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13 February 2006

Daily archive · 6 posts

Stories from 13 February 2006

Afghan Whispers: Hope, Hate & Fire

Written by Fred Petrossian · Eastern & Central Europe

Afghan Reality talks about signs of hope for Afghanistan after the London conference. The blogger says: “Afghanistan Compact will serve as the international community's reassurance in helping rebuild Afghanistan. The...

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Nepal: Money Needed For Movement

Written by Paramendra · South Asia

DFN talks of the need for the Nepali diaspora to pump money into the democracy movement in Nepal: moral support is not enough.

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Kenyan blogosphere Dispatch

Written by Juliana Rotich · Sub-Saharan Africa

The Anglo Leasing corruption scandal continues this week, a video (WMV file 34MB) of a piece done by the BBC is available on kenyaunlimited courtesy of Mshairi and Mentalacrobatics, it...

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Chilean Bloggers Making Faces

Written by Rosario Lizana · Latin America

Because of the internet, many people know each other by what they write, but have never met face to face. That's the connection that Beatriz made and is why she...

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Bahrain: Blood, Sex and Incarceration

Written by Mahmood Al-Yousif · Middle East & North Africa

Good. You're paying attention now so let's start this week's roundup with the mundane and progress from there: Mahmood seems to have been branded a pervert for photographing wild parakeets...

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The Global Menu

Written by Melissa De León · Western Europe, North America

I am reporting this time from Nanegalito, a picturesque town in the Ecuadorian Andes. Let's see if you can find it in your map! We will report about the marvelous...

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Updates from 13 February 2006

Russia

Sean Guillory looks at Vladimir Putin's dissertation, “Strategic Planning of Regional Raw Material Operations in a Market Economy,” which he wrote as a student of the St. Petersburg Mining Academy in 1997. Stored at the Russian State Library, the dissertation is a hit with the readers. Also, Sean discusses Vladimir Shlapentokh's article on Russia's energy sector.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Two more additions to Konstantin Dlutskiy's photo collection of DIY design at the Russian Marketing Blog: wedding flowers sold with a discount for loyal customers, and a “Baby” store selling vodka and beer.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Guatemala

Carlos Roberto Cabrera (ES) has created GuateFlickr, a blog which collects the best Flickr photos of Guatemala.

• David Sasaki

Venezuela

Miguel Octavio, Alex Beech, and Ana Julia Jatar (ES) all have something to say about the current court case against Maria Corina Machado, the director of opposition group SUMATE, who is charged with accepting a $31,000 grant from the National Endowment for Democracy.

• David Sasaki