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Altered Argentina has begun a three part series on Debt for Education swaps in Latin America.
Planetablog asks if Haiti and the Dominican Republic could ever form one single nation [es].
Argenuatas links to the Argentinian version of Post Secret.
Bolivian bloggers MABB, Blog from Bolivia, and Ciao! all write in support of Londoners.
Lawrence Lessig has finally written at lenght about his visit to Chile. A good deal of the post is spent summarizing and flattering Chilean blogger and senator, Fernando Flores [es].
Ticias points to an article about a Latin-Jewish rap duo.
Aventuras de un webmaster discusses e-learning in Guatemala [es].
ALT1040 seems to have the most thorough blog post on the London terrorist attack in Spanish [es].
The Shǐt’ē Place has written a long and insightful post entitled Are Mexicans Racist?
The Nepalese blog United We Blog! covers, with photographs, an anti-monarchy student protest in the city of New Baneshwor that was marked by violent confrontations with the police. The protest was in response to official celebrations marking the King's birthday.
Bangladeshi blogger Rezwan is delighted to find that his blog is featured in an article about Asian blogs and bloggers published in Asia! magazine, a new in-flight publication for airlines that service the region.
Dilip D'Souza continues his tour of tsunami-devastated south India.
Bloggers.sg, Singapore's upcoming blog conference, gets a short write-up in the Straits Times, reports Mr.Brown.
Japanpundit reports that, for the first time, an iced green tea beverage will probably beat out Coca-Cola for the number two spot in Japan's soft-drink wars. The number one spot is held by a brand of canned coffee.
Hong Kong group blog Chatter Garden responds to a comment left by HK blogger Glutter about their commitment to democracy.
Tibetblogger notes that it will be ‘Tibetean Cultural Week' in Hong Kong from July 15 to the 22nd. No doubt the events and displays will emphasize Tibet's affinity with Chinese culture.
Embattled Philippine President Gloria Arroyo gave a speech today in which she came out swinging, defiantly refusing to resign and attacking her enemies. Unfortunately for President Arroyo, her public support is plummeting, and some blogs are already talking about ‘extraconstitutional options'.
Blog de Connard reports that the Ukrainian parliament has, after some arm-twisting, passed legislation designed to ease Ukraine's entry into the WTO.
Three malls in Budapest were evacuated after copycat bomb threats were called in, reports Pesticide.
The Daily Czech notes that Mikulas Dzurinda, the Slovak Prime Minister barely survived a no-confidence vote earlier this week; apparently, 22 MPs didn't bother to show up for the vote.
Blogrel points us to a blog written by American teen-aged missionaries in Armenia; for many of these youths, it's the first time they've ever been to a foreign country.
Afghan Warrior has two stories of note: first, he reports that three Afghani journalists were arrested in Kunar province and apparently abused while in custody; the specific charges against the journalists is unclear. On a more optimistic note, twenty Taliban commanders handed over their weapons and signed pledges to support the Afghan government last week in western Afghanistan; they're only the latest former Taliban military troops to pledge allegiance to the government under an amnesty program.
The blog Egyptian Person comments on a ruling that requires TV stations to put on hostesses who choose to wear the hijab; he asks what the decision will do to those women and girls who are bullied into wearing the headscarf.
Iranian Truth looks at some of the potential candidates for cabinet positions in President Ahmedinejad's administration and is not encouraged by their resumes.
Mahmood's Den brings us the news that the Kuwaiti Information Minister has made his own unemployment his goal; however, things are hardly the same in Bahrain.
Syria is stopping Lebanese trucks at the border for no apparent reason, reports A Lebanese Abroad.
Beirut Spring is asking for Lebanese writers to express their thoughts on the new government.
The Arabist Network notes that there has been a shake-up at the top of Egypt's three state-owned newspapers and wonders what the motive behind the action was.
Saudi Blogs is a new blog that aggregates posts from around the Saudi blogosphere.
Saudi Jeans notes that Saudi Arabia will soon allow photography in (most) public places.
Thinker's Room posts a gedankenexperiment to explain why he feels the way he does about Live 8.
A new website dedicated to preventing the return of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida to Nigeria has been launched, according to Black Looks.
Koranteng Ofosu-Amaah, who writes Koranteng's Toli, was interviewed on the radio by Chris Lydon on Wednesday. It's a long post, but it's an interesting read.
The Zimbabwean Pundit suggests that to protest the ‘clean-up operation', people send faxes President Mugabe's office.
Jeff Barry spreads the word about early 20th century Argentine artist, Xul Solar.
Barrio Flores has an excellent post about Bolivian cinema.
Blog de Bolivia seeks to explain Carlos Mesa's increasing popularity [es] as the December general elections approach.
MABB covers former Bolivian president, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada's thoughts on both Carlos Mesa and Evo Morales.
Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera has inspired a long list of thoughtful comments regarding his post on Chilean women in the work place [es].
Both Libardo Buitrago and Fernando Flores [es] write on Chile's relations with China.
Leo Prieto of FayerWayer announces that Hector Vergara has created RSS feeds for seven major Chilean media outlets [es].
Val Prieto of Babalu Blog discusses why he is against lifting the travel restriction to Cuba.
Tim's El Salvador Blog discusses two recently released reports on El Salvador's labor conditions and how things got political during the CAFTA vote.
Isopixel posts a reminder that July 15th marks the first annual Weblogs.Communication Conference in Mexico City [es].
The Peruvian blog, Bitter Sweet Simphony has initiated a storm of commentary over a post (the first in a series, it appears) on gay marriage [es].
Morena discussed the importance of blogs for Latin American politicians [es].
The Devil's Excrement explains the term Magnicidio and why Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez uses it.
Venezuela News and Views gives an incredibly thorough summary of Venezuelan politics in the year 2005. If you ever wanted to clear up any doubts, this is the time and place to do so.
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...