Global Voices Online

At neweurasia, Shohruh writes about women struggling to make ends meet in Uzbekistan. In another post on the same blog, Ben Paarmann profiles a blog dealing with women's issues written in Uzbek called Ayollar Bekati (Women's Station).

The blogger at The Daily Brunei Resources discusses a book on oil exploration in Brunei. Oil and natural gas production contribute to almost half of Brunei's GDP.

Jennifer Woodard Maderazo has translated an excerpt from a 20 Minutos article about the death of Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner.

About obesity in the United States, Martin Varsavsky says that he and his wife have found the trick to eating out reasonably (ES): “We found that if you order an appetizer, entree, and dessert and share everything between two people, the amount of food is right and the restaurant workers aren't offended.

Pasa en Buenos Aires says that the Buenos Aires government has developed a WAP, or mobile phone, interface (ES) for their municipal website.

Ian Mount on the forthcoming Argentine version of ‘Desperate Housewives': “So, how do you translate the pinched WASP, closet alcoholic played by Marcia Cross? Her Argy alter-ego is “daughter of a military officer and a fervent Catholic.”

Did you miss last week's Festival Elcine in Lima, Peru? Not to worry, the audio from the lectures and seminars have all been released for free on the internet, according to (ES) Audiovisual Peruano.

Sean's Russia Blog writes about Jana Kanapova, who emigrated from Ukraine 11 years ago and, together with Khulud Badawi, an Arab-Israeli from Haifa, is involved in the Women's Peace Coalition and the Ta'ayush organization.

Faryadnameh says Iranian carpet exportation needs a scientific marketing to adapt itself to a changing market. The blogger also refers to Mehrnews agency report that Iranian carpet exportation declined 8% this year compared to previous year. The blogger adds our targeted market is Europe and a few countries such as Pakistan or India imitate Iranian models to conquer same market [Fa].