Stories from 3 September 2010
Pakistan: Blame The Machinery Itself
Three Pakistani cricket players accused of spot-fixing scandals have been suspended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and many Pakistanis are blaming the said cricketers for bringing disrepute to Pakistan. Salman Latif opines that Pakistanis should stop blaming the products of a corrupt machinery, but blame the machinery itself.
Maldives: Predicting the Next Presidential Elections
Mohamed Naahii predicts about Maldives’ next presidential elections.
Fiji: New protections for anti-government bloggers?
Cafe Pacific's David Robie explains how Reporters Sans Frontières new tool could help Fiji's anti-government bloggers (among others) by creating a high-speed anonymous network and providing a website to host forbidden material.
Fiji: How committed is government to 2014 elections?
A reader to the blog Fiji: The Way it Was, Is and Can Be, offers suggestions to increase the military government's commitment to elections in 2014 and thinks there is not a proper dialogue on the future of the country because media censorship remains in place.
Has Rupert Murdoch declared war on Fiji?
Fiji's military leaders are pushing for the sale of the country's oldest newspaper, the Fiji Times, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited. Has the media mogul retaliated by declaring a war of words on the country?
Vietnam: Samsung's inaccurate ad
A Vietnam-based blogger criticizes a Samsung ad for its inaccurate depiction of a “typical Vietnamese home.”
Filipinos join HK people’s grief and protest
Filipino workers in Hong Kong joined a rally of Hong Kong citizens who are demanding justice for the slain hostage victims in Manila. Nine HK tourists were killed when an ex-policeman in the Philippines hijacked a tourist bus last week.
Old Borneo Map
The Daily Brunei Resources uploads an old Borneo island map where boundaries between Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei have not yet been clearly defined.
Cambodia: Interview with an anonymous blogger
Tharum Bun interviews the blog author of ‘Details are Sketchy’ who has been blogging about Cambodia for many years. The interview reveals some information about the Cambodian blogosphere