14 April 2006
Stories from 14 April 2006
Another Belarus
A typical Vileika backyard - by Yevgenia Mantsevich (LJ user litota_) LJ user litota_, currently of Minsk, paid a visit to her native Vileika last weekend and posted photos from...
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A typical Vileika backyard - by Yevgenia Mantsevich (LJ user litota_) LJ user litota_, currently of Minsk, paid a visit to her native Vileika last weekend and posted photos from...
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David of Prague Blog describes what an ordeal it is to try finding matzah for Passover in Prague.
Andrei Khrapavitski does not consider the EU's sanctions against Lukashenko's regime sufficient: “Had Belarus possessed any valuable natural resources, maybe our leader would’ve been excused and welcomed in Brussels. I don’t know. But with all due respect, the current sanctions do not offer any leverage to democratization of Belarus. They look as a symbolic gesture, and not a real response.” TOL's Belarus Blog is as unsatisfied: “So, Brussels bureaucrats, if this is your way to say, ‘we don’t give a damn’, then we got it.”
Andrei Khrapavitski reports on the Belarusian opposition's preparations for the rally on the 20th anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe, April 26.
Bob Granico of Publius Pundit is calling to international health organizations to examine the Chechen children affected by a mysterious illness and investigate its causes: “Given that the children are not recovering, and that there is so much distrust on both sides of the issue, outside medical help is drastically needed.”
Traveller One of Stepping Stones lists two of her favorite Balkan dishes: Ajvar (”a luscious combination of roasted red peppers and eggplant”) and Baklava (”Ohhhhhh my goodness…. this is like eating the food of the gods…”). The former is originally from Macedonia; the latter is found in 22 national cuisines, according to Wikipedia.
Could something like a New Year celebration divide people? transcurrents.com on the celebrations of the Tamil Hindus, Christians, Sinhalas and the others.
Inkspill poses a tough question and an interesting discussion follows in the comments space - “does aborting a disabled foetus mean you are not sympathetic to the disabled and you do not admire their positive attitude to life?”
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...