Stories from 25 November 2005
Cuba: Travel Notebook
Steven Mansour, so far, has written chapters one, two, and three of his “Cuba Chronicles.”
Honduras: Election this Sunday
Boz writes about this Sunday's upcoming presidential election in Honuras. Honduras y el Mundo (ES), Opiniones Irreverentes (ES), Nuerocosmo (ES), and Hector A. Castillo (ES) are all filled with poetic pessimism by the state of Honduras’ democracy.
Puerto Rico: Ten Questions
Gil C. Schmidt has ten questions for fellow Puerto Ricans.
Argentina: Rosal
Zona Indie highlights the Argentinean acoustic group, Rosal and links to several free downloads.
Belarus: Solidarity Flagging?
Tobias Ljungvall asks whether or not Belarussians have run out of solidarity.
Tajikistan: Punishing Traffickers
neweurasia reports that Tajikistan is taking steps to enforce its laws on human trafficking.
Kazakhstan: Bloody Election
KZBlog reports that the election trail in Kazakhstan is getting bloody.
Armenia: Raffi Hovannisian Rally
Oneworld Multimedia has a report and photos from Raffi Hovannisian's political rally in Yerevan, where the US-born foreign minister urged voters to boycott the constitutional referendum.
Armenia: Referendum News
neweurasia's Armenia blog has numerous updates on the upcoming constitutional referendum, including a report that the opposition may set up orange tents for the day of voting.
Palestine: Vanunu is Terrorist?
The Cutter of Peace Palestine blog, publishes a letter from Mordechai Vanunu. He says: “…they want the Israel public to regard me as a terrorist.”
Palestine: Human Rights Observer Arrest
International Solidarity Movement (ISM) reports that a Human Rights Observer (HRO) from the UK was arrested in Tel Rumeida, Hebron earlier yesterday. He had just finished escorting Palestinian children to school and was walking home on Shuhaddah street when he was stopped by an armed Israeli Border Police unit in...
Thuggery is the solution
The second stage of Egpytian elections were marked by violence and wide spread irregularities. Officially one died during the first run of the elections and several wounded. But opposition newspapers claimed four died on that day. Few days later another man was killed and 21 were injured in election related...
Morocco: Tunnel
Samir says that Spain and Morocco will start building a tunnel on 2008 and its final completion is expected to be on 2020.
Bangladesh: On the Hijab
Bangladesh: On the Hijab
Bangladesh: Open Office
Bangladesh: Open Office
India: Romanticizing Imperialism
India: Romanticizing Imperialism
Nepal: Violence against women
Nepal: Violence against women
Nepal: From bad to worse
Nepal: From bad to worse
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
The 8th Tunisian blogger meetup was held last Friday with international guests Rebecca MacKinnon, Jeff Ooi, Mite Nishio and Isam Bayazidi. A lot of blogs followed here, here, here, here and here. Adib, Chouchitou and Metal Mad write (in French) about the death of famous and passionate Tunisian photographer Bechir...
China: Censorship Interviews
EastSouthWestNorth describes and analyzes the experience of being interviewed by the Western media about censorship in China.
Israel: No Leaders?
Imshin says that for years everyone has been moaning that we have no leaders. Suddenly we do. Two of them, up against each other.
