under section 32(b) of the Video Act, he is facing a maximum of six months in prison but now faces a maximum of seven years in jail under the new...
Myanmar: Salt Prices
New Mandala states that “25,430 acres of salt pans were submerged and 29,545 tons of salt damaged after the Cyclone Nargis. The price of salt has risen by three to six times in the last two months.”
