Stories from 11 August 2010
Global: e-Waste – Recycle or Reuse?
Today, numerous households and businesses are constantly creating great amounts of e-waste (discarded electronic devices), and this presents environmental and health threats. Elena Ignatova reviews recommendations on recycling and reuse of e-waste.
Azerbaijan: Reputation
Scary Azeri recounts some personal stories of how people in Azerbaijan love to spread gossip. Also true for the other two countries making up the region, and especially Armenia, such an intrusion into the private lives of others is particularly relished when it comes to presumed relationships between men and...
Japan: Blogger roll-call
Yonasu shouts out [en] to a dozen of English writing bloggers, who used to be active in the Japanese blogosphere, but haven't posted anything in the last few months.
Bangladesh: Ramadan Preparations And Inspirations
Sadiq Alam at Inspirations and Creative Thoughts writes about preparations for the Islamic holy month of Ramadan and its inspirations.
Pakistan: Bloggers Leading By Example In Helping The Flood Victims
Dr. Awab Alvi at Teeth Maestro informs how some bloggers are engaging online and offline with local communities to collect donations and plan relief efforts for the flood victims of Pakistan.
India: The State Of Online Career Networks
Parisista started an experiment to assess the state of affairs of the online career portal market in India and shares the results.
Trinidad & Tobago: Pan Awards
Repeating Islands blogs about the steelband fraternity's upcoming awards function, in which “forty-five awards will be handed out to deserving individuals, steelbands, and organizations…”
Haiti: Wyclef's Plans
Dessalines’ Children re-posts a video in which Wyclef Jean outlines “the main issues facing Haiti…how his presidential bid was inspired by Nelson Mandela and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, and why his lack of political experience might work to his advantage in office.”
Curacao: Experiencing Space
“I must admit that I thought it was a joke at first (and now I just feel very old indeed)”: Repeating Islands confirms that Curacao is gearing up to “be the home of the Caribbean Space Port called Space Experience Curaçao (SXC) [which] envisions realizing a commercial space line and...
Cuba: Same Old?
“Following the release of 21 political prisoners, the Cuban government insists on reminding the dissidents and independent journalists that they will continue their repressive policies”: Laritza Diversent blogs about the summoning of “independent journalist Iván García for an interview.”
Russia: Temporary LiveJournal Block in Ingushetia
Kaloy Akhilgov (aka LJ user kaloy), a press secretary of the president of Ingushetia [EN], confirmed [RUS] the block of LiveJournal.com in the republic [RUS]. He later wrote [RUS] that the block had been removed. The first news about regional block of LiveJournal [RUS] appeared on July 23rd, 2010 but...
Jamaica: Police Gangs?
YardFlex.com reports that the police officer who was filmed via cell phone shooting an unarmed man is to be charged with murder; Active Voice comments: “In the United States many counties do not permit citizens to videotape police in public. I sincerely hope this will not be the recommendation of...
Liberia: This is the reason I love Monrovia
A beautiful picture of Monrovia, the capital of Liberia from Glenna Gordon:”There’s something about cloudy day cityscapes that makes me really love Monrovia.”
Malaysia: Reflections on Independence Day
Rungitom from Malaysia reflects on the meaning and significance of Independence Day.
Nigeria: Wedding dresses by Bridget Awosika
Terence Sambo would love to draw your attention to the work of the Nigerian designer Bridget Awosika.
Cambodia: Benefit Concert for an art festival
Samphors Sambo blogs about a concert for the benefit of the 2010 Cambodian Youth Arts Festival
Philippines: Software Freedom Day
The website of Software Freedom Day Philippines was recently launched to mark the 6th year of the campaign for free and open source software in the country.
Cambodia,Thailand: Background on Preah Vihear Temple
The Mirror, a Cambodia-based paper, provides a historical background on the conflict over the ownership of Preah Vihear Temple. Cambodia and Thailand are disputing the ownership of the temple.
Paraguay: Speculation on Succession
After Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo announced that he has cancer, blogger Enrique Ramón Galeano observed that many local newspapers were already speculating on presidential succession [es].
Honduras: Blog Community Site
Honduras Blogs [en/es] is a new bilingual community site to promote and collect information about the work of Honduran and ex-pat bloggers.
Argentina: Distribution of XO Computers in La Rioja
OLPC News notes that Argentine President Cristina Kirchner recently distributed approximately 2,000 XO computers to children in the province of La Rioja.
