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Choosing links from 22 different Arab countries for translation is no easy feat..for however much you try and be selective, you cannot be doing the region and its bloggers any...
New blog aggregator, what does it take to buy a home in Bangalore, NRIs, English Bollywood , ice cricket are some of the things we look in this round-up. There...
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Trinidadian blogger Strongy reports briefly on the progress of the designs for the children's Carnival band his group has been doing for 14 years, and posts some photos of costumes from the band that inspired the one currently being designed.
For the Jamaican blogger BassChocolate, watching — and laughing at — the film Borat raises some conflicting issues: “Many Jamaicans are offended with Americans portray us as Weed Orgy Central. How would we feel if we were portrayed in a major motion picture as a country which condoned rape and incest? Not so good. Is character ‘Borat' crossing the line?”
Bicyclemark has a podcast with Amanda of ChistianAid, a relief organization working in Tajikistan.
Ben Paarmann reports on the drive of some Kazakh companies to Western stock exchanges and some of the positive benefits this will usher in.
Dan O'Huiginn says that Georgia's criticism of the Commonwealth of Independent States is a deescalation of its conflict with Russia rather than an escalation as has been reported by some media outlets.
Nice to note year after year, Bangalore Pride Parade is improving a lot. Hope next year we see some recoreded...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...
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Next time we will be there again :)