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July 12th, 2005
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More Bomb Posts … In Trinidad and Tobago
While the international big press keeps its gaze set on any new developments coming out of London regarding 7/7, the Caribbean blogosphere has done an excellent job covering yesterday's explosion in the Trinidad and Tobago capital city, Port of Spain.
Caribbean Free Radio has a podcast and skype interview discussing the explosion. Christopher Yee Mon, a Trinidad native who posts on Subway Chronicles from New York, has begun a Flickr group to keep track of images related to the blast. Sirius, who was only blocks away from the bomb site at the time of the explosion, reports today that “there were also bomb threats yesterday at Trincity Mall and the Ministry of National Security.” He adds that several more bomb threats have come today and that the FBI is apparently helping in the investigations.
Taran Rampersad, currently on tour throughout the Caribbean, was one of the first bloggers to post about the blast and has the most thorough information including a list of those injured and a hyper-linked summary from around the blogosphere.
Finally, Brian Maloney questions ties to Al-Qaeda while Indira claims it must be a local job.
Links for Tue, 2005-07
Elecciones Presidenciales 2005 compares the platforms of Chilean candidates Joaquín Lavín and Michelle Bachelet [es]
Lone Wolf says he was expecting to read in detail about the historical events that happen in Sudan now but he did not find any posts about that.
This is Zimbabwe reports that the African Union's human rights emissary to Zimbabwe has left the country under police escort. One wonders what the official AU response will be.
Neeka's Backlog is passing on the news that Ukraine's Interior Ministry has dispached troops to a region of the Crimea where a group of Tatars have seized land that was declared a nature preserve.
The South African Blog Commentary notes that the ANC is having some cash-flow issues, and does not look approvingly upon the ANC's proposed solution.
Inside PCIJ is reporting the perhaps predictable news that Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's approval ratings are plummeting. What's interesting is that the approval ratings of her family are even worse.
The Jordanian blog Banzeen has posted a set of moving pictures of the candlelight vigil outside the British Embassy in Amman.
Taran Rampersad compares the Caribbean big media and blogosphere's coverage of Hurricane Dennis and the London Bombing.
Brush up your Shakespeare: Brooding Persian offers his condolences to Londonders by quoting King Lear: “Wipe thine eyes; The good years shall devour them, flesh and fell, Ere they make us weep. We'll see'em starved first.”
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