6 April 2009

Stories from 6 April 2009

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister is a blogger and twitterer

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, is a blogger and a twitterer. His website features links to his Flickr, YouTube and Twitter accounts. He also uploads his speeches and schedule for the day on the website. The text of his inauguration speech was instantly uploaded on the website while he was delivering it

6 April 2009

Moldova: Post-Election Protests

Cezar Maroti links to an iReport post on the post-election protests in Moldova and writes on Twitter: “Large protest organized via Twitter, Y! messenger, Facebook. 15.000 young people protested in...

6 April 2009

Sri Lanka: Human Shields

Sri Lankan expatriate blog “Musings from Toronto” reports that the LTTE are using civilians as human shields.

6 April 2009

Egypt: The 1919 Revolution

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia writes about the 1919 revolution in her country and notes: “How can you unite millions of people across the country where no TVs or radios or internet...

6 April 2009

Algeria: Botanists Vs Linguists

“Ever found yourself trying to sort out a plant name you've elicited, not knowing any botany worth mentioning? Well, it turns out the botanists are a step ahead of the...

6 April 2009

Algeria: Bouteflika and the Elections

“The Algerian presidential campaign is dominated by Abdelaziz Bouteflika, substantively and visually. So vigorous has been his campaign that Boutelfika skipped the Arab Summit in Doha, sending FM Medelci instead,”...

6 April 2009

Lao-Thai railway

The grand opening ceremony for the first modern railway in Laos was held last month. The railway links Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River.

6 April 2009

Myanmar: Internet slowdown

Internet connection in Myanmar has slowed down the past few weeks because of a damaged submarine cable. Internet connection is expected to return to normal this week.

6 April 2009

Iran: The New Year Starts With a Message From Obama

On the day Iranians celebrated Norouz (Nowruz) as the traditional Iranian new year holidays, the US President Barak Obama sent a message to the Iranian people and to the Islamic Republic leaders, calling for a new start between the two countries. Several bloggers have reacted to this message, see some of them.

6 April 2009

Pakistan: GPS Navigation

Shahid Saeed at All Things Pakistan writes about the status of GPS automotive navigation in Pakistan.

6 April 2009

India: Comparison Of Manifestos

Indian Election 2009 blog compares some of the important aspects of the manifestos of the two major political parties – BJP and Congress.

6 April 2009

Iran: Jailed cleric was released

Khbarnegar Mosalman, an Iran based blogger and journalist, informs[fa] us that Iranian Leader,Ayatollah Khamenei, ordered an Iranian cleric named Ali Reza Jahanshahi to be released from prison. The blogger is...

6 April 2009