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7 May 2007

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Stories from 7 May 2007

Estonia: On Food (and Peace)

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

The buzz surrounding Tallinn's Bronze Soldier is slowly subsiding, so here is a completely amicable entry on food and peace, written in Russian on May 3 by Tallinn-based LJ user orang-m.

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Colombia: Uribe's Bittersweet Visit to Washington

Written by Carlos Raúl van der Weyden Velásquez · North America, Latin America

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez started a three-day visit to Washington, seeking support for Plan Colombia and the US Congress' approval of the Free Trade Agreement. Instead of he was met with protestors accusing him of links to paramilitary forces responsible for the death of unionists. Some bloggers criticized the Colombian media for "covering up" the president's poor week.

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Pakistan: Blog-o-comments

Written by Omer Alvie · South Asia

Like phoenix rising from the ashes, I return renewed, refreshed and rejuvenated into a new, enthused blogger self. Actually, that is a slight exaggeration, it is more like panic rising...

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Morocco: Linguistics, Music Videos, and the Merits of Hymenorrhaphy

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

This week, the English-language Moroccan blogosphere discusses diverse issues such as hymen reconstructive surgery and Arabic music videos. Jillian York summarizes this week's posts.

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Arabeyes: Muslim Evangelists; Somali Poets; Death on Amman's Roads and More

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Today's round up of Arabic language blogs takes us to the United Arab Emirates, where a Muslim blogger gets an email from Africa urging him to embrace Islam and then...

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Predictable Politics - Not Much Happening in Armenian Parliament Pre-Election Campaign

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

“Less then a week to go” for the elections, says Onnik Krikoryan finding himself sitting in a restaurant with other foreign journalists, “Nobody is expecting post-election street protests to achieve...

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Kuwait: Walkways, Development, Sports and Unknown ‘Brands'

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

Construction cranes are seen all over Kuwait - building everything from pedestrian walkways for people to exercise in their own neighbourhoods to skyscrapers and mega malls. Kuwaiti bloggers give us a preview of all that, plus an insight to a near disaster in a sports club, where spectators can literally fall to their doom if they focus on the game too much.

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China: green Olympic Games

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

Positive solution blogs about the Beijing city plan to greenify the area near the airport so that people have a good first impression.

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Afghan Whispers:1 May,Kidnappings and Problems in Iran

Written by Fred Petrossian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Õnne Pärl,a blogger and journalist from Estonia, writes about her 1 May experience in Kabul. She says, because of the mudjahedin parade in Kabul, there are suggestions to “keep low...

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China: Memedia Issue 5: 10 years Blogging, Google PR, Money Craze

Written by Nan Yang · East Asia

Memedia Issue 5 roundup for the blogsphere, which includes 10 years anniversary of blogging, Google's PR strategy, stock market, private fund and many more.

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Updates from 7 May 2007

Mexico

EBRmx [ES] posts a picture of the recent photo shoot that drew 18,000 nude individuals to Mexico City's main square to participate in Spencer Tunick's work of art. Veronique writes about her firsthand experience in the photo shoot in her blog Que alguien me explique [ES].

• Eduardo Avila

Colombia

Bloggings by Boz links to a recent poll conducted by Semana Magazine and Ipsos, which focused mainly on questions revolving around the paramilitary scandal in Colombia and the relationship with President Alvaro Uribe.

• Eduardo Avila

Bolivia

Miguel Centellas, formerly of Ciao!, has started a new blog called Pronto*. In his most recent entry, the political scientist is encouraged by negotiations between the opposition and government party around the autonomy issue, but still stands opposed to a proposal for a runoff election for president. He explains why in his update.

• Eduardo Avila

Peru

Apunta la Placa Plis [ES] is excited about Art Week in Lima that begins on May 7th. In addition to lectures, art exhibits, and concerts, the best part is that all activities are all free.

• Eduardo Avila

Panama

IT Buda [ES] links to a recent New York Times article about the substitution of “El Guayacolato” in commonly-found medicines, which led to the deaths of close to 400 Panamanians. The Panama Investor Blog writes that earlier many were concerned that these deaths were caused by a rare virus, but now it is becoming apparent that they are due to this counterfeit ingredient.

• Eduardo Avila

Panama

The Panama Report describes and provides pictures of the 1000 Polleras Festival that takes place on Calle 50 where “(it) might resemble Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade after sniffing one too many whip cream canisters”

• Eduardo Avila

Ukraine

Natalia Antonova posts a wonderful tribute to her grandmother on her 80th birthday: “[…] My grandmother and my grandfather knew the meaning of devotion. When I was learning how to talk, I called my grandmother “Tolechka,” because it was the word that she said most often, the word that was an affectionate diminutive for my grandfather’s name. […]”

• Veronica Khokhlova

India

etcetera on “home”coming. From New York to Madras. “On my first day back, a houseful of relatives encourage me to go take a ‘nap’ at 5 in the evening. I wake up a little after midnight, and for about 15 seconds, I feel how wild party animals probably feel like all the time. 15 seconds is how long it takes me to answer those vital questions: Whose bed is this? Who’s the other sleeping figure in the room? What country am I in?”

• Neha Viswanathan

India

Sunny Days is puzzled by someone who scraps telling her that married women shouldn't be on Orkut. “What could I say? I pointed out that people who wished to stay anonymous really have no place in a networking site. I know a whole bunch of people who use pseudonyms, but they usually identify themselves with a pic, at least in their albums. A networking site is for keeping in touch with your friends, or so I always believed. Maybe make new ones. But I suppose a whole bunch of clowns out there sincerely believe it's a place to find women willing to participate in cybersex.”

• Neha Viswanathan

Nepal

Our Dream on the importance of education in Nepal, and what one could do about it. “Most of these children come from families who cannot afford two meals a day, let alone education costs for the child. The parents work in the farm all day or for some other people to earn their living. So, they are unable to send their children to school. Moreover, they expect these kids to help them in their daily household work.”

• Neha Viswanathan