Stories
May 8th, 2008
Brazil and Orkut: made for each other? 
· 16:14
Orkut, Google's experiment on Social Networking Services, is extremely popular in Brazil. More than 53% of Orkut users is Brazilian -- even more, if you take into account the Brazilian's profiles that don't show their country information and the profiles of Brazilians living abroad -- and more than 70% percent of Brazil's Internet users are actually profiled and active in the network. Daniel Duende takes a look on what are all these Brazilians doing there. 0 comments · »»
May 5th, 2008
Haiti: finding relief for hunger in children
· 15:28
Reasons not to Overeat by BreezeDebris
The international food shortage and crisis is doing its rounds on the blogosphere, and videos are no exception. From Haiti: people eating dirt to survive, and a plan to help feed the hungry Haitian children. Haiti is the poorest country in the American continent, and ... 1 comment · »»
May 3rd, 2008
Bahrain: Lebanese singer causes political storm
· 18:12
Earlier this week the provocative Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe performed in Bahrain, but not before Bahrain's MPs protested and tried to ban her concert. 0 comments · »»
May 1st, 2008
Chile: political messages in online music video stir the population
· 06:33
Inform Yourself, a political critique Hip-hop song and video made from youtube videos and distributed on that same channel, has caused a stir in the Chilean community and unleashed a flood of comments, both in favor of the message it gives of informing yourself and not taking information on TV at face value, and others lashing against certain lyrics which tell people to go throw rocks at foreign company's windows as a way to protest. 1 comment · »»
April 28th, 2008
Japan: Nagano red for Olympic torch relay 
· 03:21
The Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay came to an end on Saturday without serious incident, but many Japanese bloggers who attended the event were left with lasting -- and often bitter -- impressions. With all the red flags, many bloggers pointed out how Nagano, for one day, seemed to transform into China. 32 comments · »»
April 26th, 2008
PangeaDay: Videos to change the world on May 10th
· 13:26
On May 10th 2008 at 18:00 GMT, 24 films will be broadcast during a 4 hour event. What makes this different is that this event, PangeaDay will be broadcast from six locations worldwide in seven different languages worldwide to be viewed through internet, television or cellphones with one unique purpose: to make each other know about the lives of others and focus on what makes us similar, instead of what makes us different and let us work together towards peace. 4 comments · »»
April 25th, 2008
Lusosphera: Remembering the Carnation Revolution
· 22:03
On April 25 1974, 34 years today, Portugal's 40-year fascist dictatorship, the longest in the history of Western Europe, came to an end with the Carnation Revolution, which also brought independence for the remaining colonies in Africa and Asia. Today Portuguese speaking bloggers from all over the world comment and celebrate. 1 comment · »»
April 22nd, 2008
Dominican Republic test drives new metro system in Santo Domingo
· 17:59
People scream, yell and cheer as they see it pass: in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, the newest celebrity is the Metro transportation system. The city is buzzing at the new metro system which starting last Saturday began operating tentatively for testing to bring visitors to and from the ... 1 comment · »»
Links
May 7th, 2008
Sugar, from Syria, links to a video featuring footage made by US soldiers in Iraq and comments: “Well, it’s not like it’s the first time we hear or see such videos about those American soldiers who they say are liberating Iraq and protecting America from terrorists. Instead….all what they did, is humiliating the Iraq people and especially little innocent children….I am really speechless….”
May 5th, 2008
A few hundred Chengdu citizens did a collective free walking action against the construction of chemical factory at Pangzhou. To the edge puts up a few video clips on the action [zh].
May 4th, 2008
Aref-Adib an Iranian creative blogger has published a video film of Ballet Afsaneh performing at British Museum. Ballet Afsaneh presents classical dances of Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and India.
May 2nd, 2008
The Buddhist Blog announces the launch of 30-days campaign called “Burma: It Can't Wait” to support human rights and democracy in Burma.
April 30th, 2008
April 24th, 2008
“Twenty-eight years after Bob performed ‘Zimbabwe', Robert Mugabe is still holding on desperately to power and it seems that he will use any tactic necessary to continue his dictatorship. Now the Chinese are involved”: Both Bajan Global Report and Jamaican Geoffrey Philp blog about an alleged Chinese arms shipment to Zimbabwe.
April 20th, 2008
April 17th, 2008
…Or Does it Explode? posts a video and an article about a Saudi basketball team for women called Jeddah United.
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