Stories from 7 April 2007
Cambodia: North Korean Restaurant
Cambodia Calling reviews the food and environment offered by a North Korean restaurant in Cambodia. The blogger also ponders over the life of the North Korean women who work at the restaurant and offers a hint on the connection between North Korea and Cambodia
Malaysia: Conflict in Marriage
sembangNtalk is asking couple of questions from her readers. Do all couple argue? and Is argument in marriage unhealthy?
Malaysia: Blogger's United Gathering
Mavericksym posts a link to an invitation for all Malaysian bloggers to attend the Bloggers United Malaysia Gathering. The blogger is asking the organizers of the meet to invite several politicians who are critical of bloggers and blogging. “Will the B.U.M. committee invite Shahziman and Pak Zam? Howsy should sent...
“What's Going On in Ukraine?”
LJ user dibrov_s (Sergei Dibrov of Odesa, Ukraine) explains how the current crisis in Ukraine came to be and why he thinks the new election (and then some more) is absolutely necessary. This lengthy post (RUS) has received 366 comments so far and made it into the top 30 at...
Iran:International Robocup in Iran
Kamangir informs us the second International Robocup of Iran started on Thursday 5th of April. The participants of the two-day event are 361 teams, 17 of which are from other countries. You can watch pictures here.
Iran:Sean Penn writes an open letter to Bush
Forever Under Construction has published Sean Penn‘s open letter about Iran and Iraq to Bush and White House. We read Iran is a great country. A great country. Does it have its haters? You bet. Just like the United States has its haters.
Nigeria: where are RSS feeds for Nigerian news media?
Nigerian mainstream media has not embraced RSS to deliver content online: It remains a mystery why the majority of the Nigerian mainstream news media with significant real estates on the Internet have not taken steps to overhaul their various domains to reflect one of the most basic Internet trends of...
Israel: Erasing the Holocaust?
Life of Rubin classifies the news as “terrifying” when learning that some UK schools are refusing to teach about the Holocaust in order not to offend Muslims.
Syria: Readdressing Sexual Harassment
Decentering Damascus gives an interesting wrap-up to an earlier post of her on sexual harassment, comments on her blog were enlightening.
Iraq: Quiet in Baghdad, Noisy Everwhere Else
Iraq the Model reports that all has been quiet in Baghdad lately…but the same cannot be said for the rest of the country.
Iran: Diplomatic Lessons Learned
Hossein Derakhshan gives us a list of 10 things that recent diplomacy in Iran has taught the world about their country: “1 Islamic Republic of Iran, when genuinely engaged, is negotiable, unlike what neo-conservatives try to make us believe. 2 Iran is a whole different country now than it was...
Iran: The Fine Tailor of a Suit
Bazar Dispatch talks about the textile industry of Iran in response to comments on the well-tailored suits given to the 15 British sailors released from Iran.
Iran: Report Card on Releasing Hostages
S'can-Iranic gives out a report card to the players in the recent release of 15 British sailors captured by Iran: “I think the overall handling of the issue by the British government gets a C+. They could have approached the whole issue as they did during the past few days,...
Iraq: Moving Arabs out of Kirkuk?
Zeinobia from the Egyptian Chronicles is disturbed at news that Arabs will be moved out of the Kurdish city of Kirkuk in Iraq: “Day and night you blame Iran , but what about the Kurds !!?? with my all respect I don't like this ethnic plan as it will tear...
Lebanon: Bombings in Saida
Bahraini blogger bint battuta shares with us the news about a friend and her family being bombed by an Israeli warship off the coast of Saida.
Palestine: Zionism on the DailyKos
Blogging for Palestine DesertPeace reported about an incident on the DailyKos when cartoonist Ben Heine posted images that were negative towards Zionism.
China: Inner-city toxics plant protested
In November last year, construction began on a chemical plant in Haicang district, located on Xiamen island in the capital of Southwestern China's Fujian province, slated to produce the solvent toluene, terephthalic acid, benzene and, for example, an expected annual output of 800,000 tons of the toxic para-xylene which, according...
Unblock Dailymotion campaign
Following the ban imposed by the Tunisian authorities on the popular video sharing site Dailymotion, Tunisian bloggers and activists have launched the “Unblock Dailymotion campaign”, on April 6th, 2007, in order to highlight the unfair ban and to draw the public attention to the aggressive censorship prevailing in the country.
Iran:Gifts for British sailors
View from Iran talks about the gifts that UK sailors received before leaving Iran. The blogger writes the strangest part yet (at least for me) is the parting gifts. Who provides released foreign captives with parting gifts? They got pistachios too: not too shabby a parting gift at all! Imagine,...
Ukraine: News Roundup
A long-awaited roundup of Ukrainian political news from Orange Ukraine.
Iran:Police violence in a pop concert
According to Gamron [Fa], police attacked young people in Reza Sadegi‘s concert in Bandar Abbas a few days ago. The blogger says police warned them when young girls started to dance and even moved their headscarves.Garmon says nobody listened to this warning and they were attacked by police.
