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27 April 2006

Daily archive · 5 posts

Stories from 27 April 2006

48 Missing Detainees Wrongly Identified

Written by Rosario Lizana · Latin America

“Courtyard 29” is a communal grave place, located in the General Cemetery (ES) of the capital, Santiago. In 1991, 124 missing detainees from the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship, were found and...

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Barber Shop in Lomut, West Pokot, Kenya

Written by Sokari Ekine · Sub-Saharan Africa

Photo by Unganisha.org

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Africa: Malaria Day

Written by Sokari Ekine · Sub-Saharan Africa

Adventures of a Retired Armchair Traveller reminds us that last Tuesday 25th of April was Malaria Day….An estimated 1 million children below the age of 5 die from malaria every...

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Polish Blogosphere Update

Written by Jordan & Maria Seidel · Eastern & Central Europe

Ever wonder what a day in the life of someone living in Poland would look like condensed into a 10-minute video? Neither did I until I came to Poland. The...

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Some Excerpts from West African Blogs

Written by Imnakoya · Sub-Saharan Africa

Gambia Dictatorial rule of Yahya Jammeh of Gambia–Home of the Mandinmories“Gambians are bleeding from excessive taxation. They are bleeding from the debt burden that is incurred in their name and...

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While Portuguese is Brazil's official state language, M. Bichuetti of The Brazilian Way of Life says that around 180 native tongues are still present. Quoting a linguistics professor, Bichuetti says that some of the languages “are ‘on the verge of extinction,' [while others] are ‘very vigorous.'”

• David Sasaki

Georgia

Susan says that it is easy for expats to get on the news on slow news days in Georgia. She took part in a traditional Georgian supra outside the Russian embassy to protest Russia's ban on Georgian wine and made the evening news.

• Nathan Hamm

El Salvador

Writing from Antartica, J. Allbritton offers his thoughts on an article by Jack Hitt regarding El Salvador's strict anti-abortion laws. Tim Muth also recently commented on the article, inspiring various impassioned comments.

• David Sasaki