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26 October 2005

Daily archive · 7 posts

Stories from 26 October 2005

The Week That Was - Bolivian Blogs

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The buzz continues within the Bolivian blogosphere with the publication of the most recent article in the Bolivian press. The Extra section of El Deber featured the three creators of...

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Travels in the Kurdish Blogosphere

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

This week marked the beginning of a trial for Saddam Hussein, not only is this trial an unprecedted event, but the question that lingers is that can he really be...

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Pakistan: Emergency/Broadcast Radio for Quake Survivors Urgently Needed

Written by Angelo Embuldeniya · South Asia

Pakistan: Emergency/Broadcast Radio for Quake Survivors Urgently Needed

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Video: Scenes from a Bangladeshi Telecentre

Written by Andy Carvin · South Asia

Video montage of a telecentre based at a girls school in Comilla, Bangladesh. The telecentre is run by Relief International's Schools Online program, which coordinates 20 telecentres across the country.

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South Asia: Blog Quake Day

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

South Asia: Blog Quake Day

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Voices from Zimbabwe Plus 3

Written by Zimpundit · Sub-Saharan Africa

Welcome to the inaugral edition of the “Voices from Zimbabwe Plus 3″ where I hope you'll find news from several small African blogospheres. Zimbabwe:-In what has now known as the...

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Updates from 26 October 2005

Uruguay

Animate a weblog focused on animation in Uruguay announces that the First International Animation Festival of Urugay will be held in the city of Salto from November 16th through the 20th [ES].

• David Sasaki

Argentina

Zona Indie says that Argentine band, Turpentine is reminiscent of Sonic Youth or Soundgarden with a PJ Harvey-like voice. Their first EP can be downloaded for free.

• David Sasaki

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Gil Schmidt says Puerto Rico's status of Estado Libre Asociado, or ELA, should stand for “Emotionally Lackadaisical Adolsescene. Aníbal Freytes says statehood is an illusion.

• David Sasaki

Syria

Ammar says that in a strict legal sense, the Mehlis Report raised more questions than it answered and ultimately proved nothing. Moreover, the UN is not exactly a court of law. The evidence presented to the Security Council does not need to be conclusive. It simply needs to establish enough political credibility to allow for a specific course of action to be adopted. This is what many in the Syrian regime fail to understand.

• Haitham Sabbah

Tunisia

MMM is searching…

• Haitham Sabbah

Syria

Rime Allaf wonders: “It would have never occurred to me that one of the TV channels, namely Al Arabiya, would actually find Hariri's appearance to be more newsworthy than the session at the UN, cutting to live coverage from London! That it happened exactly when the Syrian ambassador, Faisal Meqdad, was delivering his statement will add to Syrian paranoia; is that justified, or was it purely a coincidence?“

• Haitham Sabbah

Saudi Arabia

Farooha says that bulletin boards in universities are usually put up for academic purposes. Timetables, grades, notices and scholastic contests are all examples of what one would expect to usually find hung up by the ever so concerned faculty. However, in KSU, you would find “Conditions to Wear Hijab” poster.

• Haitham Sabbah