1 July 2010

Stories from 1 July 2010

Ukraine: Mysterious Deaths at the Kiev Zoo

RuNet Echo

The Kiev Zoo has recently attracted attention of both the traditional and citizen media because of the alarming events happening there: quite a few animals at the Zoo have died under unclear circumstances during the last year.

1 July 2010

Japan: The art of cutting paper

Japanstyle dedicates a post [en] to kamikiri, one of the traditional crafts that uses paper and that is also a stage performance. Attached to the post a video where popular...

1 July 2010

Nepal: Prime Minister Resigns

Nepali Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal announced his resignation yesterday in a live televised speech. Mr. Nepal's resignation brings an end to a long political stalemate in Nepal.

1 July 2010

Bhutan: Archery In Question

When a Bhutanese parliamentarian was struck by an arrow recently, an intense debate ensued on the need to regulate archery, the national sport of Bhutan. Dorji Wangchuk opines that “archery...

1 July 2010

Sri Lanka: Kite Jam 2010

Kite Surf Sri Lanka blog writes about Kite Jam 2010, Sri Lanka's first kite surfing event, which took place recently.

1 July 2010

Uganda: Election dates set

Conserve Uganda writes about election dates: “Nominations for President will be accepted on October 25 and 26, 2010, and the elections for President and Parliament will all happen between February...

1 July 2010

Ghana: Racist World Cup Ad

Sokari writes about a racist World Cup Ad by German car rental SIXT: “The above advert was sent to me by a friend from Germany which she explains as follows:...

1 July 2010

Liberia: My life in Liberia

Shreya blogs about her life in Liberia: “I inevitably get sick whenever I travel and my trip to Liberia is no different… I had a minor bought of food poisoning...

1 July 2010

Ghana: Go Ghana Go!

James writes about world cup game between Ghana and Uruguay: “The beers and biltong have been bought and the friends all confirmed. All is set for a great day of...

1 July 2010

Afghanistan: Tribalism and the Taliban

Nick Fielding reviews a new “thoughtful, well-researched report” on how tribalist are the structures of Taliban, Afghanistan's largest insurgent movement between its tribal roots and Islamist ideology.

1 July 2010