March, 2009
Stories from March, 2009
2 March 2009
Kyrgyzstan: Photo-roundup with not a word about politics
A winter time is ending, and Kyrgyzstan is waiting for the hot spring: the rallies, protest actions and so on. But let's talk about beauty, not about the endless politic....
Cambodian Public Opinion Survey
A survey of Cambodian public opinion was conducted by the International Republican Institute from October-November 2008. The survey found that 82 percent of Cambodians see their country as moving in the right direction, 59 percent of Cambodians said border issues and demarcation as the most concern followed by the prices of goods, and 85 percent of respondents wanted to elect their own village chief rather than having one imposed by the government.
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Russia, Ukraine: History and Denial
In the last days of February, calls have been made in Russia to make the denial of the Soviet victory in the WWII and the denial of Soviet crimes against the people a criminal offense; also, the head of Russia's Federal Archives announced that "he and his researchers had not found 'a single document' showing that Stalin planned 'a terror famine' in Ukraine." Below are a few reactions from English-language blogs focusing on Russia.
1 March 2009
Guyana: Police Looking for Blogger
Following one Guyana blogger's reporting of alleged economic fallout over the CL Financial failure, mainstream media are reporting that Guyana police are looking for the person (or people) behind the now-defunct blog Living Guyana because of "a false report that a commercial bank in the South American nation had requested a $5 million bailout to avert a collapse." Fellow bloggers have had a lot to say.
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I guess this story is supposed to make us Haitians proud of something , just because it involves the USA...