14 June 2007
Stories from 14 June 2007
Nicaragua: Back to Plaza de la Revolución, Again.
During recent changes in power, the ruling party often sought to cover or erase signs of the previous regimes. This included the removal of murals or renaming of famous plazas. In this case, the current Sandanista government continues the trend by renaming the main plaza back to Revolution Plaza, which is what it was called during the FSLN's first administration.
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Egypt: Elections Rigging Videos, US Aid Cuts and A New Blog by Talented Movie Director
In this week’s round up from Egypt, bloggers write about domestic issues as well as Egypt-US relations and I am also introducing new interesting blogs about movies, photography and liberal youth, writes Freedom for Egyptians.
Lebanon: Living Through Terror
This was yet another violent week here in Lebanon. In addition to the military action, taking place in the North between the Lebanese Army and the militants, and the almost regular explosions taking place around the country, this week was marred by another assassination, writes Moussa Bashir, who brings us the latest conversations from the Lebanese blogosphere.
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Sri Lanka: The Liberals
One One Things reflects on participating in conferences, where liberals are shouted down without quite looking at the merits of liberalization.
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...