Stories from 13 January 2009
Trinidad & Tobago: Mapping Woodford Square
Free Paper designs a map of Port of Spain's Woodford Square – check out the flickr photoset here.
Jamaica: Wood & Water
The fact that Usain Bolt's home town of Sherwood Content experienced a sporadic water supply over the Christmas holidays prompts Kadene Porter of Abeng News Magazine to blog about the...
Grenada: Indecent Exposure
The Grenadian Police Commissioner is enforcing an indecent exposure law that prohibits swimsuits from being worn on the streets. Blah Bloh Blog: “He should be careful…since I can’t see the...
Azerbaijan: Mud Volcanoes
Joe's Trippin’ pays a visit to the Qobustan State reserve in Azerbaijan. The blog says that while there are as many as 600,000 rock paintings in the territory of the...
Bhutan: Attics
Tshering Tobgay posts pictures of the traditional houses in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan and discusses about them.
Sri Lanka: Challenges After The War
A Voice In Colombo predicts that the ongoing conflict in Sri Lanka will end in two months time and draws up possible scenarios after the war.
Russia-Estonia: Arvo Pärt's Khodorkovsky symphony
James at Robert Amsterdam brings attention to a new symphony by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt dedicated to Russian economico-political dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Bangladesh: Solution For Israel-Palestine Conflict
bdfact discusses about a possible Bangladeshi solution for solving the Israel-Palestine crisis.
Bangladesh: Preparing For The Cold
Back To Bangladesh posts some pictures depicting how Bangladeshis are prepared for the cold.
Myanmar: 2008 Blog Awards
The first ever Myanmar Blog Awards recognized 11 bloggers from Myanmar. More than 150 blogs were nominated for the year 2008. At least 7,000 votes were casted.
Senior citizen sets on fire a Singapore lawmaker
Politicians should be more careful these days. Angry citizens are using extraordinary measures to express their rage against leaders. Last month a journalist from Iraq threw his shoes at U.S. President George Bush. Last Sunday, a 70 year old taxi driver lit a bottle of kerosene and threw it at Singapore lawmaker Seng Han Thong in a community club.
Sri Lanka: Questions Surrounding Slain Journalist's Death Persist
Lasantha Wickrematunge, investigative journalist and editor of the Sunday Leader, was buried in a Colombo cemetery on Monday afternoon after being shot in broad daylight on his way to work...
Korea: Minerva Arrested
Netizen Legend, Minerva, [GV Nov. 30, 2008] has finally been arrested. And his identify was exposed. There have been many rumors that he would be an economic expert, stock expert,...
Dominican Republic: Remembering Eduardo Brito
Eduardo Brito was a famous baritone from the Dominican Republic, who passed away in 1946, and even the National Theater bears his name. However, Roció Díaz of Monaco [es] writes...
Mexico: Puebla the City of Talaveras
Daniel Hernández of Intersections profiles the Mexican city of Puebla, “whose history is tied to talavera, an earthenware they've been putting on pretty much everything in Puebla for centuries. Tile...
Ecuador: The Women's Network of Loja
Voces Lojanas [es] describes the work of the Women's Network of Loja, which has been working for the past ten years with housewives to teach them skills, as well as...
Russia-Ukraine: Walking a thin line along the Gazpromenade?
Leopolis argues the case whether the gas crisis between Russia and Ukraine is a political or economic conflict and asks why the EU remains neutral but five months after the...
Lithuania: Revising Russian relations?
Lituanica comments on a potential change in Lithuania's relations with Russia following the appointment of a new Foreign Minister.
Russia-Georgia: Red Cross viewpoint
Krusenstern discusses [GER] the civilian consequences of the Russo-German war from the perspective of a recent ICRC-official's reflections.
