17 August 2005
Stories from 17 August 2005
Sharm Relief
Following the devastating terrorist attacks in the Egyptian tourist hub of Sharm Elshiekh, Pray4Peace.org set up a fundraiser called Sharm Relief at SharmReleif.com.
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Following the devastating terrorist attacks in the Egyptian tourist hub of Sharm Elshiekh, Pray4Peace.org set up a fundraiser called Sharm Relief at SharmReleif.com.
Global Voices is offering six bloggers based in Kenya the opportunity to attend the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Nairobi for free. ... More »
BlogsPerú has links to the over 30 bloggers that attended last night's blogger meetup in Lima. Eduardo and Leuzor have photos.
Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry, written by a traveling Brit, has a sarcastic if not offensive couple posts on the World Youth Fest in Caracas with plenty of photos of attendees. For more serious coverage, check out Venezuelan News and Views and The Devil's Excrement.
Scraps of Moscow comments on local media coverage of Russian president Vladimir Putin's flight in a strategic bomber aircraft during military exercises, saying they can no longer tell the difference between a PR exercise and hard news.
Russian language student Misha Tch at Joy de Vivre considers the possibility that the world's languages are mistaken forms of an original human language.
Thomo's Hole posts an e-mail from a Mongolian woman now living in the United States about her feeling for the land she grew up in, saying she just about describes what it is to be Mongolian.
Tim, in his on-line journal Kumys, tells how conspiracy theories about U.S. involvement left him feeling sour about his Peace Corps assignment in Kyrgyzstan.
Rashmi Bansal questions the age old dichotomy posed between brains and beauty for women, and what the choices are.
Unheard Voices compiles statements of the Government of Bangladesh regarding JMJB (the organisation that has claimed responsibility for the bombs).
Chandare on the search for the Sri Lankan identity and cross-cultural leaders.
Miran, I love this post. I live in Qatar and to be honest, all you ever see is girls ignoring...
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