Stories from 7 July 2009
American National Anthem And Its Indian Connection
Kamla Bhatt explains how the American national anthem: The Star Spangled Banner has an India connection.
Russia: Kremlinostalgia
English Russia writes about the history of the Moscow Kremlin and posts pictures to illustrate the story.
Jordan: Why was Marwa killed?
Jordanian Naseem Tarawnah discusses the recent murder of Egyptian Marwa El-Sherbini, 32, in a courtroom in Germany in front of her three year old son and says: “This case was so mind-baffling when I read it a few days ago and I still haven’t been able to wrap my mind...
Jordan/US: Patient Mix Up
Jordanian blogger Hareega, who practices medicine in the US, writes about a patient mix up in this post.
Morocco: Learning Arabic
Ahmed, at Moroccan group blog Blafrancia [ar], links to a news article which says that more foreigners interested in learning Arabic as a foreign language have started intensive summer classes in Morocco than in previous years.
Pakistan: On Halal Tube
Pakistani Blog Deadpan Thoughts comments on Halal Tube: “The latest chapter in the non conforming attitude of our religion is Halal Tube. [..] Perhaps ‘Halal Tube’ should cache ips and compare them to ‘YouTube’ to do a study on how many Muslims actually watch ‘halal stuff’.”
India: The Traits Of The Bengali
Random Thoughts Of A Demented Mind identifies some traits and culture of the Bengali population in India, which may be lost in a generation or two.
Nepal: The Palace Museum
Deepak Adhikari visited the newly opened Palace Museum of Nepal and writes about his experience and emotions.
Russia: Innovating the newspaper industry
English Russia turns attention to a news novelty by printing regular news editions on the plastic bags you get when shopping.
Russia: Reactions to OSCE Hitler-Stalin resolution
LJ community Politika v Rossii posts [RUS] an online poll to find out blogger reactions to a recent OSCE resolution comparing the crimes of Hitler and Stalin, showing interesting results.
Russian anthem wins soccer fan popularity contest
LJ user wladimirmger reports [RUS] that Russia's national anthem has scored the highest popularity ratings among soccer fans in a worldwide vote.
Russia: Writer Aksyonov's death
LJ user Anton Nossik posts [RUS] a personal reflection on Russian dissident writer, Vasily Aksyonov, who passed away in his Moscow home yesterday.
Slovenia: Independence day attack on LGBT-group
Sleeping with Pengovsky reports about an extremist attack against a gay-and-lesbian literature night on Slovenia's 27 June Independence Day.
Bosnia-Serbia: Leak of secret Srebrenica documents
Srebrenica Genocide Blog reports that classified documents, implicating deeper involvement of Serbia-Montenegro in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have been leaked from the Hague Tribunal.
Lithuania-Russia: Vilnius as Moscow's European advocate
Lapelis comments on [GER] how Lithuania serves as Russia's primary advocate in the European Union, arguing for EU-visa deregulation of the population of Russian exclave Kaliningrad.
Estonia: Reflections on historical monuments
Itching for Eestimaa reflects upon monuments and buildings manifesting history against the background of a new 1919 Independence War monument.
Honduras: Videos attempt to explain political situation
After the recent confusing events in Honduras, which some call a constitutional change in power and others a coup d'état, citizens try to make sense of the situation, as shown on this past post. Some are using videos to express their perspectives, and we bring you a few of them.
Taiwan: Bloggers comment on Xinjiang protests
Taiwan bloggers have responded to the massacre in Xinjiang with concern. Lao Ren Cha writes that her own experience of the people of Xinjiang is that they are unfairly portrayed as terrorists. The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato says the Ma government's lack of response to the event in Xinjiang is disturbing.
