8 December 2006
Stories from 8 December 2006
Voices from Central Asia
Anara - by teokaye Anara is one of the ‘youth at risk' that took part in the weekend trip. Instead of going to school, she supports her family by collecting...
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Anara - by teokaye Anara is one of the ‘youth at risk' that took part in the weekend trip. Instead of going to school, she supports her family by collecting...
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Azarmehr has published,thanks to YouTube,a video showing a demonstration against the compulsory veil in early post revolution days.
Jorge Gobbi, commenting on news that the EU will soon formally demand every bolivian citizen that enters this region to previously obtain a visa, writes, “Eventually, only those with the right passport will be able to backpack around the world. Or am I being to pessimistic today? Eduardo Avila has also linked to blogs discussing the difficulties of traveling as a Bolivian.
Jeremy Taylor wishes there were some way to “impress on a government the wisdom of listening” as debate rages on about the construction of aluminium smelter plants in Trinidad and Tobago.
Guest-blogger Gretchen Gordon on today's beginning of the Summit of the South American Community of Nations and the parallel 2nd Summit for a People’s Integration in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Robert Wright translates the meanings of several street stencils around Buenos Aires.
Ian Mount describes why he is every day more impressed by Pasa en Buenos Aires [ES], the city's official blog.
Eduardo Arcos links to the leaked first episode [ES] of a new animated reproduction of Mexico's infamous program El Chavo del Ocho. “Some things are better left in the memory,” says Arcos of the new cartoon.
Boz measures content and discontent across the continent with his weekly Friday poll numbers.
Can you believe this?: “We have had fuel shortages, forex shortages and now - passports! One wonders what’s next? I was thinking aloud what would happen if there was a shortage of condoms,” reports Kubatanablogs. This is the country whose currency has an expiration date!
How many Ugandans does it take to get a shared minivan from Kampala to Entebbe? Jackfruity has the answer for you: “three to load the back of the vehicle with bags of grain and sacks of live chickens; two to strap foam mattresses to the top; one to yell at those strapping mattresses to the top about the way in which they're strapping mattresses to the top; six to get in, properly position (read: cram into every available nook and cranny) their baggage, get settled, then change their minds….”
As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency against his will, and people...
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or Black mens?!... Really outrageous. France is maybe...
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Based on the Wikipedia list of countries, details.
In my opinion, the only slang from this list which is falling out of vogue is the nickname of Medvedev...
I'm from Russia, use internet daily, and I didn't know half of these words. The other slang words are not...