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July 8th, 2008

Argentina: Students chain themselves demanding a better school

Juliana Rincón Parra · 17:38

lingua → es

In the province of Rio Negro near the city of General Roca in Argentina, the students of the CEM 106 are asking the government to follow through with their promises of solving the problems their school has. Videos of the open sewage drains in front of the school, of the ... 1 comment · »»

Japan: Comment about abductions sparks harsh reactions

Chris Salzberg · 15:02

lingua → zht · zhs

LDP member Koichi Kato has sparked harsh reactions from bloggers with a comment he made on July 7th. In the comment, Kato connected the stagnation of Japanese-Korea negotiations with the government decision in 2002 not to return 5 Japanese abductees to North Korea after they had been delivered to Japan by North Korea for what was expected to be a short time. The abductees were among a group of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s. 0 comments · »»

July 7th, 2008

China: Is Sarkozy the problem with Sino-French relations?

John Kennedy · 18:59

lingua → fr · mg

'Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, what intoxicating words! So why is there still so much animosity between China and France?' 8 comments · »»

July 5th, 2008

Russia: Farewell to “Khrushchevki”

Veronica Khokhlova · 00:47

lingua → fr · mg

Earlier this week, LJ user drugoi, one of the most popular and prolific Russian bloggers, posted 17 photos from a Moscow neighborhood of Khrushchev-era apartment blocks, commonly known as khrushchevki, pyatietazhki, or khrushchoby. The neighborhood is about to disappear, to make room for more up-to-date residential high-rises. Below is some of the text that accompanies drugoi's photos, and a few of the 331 comments that the post has generated. 2 comments · »»

July 4th, 2008

Iran: Death Penalty for Blogging?

Hamid Tehrani · 14:14

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On Wednesday, Iranian members of parliament voted to discuss a draft bill that seeks to "toughen punishment for disturbing mental security in society." The text of the bill would add, "establishing websites and weblogs promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy," to the list of crimes punishable by death. 20 comments · »»

July 2nd, 2008

Ukraine: Grassroots Activism

Veronica Khokhlova · 22:49

lingua → fr

Many Ukrainians, fed up with a culture of lawlessness that is flourishing in their country, are becoming increasingly involved in grassroots activism. One of the latest rallies - Velonayizd ("Bicycle Attack") - took place in Kyiv on June 21, when nearly 500 cyclists, bikers and pedestrians gathered in front of the municipal police headquarters for a Critical Mass-type event, prompted by the recent deaths of at least two cyclists and the authorities' failure to bring the perpetrators to justice. 2 comments · »»

Kyrgyzstan: From Sorrow to Happiness

Elena Skochilo · 08:40

lingua → fr

Early in June a sorrowful groan was heard from the Kyrgyz blogosphere: the great Kyrgyz writer Chingiz Aitmatov died. Almost all Kyrgyz bloggers wrote about the death of a famous writer in their blogs. Erne_raj wrote [ru]: Chingiz Torekulovich is no more… But he left his scent in minds, hearts and history! Baisalov ... 2 comments · »»

June 28th, 2008

Kuwait: Video Games, Newspapers and Female Bloggers

Abdullatif AlOmar · 08:18

lingua → pt · es

Who should regulate the video gaming scene in Kuwait? This and many other questions are on the minds of Kuwaiti bloggers in this round up. Forzaq8 speaks of laws dealing with video games and who he thinks should regulate them. He writes: Politics shouldn’t interfere in games , i ... 0 comments · »»

Links about Governance

July 8th, 2008

Cafe Turco writes about Portugal's failure to recognize Kosovo - and a discount offered at one Pristina hotel to “visitors from countries who support the independence.”

East Ethnia writes about Serbia's state-controlled media.

A Fistful of Euros announces: “Serbia has a new government! […] It took just 57 days, which by Serbian standards is pretty quick.” East Ethnia labels the new government as “unstable, short-lived.”

MoldovAnn writes about the traffic chaos in Ukraine.

Taras Kuzio writes that president Victor Yushchenko seems to be avoiding the Canadian-Ukrainian media.

Taras Kuzio writes on Western consultants working for Ukrainian parties.

Nepal Monitor on the importance of democracy, and a “citizen's roadmap” to it.