1 August 2007
Stories from 1 August 2007
Israel: Sudanese Refugees - like Darfur, as Auschwitz
Over the past several months, a growing number of Sudanese refugees have been crossing into Israeli territory through the Egyptian desert. The Israeli government has reacted by placing many in...
Kyrgyzstan: Bread prices up, people's mood down
Kyrgyzstani bloggers voice their outcry over increasing bread prices. The mood is also down due to an upcoming international summit, which is likely to restrict movement into the capital Bishkek. Any good news? Well, it's the president's birthday today...
Tanzania: Lessons on building a virtual blogging community
How do you build a democratic blogging community made up of members living in different parts of the world? The Tanzanian experience in building its formal organization, Jumuwata, offers important practical and theoretical lessons to bloggers and citizen media activitsts on how to build a collaborative and democratic blogging community online.
Korea: Don't Make Me Older!
In Korea, there are two ways to calculate your age: the Korean way and the western way. Officially, the Korean method is the way to calculate your age in Korea....
Taiwan: From music to rice–the people and the earth
Due to the big music market and the hot music industry, Taiwanese love and are familiar with pop songs and different kinds of music. In Yun-Ru Shih's article, based on...
Peru: Celebrating Independence Day
Peruvian bloggers celebrated their country's independence day with tributes to their homeland. On their blogs, they wrote posts highlighting what they love about Peru and reflections about what makes their country unique.




































Hello Kasnar, I regret to say that those type of programmes are very common all over Brazil, both on local and...
Wow!!. I'm an American and I do not speak Portuguese well if at all. I did find it strange...