Global Voices Online

A whole new level of Blogging emerges on Sightscreen as a post to discuss an India-Sri Lanka cricket match enters conversational commenting, and a single post has a whopping 1200+ comments!

Reuben on the “The decline and fall of the Times of India”, the leading English daily in India.

MetroBlogging Lahore has a must-read post on Pehelwani, or Local Wrestling in Lahore.

Demonstrations in Nepal as a photo-post on Samudaya.

MBI Munshi on the lure of radical Islam for convicts in Britain's prisons.

Rezwan links to an article on terrorism and reflects on what the roots of terrorism could be.

Indi.ca explores the hold of the Bandaranaike family over Sri Lanka over the years.

Sarvodaya has a post on a Tsunami-hit community getting access to electricity through efforts of volunteers.

A blogger named Leonard A. Clark, An Arizona National Guardsmen, was punished for his criticism over Iraqi War. He was charged with violating operational security and 11 counts of disobeying orders.

Barcepundit reports that Spain has its own leak scandal about embarrassing information that government doesn't want released.

Saudi Jeans comments on the huge gift given to the Louvre by Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal.

Brand New Malaysian passes on word that there's now a dedicated IRC channel for Malaysian bloggers.

Beiruit Spring on Lebanese attitudes towards their brothers (and sisters) in their armed forces.

Jordanian blogger Ahmad Humeid asks can Jordan be the bridge-blog nation?

Brooding Persian, distressed by the execution of two young men for being homosexual, tries to explain that Iran isn't as simple and as caricatured as it sometimes seems.