Stories from 20 October 2008
China: City Mayor Responds To Internet Rumor
ESWN translates a comment article on the different attitudes of government officials to Internet rumor; the Changzhou city mayor won public praise with his public responds online on a rumor...
China: Photographs and scanned ID cards at Internet Bar
The Beijing government has implemented new regulations requiring all first-time visitors to any of the city’s more than 1,500 internet bars to have their pictures taken and their ID cards...
U.S.V.I.: After Omar
News of St. John posts a few photos of the island post-Hurricane Omar.
Belize: Major Flooding
“Massive flooding in the western and central areas of Belize has cut off many villages and towns from the rest of the country, led to emergency evacuations, loss of crops...
Cuba, U.S.A.: Havana & Obama
Havana-based blogger Circles Robinson comments on the US presidential campaign: “Most Cubans made up their minds on who they favor shortly after the Democratic Party primary ended. Not that people...
Jamaica: Anti-Corruption Crusade
Kadene Porter of Abeng News Magazine blogs about Jamaica's Commissioner of Customs, who seems intent on rooting out corruption in his department: “He will need not only the unequivocal backing...
Jamaica: Being Caribbean
Jamaican Geoffrey Philp puts in his two cents’ worth on what “Caribbean” really means.
Guyana: Road Deaths
As a young reporter is killed in a road accident while on assignment, Living Guyana calls on her company to take some measure of responsibility for her death. Signifyin’ Guyana...
Pakistan: Tribal leaders targeted by militants
Chowrangi reports that tribal leaders are being targeted by militants in Pakistan: “They are aiming at the very infrastructure of the tribes…They kill tribal leaders and elders who are local...
Tajikistan: Investments into healthcare are equal to Ones of Sierra Leone
Vadim writes that according to the latest report of WHO, there is a gap of 40 years in life expectancy between Tajikistan and Sierra Leone but in both countries governments...
India: An Entrepreneur's First Steps
Rajesh Jain wrote on the early days of an entrepreneur: “An idea fertilses with a mind to give birth to an entrepreneur. The life of an entrepreneur is not an...
Tajikistan: Beautiful autumn and muddy water
Vadim posts two pictures – the one of a crystally blue skies in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, and another of a scarily brown water from the tap, also in...
Kyrgyzstan: Earthquake
Patrick Frost reports on a large earthquake struck Kyrgyzstan’s Osh region today and the death toll is currently around 70 and may increase.
Afghanistan: Portrait of a Female Politician
Azar Balkhi writes about Fawiza Koofi, a modern thinker, poet and the deputy of the Afghanistan Parliament, a symbol of women in a men-dominated society.
Afghanistan: In the Kingdom of Karzai
Azar Balkhi reports that Jamil Karzai a member of parliament and cousin of Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, had allegedly killed five civilian while driving in Kabul.
Afghanistan: The Taliban are hard, we are soft
The Strategist contemplates on what makes the Afghan war unwinnable, and sees the reason in differences between the insurgents and Westerns soldiers.
Kazakhstan: LiveJournal Blocked
On October 7th, the Kazakhstani users have found themselves unable to access popular social network LiveJournal. This website is the most popular blogging platform in the Russian-speaking communities on the...
Nagorno Karabakh: More on Mass Wedding
Pigh [RU] also comments on last week's mass wedding in the self-declared Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. The blog says that 537 couples were married in the disputed town of Shushi...
Armenia: Fingernails
Elizabeth's Armenia Journal, a Peace Corps Blog, post photographs and comments on the obsession most local women have with having their fingernails painted.
