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13 April 2006

Daily archive · 5 posts

Stories from 13 April 2006

The Week That Was - Bolivian Blogs

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

A controversial document instructing public servants to contribute to the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) political party generated words of discontent among some Bolivian bloggers. The letter in question was directed...

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Revolution In Nepal: Monarchy On Its Way Out

Written by Paramendra · South Asia

The movement has turned into a revolution.

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Pulse of the Saudi Blogosphere

Written by Ahmed Al-Omran · Middle East & North Africa

It had been a relatively quiet week in the Saudi blogosphere this week. However, several good posts can be found by bloggers from inside the country, and also by those...

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Flying over the Iraqi Blogodrome

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

I am still on holiday and the blogs are still running. So here is a summary of what I liked up to the point my kids wake up… First a...

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Polish Blogosphere Update

Written by Jordan & Maria Seidel · Eastern & Central Europe

On the literary front, As the Warsaw Crow Flies notes the death of Polish author Stanislaw Lem. On Lem, Warsaw Crow writes: Having only read his novel Solaris, I can't...

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Updates from 13 April 2006

Kyrgyzstan

The Golden Road to Samarqand reports on university students' opinions on the current political situation in Kyrgyzstan.

• Nathan Hamm

Armenia

Christian Garbis writes that Armenians are blinded by their past and do not appreciate that their current problems deserve their full attention. The Basturma Chronicles responds.

• Nathan Hamm

Mongolia

Tom Terry also comments on the protests in Mongolia, calling on protesters to show a little more wisdom and restraint and warning them that Eagle TV, which he manages, will hand over any tapes of illegal acts by protesters in accordance with Mongol law.

• Nathan Hamm

Mongolia

Luke Distelhorst of neweurasia has more updates on the escalating protests in Mongolia at his site including news of clashes between police and protesters and the Democratic Party showing signs of solidarity with the protesters.

• Nathan Hamm

Armenia

Oneworld Multimedia notes that Azeri military officer Ramil Safarov has been sentenced to life in prison by a Hungarian court for the murder of an Armenian counterpart at a NATO Partnership for Peace training program two years ago. It is not clear whether or not he will serve his sentence in Hungary or Azerbaijan, where many consider him a hero.

• Nathan Hamm

Costa Rica

In a pattern that surely many across the world can relate to, Don Ray and Bob Glass both mention the rising gas prices in Panama and Costa Rica respectively. It seems the gentlemen also have similar thoughts regarding blog templates.

• David Sasaki