Stories from 2 November 2006
Kazakhstan: Alphabet Change
Dmitrii comments at neweurasia on Kazakhstan's decision to change the Kazakh language's alphabet from Cyrillic to Latin, saying that it was the right choice to make. (RUS)
Armenia: Notes from the Blogosphere
Onnik Krikorian gives a glimpse of recent discussions in the Armenian blogosphere.
Kyrgyzstan: Protest Against President
Kyrgyz Report has been posting regular updates on and photos from the protests in Bishkek demanding the resignation of the president and prime minister.
Kyrgyzstan: Rodeo
Trent Milan reports on how the rodeo he helped organize in Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan turned out.
Nicaragua: Sunday's Elections
Writing from Costa Rica, Tim gives a short, investment-minded introduction to Nicaragua's Sunday elections.
Argentina: Darwin in South America
“Interested in South America and have a scientific bent? Then lose yourself for weeks among the complete work of Charles Darwin, now available online. It’s quite an astonishing collection pulled together by the University of Cambridge,” writes Jeff Barry. Some follow up research leads Barry to a bookstore in Rome...
Costa Rica: New Traffic Laws
The REAL Costa Rica Blog says that the new traffic laws and fines are ridiculous.
Venezuela: Vuelvan Caras
Guillermo Parra translates an Op-Ed by Elizabeth Araujo about Chavez's respect for Castro and the revamped Vuevan Caras Mission [ES].
Mexico: Oaxaca Protest Update
¡Pura Vida! describes a political demonstration in Monterrey in support of protesting Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca and against the use of force by federal police. Ana Maria Salazar has an update on the latest developments and Mark in Mexico has a piece by piece description of the...
Malaysia: Palagiarism by Editor
Jeff Ooi at the Screenshots blog writes that Malaysia's New Straits Time Press[NSTP] is threatening to sue BBC over a report filed by its Malaysian correspondent. The BBC story said that the paper's group editor Brendan Pereira was resigning because of allegations of plagiarism. “it remains to be seen whether...
Peru, Venezuela: Humala denies he received campaign money
Living in Peru and Peru Election 2006 both mention the continuing speculations that Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, financed the campaign of nationalist Ollanta Humala in Peru's last presidential elections.
Kenya: politics and religion
Religious political parties are entering Kenyan politics. Young Joint thinks religion should stay out of politics.
South Africa: state funeral for P.W. Botha?
Dumisani argues that state funeral for P.W. Botha is simply a bad idea, “We actually have a debate about whether it's appropriate to name South Africa's main international airport after O.R. Tambo, a giant in making South Africa the country that it is today, and then we have a crazy...
Global Food Blog Report #34
#1: From Spain: Cocinova cooks up a delicious "Pollo en Salsa de Chocolate" (Chicken in Chocolate Sauce) EN/ES Esta deliciosa receta la probé en casa de Mª Ángeles, y aunque no soy fanática del chocolate, créanme los que son como yo, que el chocolate en esta salsa sabe realmente delicioso;...
Trinidad & Tobago: DNA testing
Trinidad and Tobago's police comply promptly with a request from their London counterparts for a DNA sample. Why, wonders the Modest Goddess, didn't they act with the same promptness in connection with DNA testing for a now infamous local case involving the murder of a minor?
Who owns Jamaica?
The central issue in Jamaica's next general election, says Xamayca, is determining who has “ownership” of the country.
Jamaica: Marley/Rastafari survey
Geoffrey Philp publishes the results of his Bob Marley/Rastafari survey and posts an “In My Own Words” piece with Jamaican writer Donna Weir-Soley.
Jamaica: An absent skill
Francis Wade tries to put his finger on the thing he believes makes Jamaicans an “unreflective” people: “Our reluctance to pursue these inner questions leaves the wild contradictions in our lives firmly place. It therefore means that they never get resolved on a national scale.“
Bahrain: Mahmood Blog Unblocked!
Mahmood's blogs was officially unblocked today. He had to make some concessions in order to lift the ban on his site; specifically, he removed few posts and all attendant comments on those articles until the related case discussed in them expire. The gag order related to the case was issued...
Blogging Tunisia: Good News and Bad News
The good news is that Tunisia won't bomb Aljazeera TV channel. It just has put an end to its diplomatic representation in Qatar and shut down its embassy in Doha. That's what Arab regimes can do, has Houssein noticed [Fr], when they loose a battle in the information war against...
Ukraine: News Digest
Recent updates on Ukrainian business, politics, utility services, opinion polls and more, at Foreign Notes.
