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27 November 2006

Daily archive · 3 posts

Stories from 27 November 2006

Tanzanian bloggers' virtual conference

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

Tanzanian bloggers held their first virtual conference on November 18th, 2006. The aim of the conference was to discuss various steps to be taken to make the community more effective...

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Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus

Written by Ben Paarmann · Central Asia & Caucasus

Astana (Kazakhstan) - Waiting for a bus - photograph taken by Richard Messenger (Many more bus stops here) While we're waiting for the bus, why not check out some of...

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Arabisc: Bahraini Elections, Dying Children and Confusing Freedom!

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Bahrain held its second Parliamentary elections in its modern history this week, with about 300,000 voters going to the polls. Amongst them was Bahraini blogger Haythoo, who hoped his ‘party'...

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Updates from 27 November 2006

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Cricketwukup.com profiles the “West Indies' [cricket team's] #1 fan”.

• Georgia Popplewell

Grenada

Over at the Caribbean Beat weblog, Laura Dowrich shares some advice about public transportation in Trinidad and notes a few of the unique features of Grenada's buses.

• Georgia Popplewell

Bermuda

Edward Rance reports on a dinner hosted by the Premier of Bermuda for Bermudian students studying in the UK and the post-dinner Q&A session where the students asked the Premier some difficult questions.

• Georgia Popplewell

Belize

Lee Vanderwalker of Caye Caulker, Belize, is busy with preparations for this year's tourist season, which from the feedback she's been getting is going to be “a bang up year.”

• Georgia Popplewell

Barbados

Two radio personalities make light of a news report about a barrister who has reminded Barbadian men that the Domestic Violence (Protection Orders) Act offers protection to them as well as women. Titilayo is concerned at the radio announcers' attitudes: “Physical abuse is nothing to laugh at. Domestic violence is nothing to laugh at. All people in Barbados, women, men and children, are afforded protection from domestic violence under the laws of the land. All people in Barbados should feel free to seek protection under the laws of the land without having to face ridicule for taking steps to ensure their personal safety and well-being. That’s the way it should be. When will that be the way it is?“

• Georgia Popplewell

The Barbados Labour Party publishes on its blog a scanned image of what is alleged to be a page of a speech given by a member of the opposition party containing some controversial statements. Barbados Free Press, however, hesitates to jump to any conclusions about what the statements actually mean.

• Georgia Popplewell

Venezuela

Miguel Octavio describes the “perverse symbolism of the location of Chavez' closing rally.”

• David Sasaki

Bolivia

Miguel Buitrago describes Evo Morales' upcoming travel plans as social unrest continues domestically: “Morales cannot stay outside Bolivia more than 5 days, since he does not have permission of Parliament to travel, he'll go on to the South America - Africa Summit in Nigeria. His final stop will be Cuba to celebrate Fidel's birthday.”

• David Sasaki

India

National Highway on caste matters and reservation. “But if a ‘meritorious’ person like him could achieve so much in life despite such hardships, why do we need reservations at all? “I was an exception,” he says, “dalits are deliberately discriminated against and excluded and we need reservations to make sure they get their due.””

• Neha Viswanathan