6 March 2009

Stories from 6 March 2009

Palestine: Objecting the ‘t-word’

Writing at KABOBfest, Carlos argues for the non-biased application of the term ‘terrorist’ following the bulldozer attack in Israel. “Would Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post use the ‘t-word’ to describe...

6 March 2009

Iran:”Basij Blogs just an illusion”

Mohammad Masih, in weblogshahr writes [fa] that the news about launching 10,000 Basij blogs by Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ weekly magazine, is just an illusion. He adds that many Hezbollah (Islamist)...

6 March 2009

Guinea-Bissau: Mixed feelings after double killing

The speaker of Guinea-Bissau's parliament has been sworn in as interim leader after the President Joao Bernardo Vieira and the army chief Batista Tagme Na Waie were assassinated. A presidential election must be organized within two months. The army has withdrawn from the streets, and bloggers have reported that life in the city has begun to return to normal, although many people remain very scared.

6 March 2009

Nigeria: Lessons For MPs On ICTs

Recent happenings at the National Assembly [in Nigeria] indicated that Legislators in the country need some lessons in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for a sustainable development, writes blogger Remmy...

6 March 2009

Egyptian -and Muslim- Girls between a Rock and a Hard Place

Egyptian women are trapped between who they are and who they are expected to be; they are required to live up to the expectations of their parents, families, colleagues, and later on, their husbands and children. In their attempt to meet those expectations, some of them feel that they lose touch with who they really are and the great things they can really do.

6 March 2009

Haiti: A Necessary Practice?

My Life, an Open Book… says that the Haitian practice of Restavec is “not ALL bad”, but warns that despite the success stories, “we cannot ignore the fact that there...

6 March 2009

Barbados: Tourists Attacked

As news breaks of Canadian tourists being attacked on a popular beach, Barbados Free Press says: “Bajans are sorry this happened…we want to see those preventative measures taken for the...

6 March 2009