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Mahamoor.com laments the “walling up” of houses in Colombo. “Why the walls? Is crime really that bad? I can’t really say whether I know – I’ve heard horror stories of army deserters burgling houses in the dead of night and so on, which would, in a sense, justify the walls…”
HSBC seems to indulge in some opportunist advertising in Bangladesh says imperfect world 2006.
Just one more example of “the invasion of New York City media by all things Buenos Aires” says Ian of the marriage between Buenos Aires-based freelancer, Brian Byrnes (rss) and Argentine Chicago Tribune office manager, Maria Macarena Di Dio. Dan Perlman asks, “Argentina hits The Big Apple?” after reading a review of a new Argentine restaurant in the East Village.
Parallels between pre-war Iraq and Nepal at Democracy for Nepal - “There are maybe 30 families, perhaps 50 individuals in the army, maybe 10 relatives to the king, maybe maybe five cabinet members but that's about it. That is the extent of the support the king has.”
Lives in Focus presents audio-shots - “I met Narasimha in 2002 when I was visiting Freedom Foundation AIDS Shelter for the third time. At that time he was quite ill from the effects of HIV. There were days when he just lay in bed and other times he was quite active, helping around the clinic, tending to the garden and helping bathe the really sick patients.”
Paul of Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar points out the unfortunate discrepancy in usage of the terms ‘a migrant' and ‘an expat.'
Michael Marble of Big Enough Umbrella writes about celebration of Baba Marta - Grandma March - in Bulgaria.
Giustino at Itching for Eestimaa comments on the Council of Europe's report on Estonia, which criticizes the country's treatment of minorities and neglect for the history of the Holocaust. Estonia does not deserve being accused of the latter, according to Giustino.
Michael of The Glory of Carniola posts a video clip of a Slovenian newscast aired shortly before the disintegration of Yugoslavia, in which the host describes the situation in the country using a term that, although “not completely wrong,” could've gotten him fired nevertheless.
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...