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13 June 2006

Daily archive · 6 posts

Stories from 13 June 2006

Pressuring change through blogging

Written by Maurina H · East Asia

Following the quote I took from Brunei Resources's blog; "We (the government) require pressure from outside and this is where blog readers can come in to help spread the knowledge."...

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Oops! Mahathir's done it again

Written by ong hock chuan · East Asia

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is once again in the news as his criticisms against the government of his successor gets shriller

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Russia: Independence Day Surveys

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

One day after Russia marked its Independence Day, LJ user larinax - Ksenia Larina, Radio Ekho Moskvy host - found herself mystified by the results of a survey conducted on...

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Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Central Asia & Caucasus

The Pamirs in sight, Kyrgyzstan Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. This edition reaches you from sunny Berlin,...

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This Week In Palestinian Blogs: Tragedy at The Beach

Written by Naseem Tarawnah · Middle East & North Africa

Tragedy and shock has captured the minds and hearts of Palestinian bloggers this week. The Israeli shelling of Gaza which lead to the death of several civilians including women and...

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World Cup: Running with the Ronaldos in the blogosphere

Written by Jose Murilo · Latin America

While the Brazilian team waits for its debut in Germany, it's the buzz around the football personalities that fuels the overheated blogosphere. Brazilians love to talk, and now nothing is...

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Updates from 13 June 2006

Jamaica

As he works on his second novel, Jamaican writer Marlon James ponders the obstacles the US publishing establishment puts in the way of writers like himself, but concludes that “I have to hold to the belief that book and reader have an almost cosmic destiny to meet. And when they do, no barrier whether it be language, race, culture or nationality will stand in the way.”

• Georgia Popplewell

Barbados

Barbados Free Press is all for the revitalisation of the Landship, Barbados's “navy that never goes to sea.”

• Georgia Popplewell

Nicaragua

Aventuras de un Webmaster points readers (ES) to Nicaragua y algo más (ES), an aggregator of news articles and blog posts about Nicaragua.

• David Sasaki

Mexico

Raúl Ramírez, noting the mushrooming of “metropolitan blogs” in Mexico City, announces the alliance (ES) between Chilanga Banda (ES) and Guía de la Ciudad de México (ES).

• David Sasaki

Colombia

After visiting writer Gabriel García Márquez' hometown of Aracataca, Sagroncito tries to separate perception and reality regarding Colombia.

• David Sasaki

Jim Shultz tries to explain the waning interest in Bolivia's soon-to-be-formed Constituent Assembly. In a comment, Miguel Centallas responds “Why is the campaign lackluster? Um, you do realize the World Cup is going on, right? That's pretty much trumping all other considerations in much of the world right now. It's just lucky the vote comes on a day w/o tournament matches.”

• David Sasaki

Mexico

No one knows how to commemorate themselves quite like bloggers. Tomorrow, Eduardo Arcos notes, is the third annual International Blogger Day, which will be celebrated with a meetup in Mexico City (ES).

• David Sasaki

Cuba

Florida-based Jamaican writer Geoffrey Philp discusses some of the ideas he plans to incorporate into his presentation for the “Imagine Miami” lecture series, which addresses issues of identity. Among the things he plans touch upon are “a reflection on Miami’s geographical location as a port/frontier city and as a Latin/Hispanic/Caribbean city in North America (Kingston 21, Havana North)” and questions of race and colour.

• Georgia Popplewell

Trinidad & Tobago

Echoing the request traditionally given before the national anthem is played, Elspeth Duncan gives the latest video entry on her blog the title “Please Stand. . . . for something”. The video compiles footage from “various protests taking place in Trinidad between late 2005 and early 2006. It represents the collective voice of the people at a time when the republic of Trinidad & Tobago is going through crisis and experiencing transformation on many levels.”

• Georgia Popplewell

Nepal

As part of a larger policy towards advertising and health, Legal News from Nepal says that the Supreme Court is “Ordering the government to create public awareness on the harmful effects of tobacco use, the SC also asked the government to formulate an appropriate law on smoking.”

• Neha Viswanathan