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11 August 2006

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Stories from 11 August 2006

Posts from Peru

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

Some of the recent political news inspired new posts in Peruvian blogs; here are some of them: Jomra takes a look at Quechua in Congress: a small step for a...

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Flying Over the Iraqi Blogodrome

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

I am holiday and in a flat with no Internet and no telephone. Yet I still get that urge that keeps drawing me back to the Internet café. My one-hour...

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Russia: Portraits of Putin

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Samson Sholademi - LJ user sholademi, journalist of a Russian tabloid Express Gazeta - displays a unique drawing collection on his blog: portraits of Russia's president Vladimir Putin, made by...

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Mommy Bloggers Achieve Community and Empowerment in the Lusosphere

Written by Jose Murilo · North America, Latin America

One of the most active blogging categories in the fast expanding Lusosphere is that of the ‘mommy bloggers'. The movement is championed by a Brazilian blog which turned into book,...

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Myanmar's Week of Terror

Written by Preetam Rai · East Asia

Moe Moe wants to remind people that this week is an important week in Myanmar's history. Today is August 8th and I wanted to write a post about the injustice...

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Updates from 11 August 2006

Registan.net publishes a letter circulating amongst US resettlement workers who are helping resettle refugees from last year's violence in Uzbekistan's eastern city of Andijon. The letter addresses what the anonymous authors says are very serious problems that need to be addressed to prevent the refugees from returning to Uzbekistan.

• Nathan Hamm

Tajikistan

James of neweurasia has more on the death of Said Abdullo Nuri, who he says was instrumental in moving forward the peace process ending the Tajik civil war.

• Nathan Hamm

India

Metroblogging Mumbai on the state of the Byculla Zoo in Mumbai, and if it makes more sense to revamp it, rather than move it to another place outside the city.

• Neha Viswanathan

Bangladesh

Dhristipat Group Blog on the changing (or not) landscape of Bangladesh that appeared in a movie fifty years back - “Around the world in 80 days”.

• Neha Viswanathan

Pakistan

All Things Pakistan has a great post on rediscovering Sufi poetry through contemporary singers and bands. There is an interesting discussion in the comments space on translations and the message of Sufi poetry.

• Neha Viswanathan

Bangladesh

Or how I learnt to stop worrying reflects on his predicament as his wife and child are due to arrive in the US via London. He also pauses to wonder about the concept of Islamic fundamentalism and what consequences Bush's actions have had.

• Neha Viswanathan

Russia

LJ user sholademi posts pictures from this year's celebration of the Paratroopers' Day in Moscow on June 2. He also reviews (RUS) what Russian bloggers have been saying about the day on which lots of people prefer to leave the city to avoid the paratroopers' rough behavior.

• Veronica Khokhlova

In my opinion, the only slang from this list which is falling out of vogue is the nickname of Medvedev...
I'm from Russia, use internet daily, and I didn't know half of these words. The other slang words are not...