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First thing, condolences to the families of Kenyans who died as a result of the collapse of a six storey building in Nairobi on monday. As reported by the Standard...
The WSF is the expression of a new way of doing politics. People—the youngest as well as the historical fighters still fighting— are increasingly aware of politics going beyond simple...
Global Voices is offering six bloggers based in Kenya the opportunity to attend the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Nairobi for free. ... More »
Roberto Arancibia meditates (ES) on the suicide of Canadian blogger, Chris McKinstry in his Santiago apartment. McKinstry was the founder of Mindpixel, a digital mind modeling project. His final blog post, entitled “Very Serious Thoughts on Suicide” quotes, among others, Charles Caleb Colton: “Suicide is a fundamental human right. This does not mean that it is morally desirable. It only means that society does not have the moral right to interfere.”
Juan Arellano sums up (ES) the conversation from last week's third Festival of Blogs, which had the designated topic, “Blogs and Journalism: Together or Apart?” The media's love/hate relationship with blogs seems a recurring theme among the excerpts.
Go Figure discusses some continuing obstacles on the road to Southeast Asian economic integration, including both political and economic nationalism.
At Beijing or Bust, Chinafool reflects on China's present shiny consumer culture and its scarred ideological past. “In this new China where nobody seemed to have painful memories to suffer through, I couldn’t help wondering – Do we have to remember if the memory only pains us? Do we have to trouble the happy youth with the past?”
Over the weekend, Tokyo was blanketed with the heaviest snow in five years. Antipixel and Japundit have pictures.
Indonesia-born Rani of indrani.net tries to sell her personal digital assistant online in Singapore and discovers what happens when the online marketplace meets the natural Asian propensity to haggle.
Singaporean banker-poet Gilbert Koh publishes his poems on blogspot. Read his latest: Accident.
Taran Rampersad writes an open letter to conservative US pundit Michelle Malkin.
Cambodia-based blogger Jinja has translated Global Voices Online's manifesto into Khmer. Aw-kun. Awesome.
Since qualifying for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the Bermuda team seems to have had its share of ups and downs, reports the Cricinfo blog Beyond the Test World. A recent television broadcast suggests that the players are about to strike over contracts and fees, and another report states that Bermuda's sports minister has been asked to investigate unconstitutional goings on at the board's AGM.
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...