18 December 2005

Stories from 18 December 2005

Iran: Stock Market & Ahmadinejad

  18 December 2005

Zeytoun, a blogger based in Iran, says each time Ahmadinejad says something about Israel, Iranian stock market goes down. She adds people are really angry about this. Many working class people, according to blogger, received shares from their companies and their life depends on their values. Zeytoun says we wish...

News From Chinese Blogosphere

  18 December 2005

1 Buzzwords in 2005: As the end of year 2005 approaches, Baidu, the largest search engine in Chinese released its hottest words in (in ZH)Chinese internet; the top ten was as followed: “Mp3″(Baidu provided a controversial mp3 search and download service), “Super Girls“, “Fairy Tale”(a popular Chinese lovesong), QQ(instant message...

Cambodia: Voices from Cambodian blogosphere

  18 December 2005

Ministry of Information has ordered all radio and television stations to stop reading news article of print newspapers. This move is considered as an attempt to maintain professional journalism in the country. News readers read some selected press articles and make personal comments for their radio and television broadcasting. Since...