Stories from 18 November 2005
Georgia: Impressions
Raffi of Life in Armenia reports on impressions of Georgia.
Kazakhstan: Election Encounters
KZ Blog reports on encounters with the preparations for the upcoming presidential election.
Armenia: Bambir
Oneworld Multimedia has another report on Armenia's Bambir rock band.
Turkmenistan: Apologize
Rico of neweurasia reports that Turkmenistan is demanding apologies from foreign media outlets for reporting the existence of an Islamic Movement of Turkmenistan. (Probably a sloppy mistake regarding the Islamic Movement of Turkestan.)
Turkmenistan: Hypocritical Oath
neweurasia reports on the strange new oath for doctors in Turkmenistan.
Poland: Lepper's Transformation
the beatroot notes a sudden political transformation in Poland's parliament.
Colombia: Rio Hacha
Juan Noly was impressed by the town of Rio Hacha.
Chile, China: Free Trade Agreement
The presidents of China and Chile have signed a free trade agreement. Gloria Delucchi writes in El Morrocotudo that she envisions that the region of Tarapacá will gain importance (ES) as unfinished goods are imported from China to be fully assembled and marketed for Chilean consumers.
Brazil: Google and Swarzenegger
After opening offices in Mexico and Brazil, Richard Miller says Google News now also has a site dedicated to Brazil. Made in Brazil has some memorable photos of California governor, Arnold Swarzenegger while he was vacationing in Rio.
Argentina: Teatro Colón is Back
Ian informs that Teatro Colón is back after a month without performances due to a lockout.
Puerto Rico: Birthday or Anniversary?
Julizzette Colon-Bilbraut must decide between her grandmother's birthday and her anniversary with her partner.
Dominican Republic: Breast Cancer Awareness
Annie Sánchez celebrates 10 years of breast cancer awareness.
Egypt: Abdolkarim, the Elections and the Muslim Brotherhood
This week bloggers discussed Abdolkarim's release, the resuls of the the first stage of legislative elections and more. Abdolkarim After the release of Abdolkarim. Malek went to meet him personally and he wrote about his meeting (Arabic). Here is a quick translation of a part of the post: … He...
China: Interpreting the Mascots
Mutant Frog Travelogue analyzes the symbolism behind China's recently unveiled five mascots for the Beijing Olympics. “China’s choice also says something about the degree to which its “peaceful rise” diplomacy has been incorporated in creative and non-traditional ways into popular culture. Whether one buys into the message or not, one...
Malaysia: Judging Anwar
Ada apa dengan ShinShin? asks whether disgraced former Malaysian deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim is an asset or a liability to the opposition party he associated with.
Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand: Raiding Burmese
Burma Underground compares raids on Myanmar refugees and activists in Malaysia and Thailand. “In Chiang Mai, I would sit on the floor at my Kachin friends’ house, and Naw Kham would tell me traditional stories from the Jinghpaw, their tribe. Here in KL, I sit in the kitchen of the...
Singapore: Maid Perceptions
Singapore's serialdeviant.org(y) says that a domestic helper ought to be treated as an employee not a servant, and that their employ should be the same as employing anyone else for a job.
South Korea: Graduation Speech
Korean-Canadian Jun-Gang of A Canadian-Gyopo's Tour of Duty posts the speech he gave in Korean at his graduation, which discusses why he decided to go to Korea to learn his parent's native tongue: “What’s more important to me though is the one thing I've always wanted to be able to...
Iran: 25000 books got burned
Pejvake Khamoush (means silent echo), an Iranian cleric & blogger, writes “According to Mehr News agency 25000 books were burned after fire destroyed library of faculty of Law in Tehran university. (Persian)
Iran: We are Iran book
Khabgard says “We are Iran” which is about Persian blogs, is not a reliable source. Book only talks about less than 2 percent of blogs. Khabgard writes Nasrin Alavi's, book's writer, claim that 70 percent of Iranian are young and they want a secular democracy, is based on speculation not...
India: Nothing holds back TOI
India: Nothing holds back TOI
