9 December 2011

Stories from 9 December 2011

Cuba: Human Rights Day

Uncommon Sense says that tomorrow, International Human Rights Day, “is for all to celebrate the basic rights we share and to remember those in Cuba and elsewhere whose rights are...

9 December 2011

Bahamas: Postcolonialism Issues

A recent “one-day symposium in honour of Frantz Fanon, the Martinican psychiatrist whose field of study was the psyche of the colonized” gets Blogworld “thinking about the value of democracy,...

9 December 2011

Cuba: Same Old Story

Laritza's Laws compares the content of a 1989 edition of “Granma…the official mouthpiece of the Central Committee of the Party” to a current one, and says: “The failure is evident....

9 December 2011

Sri Lanka: First 3D Cineplex

Murshid is delighted to go to the newly launched 3D cineplex, first of its kind in Sri Lanka, and blogs about it.

9 December 2011

Nepal: Blog Aggregation And Monetizing Free Content

“At this stage, more than opportunities to monetize, Nepali blogosphere needs exposure and stable readership,” Comments Bhumika while discussing on blog aggregation and monetizing of free content like Huffington Post.

9 December 2011

Confusing information for NGOs at COP 17 in Durban

Addressing the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) in Durban on climate change, René Audet complained on the website blogueaqlpa.com: “Since the arrival of Ministers in Durban, negotiations have been taken to another level, so to speak. Now, this level is...

9 December 2011

India: Parliamentary Committee Opposes UID Bill

Vickram reports that an Indian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has recommended recasting of the NIAI bill, which deals with the implementation of the Unique ID (UID) scheme. The blogger...

9 December 2011

Colombia: Interactive Musical Map

David Pescovitz of Boing Boing points us to Soundway's Musical Map of Colombia, an interactive map with videos, sound samples, pictures and details of their latest release of obscure Colombian...

9 December 2011