9 January 2006
Stories from 9 January 2006
African Women Blogging This Week
Heri ya Mwaka Mpya (Happy New Year in Kiswahili). The recent the jailing of a 56-year old English man in the UK for the sexual abuse of children in Africa...
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Heri ya Mwaka Mpya (Happy New Year in Kiswahili). The recent the jailing of a 56-year old English man in the UK for the sexual abuse of children in Africa...
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Robert Wright takes a look at the plans for a central transit station in Buenos Aires, which would consist of “deep train tunnels, an underground highway, enormous amounts of parking, new subway stops, & recovered green space.” He still needs some convincing.
neweurasia reports that Kazakhstan's oil reserves are once again the subject of wild speculation.
Registan.net comments on the State Department's decision to move Central Asia to its South Asian Affairs Bureau.
the beatroot reports that the UK, facing a shortage of halal butchers, is seeking them through advertising to Poland's small Muslim community.
Onnik Krikorian reports that Yerevan's homeless are freezing as the government takes its time renovating a shelter for them.
neweurasia posts on the tragic death of 13 children at an orphanage in Tajikistan. The president is furious with how the situation has been handled.
Yon ayisien posts photos and a short report (FR) on a strike taking place in Haiti today, and doesn't miss the opportunity to take a swipe at MINUSTAH, the UN Security Force. The strike, he says, is “to protest the kidnappings and the overall lack of security and non-punishment of wrongdoers. The streets were deserted this morning. At sites occupied by MINUSTAH, tanks and soldiers (or police officers) of the United Nations mission were actually present for a change. I've never understood what they're supposed to be doing. Counting the passing cars, perhaps?”
Getting an Indian Visa is a tough job. Especially if you have a Canadian passport in Sri Lanka says Indi.ca.
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or Black mens?!... Really outrageous. France is maybe...
"Tsai's interview with the Washington Post, in which he claimed that the June 4 Massacre (Tiananmen Square) did not happen." Any responsible,...
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As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency against his will, and people...