Stories from 1 September 2008
Trinidad & Tobago: Flood Waters
Attillah Springer, Jeremy Taylor and Raffique Shah write thoughtful posts about Trinidad and Tobago's drainage problems, even as the country celebrates its 46th anniversary of Independence.
South Korea: Patriotic summer fashions
Matt from Gusts of popular feeling introduces some patriotic summer fashions in South Korea related to Dokdo.
Japan: Fukad resigns
Tobias Harris writes a brief comment on the breaking news about the Prime Minister Fukuda's resignation.
Taiwan: Pan Green Mobilization Against Ma Ying-Jeou
Claudia Jean blogs about the Aug 30 pan-green mobilization against the KMT president Ma Ying-Jeou economic and political policy. Michael Turton discusses about the number of demonstrators appeared in the rally.
Haiti: Everybody Ate
Blog de Port-au-Prince reviews Margaret Trost's newly released book about her experiences in Haiti.
Morocco: Extraordinary Rendition
Al Miraat/The Moroccan Mirror reports on the status of Binyam Mohamed, currently detained at Guantánamo Bay, and expresses disgust with Morocco's role in Mohamed's rendition, saying, “I'm speechless and abhorred by the Moroccan authorities’ attitude, abasing themselves to a despicable executor of America's dirty business.”
South Africa: Partnership for mobile journalism
Nokia partners with Bizcommunity, a South African-based daily advertising, marketing and media news resource: “As part of the ongoing relationship, Nokia will provide the Bizcommunity editorial team with Nokia N82 devices. The Nokia N82 is the ideal broadcast tool with a five megapixel camera, powerful Xenon flash and fast camera...
Cuba: Gorki Released
Uncommon Sense, Blog For Cuba and Review of Cuban-American Blogs report that Gorki, the Cuban punk rocker who was arrested and initially charged with “pre-criminal social dangerousness”, has been released from jail.
China: A Story of Unrequited Love
[BLT]FQX posted a funny and beautiful set of pictures about “a story of unrequited love“.
Bermuda, Trinidad & Tobago: Federation Forum?
Blogging from Bermuda, Vexed Bermoothes thinks that the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister's call for a Caribbean federation is “doubletalk at its best: he wants a ‘movement of the people’ but will not allow the people a forum focused on the issue.”
China: Cannot criticize the national soccer team?
Angrychinese blogger quoted from sources said the Chinese Central Propaganda Department has issued instruction to prevent criticism against the national soccer team.
Bermuda, U.S.A.: Obama's Message
a bermudian's view says that Barack Obama's brand of politics is one that he would “love to see unfold in Bermuda…”
Bahamas, Guyana: Carifesta Comes to a Close
“There's the mastery of the activities in the Grand Market…the hospitality of the ordinary Guyanese, the incomprehensibility of the closing ceremony preparations, the ending of the Fineman reign of terror…and there’s the serious discussion of what we need to do, and how, if we want this festival to move forward”:...
South Africa: South Africa's answer to PayPal
Here is South Africa's answer to PayPal: “Payfast, out of South Africa is a paypal like service. The site bill’s itself as a payment processing system and has already integrated with bid or buy.”
Africa: 5 Great African Blogs
In honor of BlogDay 2008, White African features 5 Africa-focused blogs that he thinks are interesting.
Africa: Bundublog: A blogging platform for African bloggers
Bundublog is a blogging platform started by Gordon Bishop aimed at the average African blogger. It is based on open source software.
Somalia: The Exiled Press Pack
Since it has become extremely dangerous for journalists to operate from Somalia, several Somali journalists have left the country for Kenya where they are working from. Rob writes about them in a post titled, “Somalia's Exiled Press Pack.“
China: Yang Jia given death penalty in problematic trial
Yang killed people, and this should have been condemned by society. What comes unexpectedly, though, is that he actually earned many people's sympathy. Can't people tell right from wrong? What possible reason could there be, for public and social values to get as screwed up as this?
Africa: Big Brother Africa III
Felix writes a 2-part critique of Big Brother Africa III. He writes, “…I ask myself a few more questions, what really is a reality show based on, I thought it was supposed to be acting out your real life in the house or your being yourself without pretense or am...
Venezuela: Youth Orchestra Transforms Lives
José Antonio Abreu is a well-known Venezuelan musician, and in 1975 he decided to share his love of music with youth from poor and violent neighborhoods across the country. He created a youth orchestra that has become the pride of the country, and has received support from the government. The experience has transformed the lives of the young people, and has produced beautiful music for more than three decades.
Russia: Kremlin Critic Shot Dead
Red Menace comments on news that a vocal critic of the Kremlin and local administration in Ingushetia has died from a gunshot wound to the head sustatined while in police custody. If his death was an accident, the blog asks somewhat rhetorically, why was web site owner Magomed Yevloyev's body...
