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March 3rd, 2006
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Images from Chile: The Miner
This photograph, taken by Guillermo Olivares of his father Daniel, was posted with the following caption in Spanish:
This is my dad, today on October 20th, he turns 56-years-old. He has been a miner his entire life and here he is in one of the tunnels of the largest copper mine in the world.
Guillermo responded months after I had originally asked his permission to post the photograph with a link to his father's own weblog called, appropriately enough, “The Miner (ES).” Although it hasn't been updated for some time, the weblog is filled with pictures of Daniel Olivares' family, country, and profession. It's a great way to get an inside look into Chile from the perspective of a fun-loving grandpa.
Arabisc: Cultural and Art Week
The following is an abbreviated translation from some of the Arabic-language blogsphere.
This week, johacom was happy to find some cartoons by Arab cartoonist that depict some Official Arab Leaders. He says:
The Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi standing in front a cave, cuffed and a TV airing a scene of Saddam Hussein. Qaddafi say: “With full-will, we decided to get rid of WMD”.
johacom then follows the above post with another one that list all the Arab cartoonist websites he could find. Comprehensive list, I would say.
From the Gulf, Sadafat reports that United Arab Emirates citizens are against the Food Fair which will allow alcohol and wine to be marketed in it:
Links for Fri, 2006-03
“night_eulen” says that the plan to build a new orphanage for disabled children in Tajikistan has some troubling aspects.
This year's First Carnival of Blog Translation has concluded and Liz Henry has a list of the original posts along with their translations. Russian, French, English, Portuguese, Swedish, Bulgarian, and Spanish are represented.
Christian Garbis says that someone needs to do something to stop the cutting of Yerevan's trees.
Mirwais calls on the international community to save dying children and mothers in Afghanistan.
James discusses Kazakhstan's shadow politics at neweurasia.
Luís Afonso Assumpção says that beneath the festive celebrating of Carnival, there is a political-cultural current.
Testimonies from the oppressed community at the Punjab Dalit Solidarity blog - “I, Baljit Kaur, daughter of Sri Bant Singh, am a resident of village Burj Jhabbar in Mansa District, Punjab. I was gang-raped on 6 July 2002….”
Pickled Politics asks a pertinent question -”Does multi-culturalism lead to racism?“
The political stand-off analysed at Bahas -”Analysts believe that the deep personal distrust King Gyanendra holds against the politicians lies at the root of the standoff. But the dislike appears to be mutual and the agitating parties have not behaved better either.”
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