22 February 2006
Stories from 22 February 2006
Philippines: Landslide and rescue efforts
Philippines: Landslide and rescue efforts
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Philippines: Landslide and rescue efforts
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John Guzman pens his thoughts on language and nationality, commenting that not every Latino in the United States speaks “Mexican.”
LEvko of Foreign Notes reports several “worrying violent incidents,” which may or may not be related to the upcoming election: the National State Tax Service Academy in Irpen has been stormed, a journalist in Donetsk attacked, and a news agency office in Lviv gutted.
Don't burn Pakistan asks a crucial question - “What role have the Muslim leaders (not politicians, not the socalled-jihadis) played to pipe down the negative propaganda forcing people to spread hate?“
Legal News from Nepal reports “Legal experts said that election of the constituent assembly on the basis of the prevailing constitution was the only way out for the country.“
The game of cricket today has Bangladesh celebrating with quite a spirit. More at Me, Myself and Bangladesh.
Mezba reflects on how politicians in Bangladesh seem to have all the time in the world in their hands to spare.
Manjunath Shanmugam - the young man who was killed for refusing to be corrupt - would have celebrated his birthday on Feb 23rd. The Vantage Point on a trust that plans to “take up the legal battle and ensure quick justice for the murder case”.
Jeff Barry links to an article in Argentina's largest daily, Clarín about the identification of a 28-year-old man by the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo as the son of two kidnapped victims during the country's military dictatorship. Now known as Sebastián, he is the 82nd disappeared child to be identified by the group.
As the Bush administration rethinks its policy towards Bolivia's coca farmers, Ben Dangl describes his recent visit to Eterazama in the coca-producing region of Chapare. He visits a market where vendors are surprised to hear that the coca leaf is illegal in the US, talks with two coca farmer organizers, and describes the surreal situation of showing rural villagers a documentary about Bolivia's coca issue on a brand new Apple laptop.
Ian writes that South America's first “gay cruiser” has docked in Buenos Aires. Andres Duque has more on the controversial cruise journey - which plans on ending its voyage in Rio for Carnival - as he compares it to a similar cruise which caused an uproar in the Cayman Islands two weeks ago.
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...