2 February 2010

Stories from 2 February 2010

Russia: Muscovites on Moscow mayor

GUS News discusses [GER] a recent Levada center opinion poll [RUS] on how Moscow citizens perceive the financial relation between their mayor and his wife – Russia's wealthiest businesswoman.

2 February 2010

Armenia-Azerbaijan: Twitter Diplomacy

With a peaceful resolution to the conflict over Nagorno Karabakh as elusive as ever, Armenians and Azerbaijanis are unable to visit each other’s country or communicate through traditional means such as telephone or mail. Can new and social media step in to fill the gap to break the information blockade?

2 February 2010

Haiti: Marathon Man

As Haiti drops from being the lead story in the mainstream media, how can they hear stresses that “what Haiti needs most are those that are ready to run the...

2 February 2010

Haiti: Measurable Map?

The Life and Times of the Mangine Many republishes a map of the damage in Haiti from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, while The Livesay [Haiti] Weblog...

2 February 2010

Lithuania: Repeated refinery row?

Lituanica reports that the old Mazeikiu oil refinery may be up for sale again, and that Russian interests are among key prospective buyers. In 2006, the sale of Mazeikiu Nafta...

2 February 2010

Haiti: Human Trafficking

The Haitian Blogger gives an update on the story of American “missionaries” trying to take children out of Haiti without proper documentation: “A problem in Haiti which is heightened by...

2 February 2010

Taiwan: Prison important for education

Brennpunkt Taipeh writes about the changes to the Jingmei Detention Centre over the past one and half years. He argues that the place is important for educating Taiwanese people about...

2 February 2010

India: The Zero Rupee Note

Priyanka Borpujari informs that 5th Pillar, an NGO based in Washington DC and with offices in India in Chennai and Delhi, “has developed zero currency notes that one could print...

2 February 2010

Nepal: Adventure In Entrepreneurship

Sandeep Giri describes how after confronting with energy problem while running a project in Kathmandu led an entrepreneur like him to commit to a solar energy project that provides solar...

2 February 2010