Stories from 12 November 2006
Martinique: Commemorating a Coming Out
On November 8, Le Blog de [Moi] remembered (Fr) a past lesbian affair and the heartbreak that prompted her to abruptly come out to her mother exactly seven years prior.
Venezuelan Oil is Red
During the last week, Venezuelan’s main topic of political conversation has been the new, fully red, fully chavista, PDVSA. The President of the Venezuelan state-owned oil company, Rafael Ramírez, called for absolute support from all workers—from top management to line of production laborers—to President Chávez’ campaign for reelection. Ramírez’ speech...
Madagascar: List of Local Bloggers
L'Odyssee de Tattum posts (Fr) a list of Madagascar-based bloggers. She also announces an upcoming collective blog Malagasy Miray, which plans to amplify voices of locals without their own blogs.
China: Where democracy lies
With the election of Beijing Communists to the Party‘s National People's Congress (NPC) having taken place this past Wednesday, here's but a handful of the thousands of follow-up blog posts containing words such as democracy, election, revolution and more: “If I had the right to elect the deputies to the...
Iran:Two Iranians win best free expression blog prize
Reporters Without Borders has awarded two Iranian blogs, Kosoof and Tanine Sookoot a joint prize for the best blog defending freedom of expression, as part of an international blog competition organised by Deutsche Welle.
The DW Best of Blogs Awards
Had I not read Hoder's blog today I would have definitely missed the Deutsche Welle Best of the Blogs awards 2006 ceremony held in the Museum for Communication Berlin a few hours ago. I knew about the awards but I was unaware of the time and place and whether it...
