Stories about United Kingdom from April, 2007
Albania: Ruminations on Elections
Our Man in Tirana attempts to place the French and British elections into Albanian context.
Armenia: British Election Scandal
Onnik Krikorian discusses an Armenian election scandal involving the British embassy.
Bahrain: Iran Winning Propoganda War
Iran is now winning the war against the propaganda machines of the US and Britain writes Bahraini blogger emoodz. He compares the treatment met to the captured British soldiers with those held at Guantanamo Bay.
Israel: Erasing the Holocaust?
Life of Rubin classifies the news as “terrifying” when learning that some UK schools are refusing to teach about the Holocaust in order not to offend Muslims.
Iran: The Fine Tailor of a Suit
Bazar Dispatch talks about the textile industry of Iran in response to comments on the well-tailored suits given to the 15 British sailors released from Iran.
Iran: Report Card on Releasing Hostages
S'can-Iranic gives out a report card to the players in the recent release of 15 British sailors captured by Iran: “I think the overall handling of the issue by the British government gets a C+. They could have approached the whole issue as they did during the past few days,...
DRC: March in Manchester Against Kabila
Le Rénouveau Congolais posts [Fr] pictures of a diaspora march that took place in Manchester, U.K. March 28 against recently elected DRC president Joseph Kabila.
Iraq: Thoughts on Captured British Sailors
Iraqi blogger Omar links to his own article in which he discusses his thoughts on the captured British sailors. “Understanding the motives and goals of Iranian government is useful in predicting the way the crisis will end,” he notes.
Saudi Arabia: Maritime Crisis and Apologies
Saudi blogger Yazeez finds the mounting crisis on the British sailors captured by Iran as “ridiculous.” “Iran wants an apology, which is very justifiable considering the fact that what the sailors did was technically an ‘invasion’,” he writes.
