Stories from 2 October 2008
Azerbaijan: OSCE/ODIHR Presidential Election Observer Blog
The Continuing Adventures of Super Steve is on its way to Azerbaijan to observe the 15 October presidential election in the country. The blog provides its readers with information on...
Vietnam: Typhoon during harvest time
Typhoon Hagupit killed more than 40 persons in Vietnam. Economic losses are huge especially in agriculture since it is rice harvest time.
Japan: HubMedia
Blogger smashmedia introduces a Japanese online publishing site [ja] called HubMedia [ja] (ハブメディア), a project to showcase quality edited contents on the web, with revenue coming from advertisements and small-lot...
Hong Kong: Banned Halloween Ads
Every year, the Ocean Park in Hong Kong would organize Halloween party for attracting visitors. However, its advertisements faced a lot of complaints from the public. This year, some of...
Japan: Who can you call about Google Street View?
Blogger Hiromitsu Takagi [高木浩光] takes up the story [ja] of Google vice president Kent Walker's Q&A at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29th, highlighting statements [ja] by Google...
Japan: Major papers agree on mutual consignment deal
Hiroyuki Fujishiro [藤代裕之] at Gatonews comments on reports [ja] that Japan's two largest dailies, the Yomiuri shimbun and the Asahi shimbun, have agreed on a mutual consignment deal that, by...
Peru: Blogger's fights
Javier from El Lápiz y el Martillo compiles the last series of clashes between diverse factions of bloggers. In his post Paisaje después de la batalla (es) he ends with...
Russia: Eid ul-Fitr in Moscow
Over 30,000 Muslims reportedly came to the Moscow Cathedral Mosque for a communal prayer on Sept. 30, the first day of Eid ul-Fitr, a Muslim holiday known in Russia as Uraza Bayram, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan. Russian bloggers' reactions ranged from hostile to positive, and below is a translation of some of them.
