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1 December 2007

Daily archive · 2 posts

Stories from 1 December 2007

Egypt: Feelings of a nation

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa, North America

With the world's sight focused on Annapolis, Egyptian students have another battle with the Israeli and American Ambassadors at home. Eman Abd Al Rahman translates from Arabic.

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Egypt: Annapolis Adieu

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa, North America

"Annapolis, Annapolis, this name is haunting me everywhere I go - in newspapers and blogs and on TV. For me, Annapolis seems to be a Greek city near The Acropolis, or something. But the truth is, it is an American city where a peace conference was held between the Arabs, Israelis, and Americans," writes Tarek Amr, who gives us a new perspective on the peace talks.

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Updates from 1 December 2007

Iran

Fardablog reports that the Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist,Shirin Ebadi, about two weeks ago, announced that she intends to launch National Peace Council in Iran.Her slogan is no to war,yes to peace and human rights.She says there is a real danger of war between Iran and USA.

• Fred Petrossian

Kazakhstan

Steve LeVine informs that the Kashagan consortium says it has reached a framework agreement to settle the dispute with the Kazakh government, but the two sides have a long way to go in the talks.

• Adil Nurmakov

Armenia

To mark World AIDS Day, Unzipped: Gay Armenia posts statistics and commentary on the situation in Armenia.

• Onnik Krikorian

Angola

The African Diaspora Film Festival is taking place in New York: “The program for the 15th Annual African Diaspora Film Festival, which will take place in New York on November 23-December 9, 2007, has a special “Portugal and Africa Program,” which includes old and new films about Lusophone African topics.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Sri Lanka

Gallicissa on the experience of birding in Sinharaja in Sri Lanka.

• Neha Viswanathan

Kyrgyzstan

The Azamat Report reviews the pre-election campaign in the regions of Kyrgyzstan, and notes that all large visual ads - billboards - in the Naryn region belong to the president's Ak Jol Party.

• Adil Nurmakov

Sri Lanka

Transcurrents.com presents observations on the LTTE leader's speech on Heroes Day in Sri Lanka.

• Neha Viswanathan

Kyrgyzstan

The Azamat Report opines on the parliamentary election to take place in Kyrgyzstan December 16 this year, and says that the government seems to want to have as many small non-opposition parties in the new Parliament as possible.

• Adil Nurmakov

Pakistan

Pakistan Paindabad, a blog by an Indian fascinated with Pakistan has an interesting post on the reflection of a homosexual man in Pakistan.

• Neha Viswanathan

Turkmenistan

Maciula recollects about the fifth anniversary of failed - and highly controversial - assasination attempt against the first leader of Turkmenistan, despotic and notorious Saparmurat Turkmenbashi, and reflect if there are hazards for the new president.

• Adil Nurmakov