26 January 2009

Stories from 26 January 2009

Azerbaijan: Airport Woes

Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines arrives back in Baku and despairs at the condition of Azerbaijan's main international airport. The blog says the arrivals area is understaffed and that the...

26 January 2009

Guatemala: Experiences in Birdwatching

Guatemala is a major destination for birdwatchers from around the world. The number of species of birds in the country's diverse habitats is more than 700. Many of these birdwatchers are writing about their experiences in blogs, while others are worried about the bird habitats due to environmental destruction.

26 January 2009

Georgia: Uneasy Reading

This is Tbilisi Calling comments on a new report released by Human Rights Watch detailing war crimes committed during the August war between Georgia and Russia. The blog says that...

26 January 2009

Bahamas: A Disgrace

Bahamian bloggers are incensed at the news that one of the island's senators was allegedly involved in the Travolta extortion plot.

26 January 2009

Kenya: The Bandits of Kenya

Do you know the “bandits” of Kenya?: They’re the highest paid legislators in the world, despite Kenya being one of the poorest countries in the world and having a human...

26 January 2009

Tanzania: Life is Cheap

Faustine describes how respect for human life is fast deteriorating in Tanzania following the killing of a woman by robbers and an albino.

26 January 2009

Nigeria: Catch That Goat

A goat has been arrested as a suspect for theft in Nigeria. It is believed that the thief shape-shifted from human-being to goat to avoid capture!

26 January 2009

China: Internet In 2008

ESWN translated a local media (Southern weekend) review on major incidents happened in China Internet 2008.

26 January 2009

Oceania: Epeli Hau'ofa Has Passed Away

Noted Fijian (Born in Papua to Tongan parents)  antropologist Epeli Hau'ofa died on January 11 in Suva, Fiji. The Savage Minds blog links to an essay by Epeli Hau'ofa tha argued...

26 January 2009