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November 22nd, 2006
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Ukraine: Maidan's Second Anniversary
Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kyiv, Ukraine: two years since the beginning of the Orange Revolution - by Veronica Khokhlova
Nov. 22 marks the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, but little orange has been visible on the streets of Kyiv today. A crowd gathered at Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), but it was nowhere near as numerous as last year.
Victor Yushchenko, who became Ukraine's president largely thanks to the peaceful protests of 2004, celebrated this day away from Maidan. He invited Ukraine's current prime minister Victor Yanukovych to the reception at Mariyinsky Palace; Yanukovych, who might have stolen the 2004 election if it hadn't been for the mass protests, didn't show up.
Below is what one Ukrainian blogger - LJ user didaio of Dnipropetrovsk - has been thinking (UKR) today:
Freedom Day
I opened the closet today and hesitated for a very long time as to whether to put on an orange ribbon or not. I ended up wearing it.
China: India
Been a busy week for Chinese President Hu Jintao, first in Vietnam and now in India, and just what for? asks Hexun blogumnist Liu Dingcai:
胡哥访印度可以学什么
中国国家主席胡锦涛11月20日抵达印度首都新德里，开始对印度进行国事访问；２１日胡锦涛在新德里海德拉巴宫同印度总理曼莫汉&S226;辛格举行会谈，双方就发展中印战略合作伙伴关系达成重要共识。（据《人民日报》)
The Week that Was - Bolivian Blogs
The Bolivian blog community webpage, Blogs de Bolivia [ES], has been at the center of discussion regarding the growing phenomenon of Bolivian blogs. Recently, it sought to find out the demographics of those visitors that frequent the page. Its survey found that by far, the two two categories were Bolivians living abroad (46%) and Bolivians living in the country (35%). The other categories included foreigners living in Bolivia and elsewhere.
Perhaps what is most encouraging was the number of responses in the survey, where 282 individuals took the survey. The blogroll of Bolivian blogs, written by Bolivians and by others in Bolivia, continues to rise. Part can be attributed to the amount of attention given to this new form of media, as articles continue to be published in Bolivia’s mainstream press. Gustavo Siles, one of the founders of the Blogs de Bolivia site and blogger at Almada de Noche [ES], was recently published in Los Tiempos, Cochabamba’s major newspaper, where he talked about “Blogs, More Than Just a New Word“.
Esperantoland through Pictures / Esperantujo tra Bildoj
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| Only one more month until Esperanto Day! If you would like to participate you can sign up here, especially if you would like help with translation. | Nur unu monato ĝis Esperanto-Tago! Se vi volus partopreni, vi povas enskribiĝi ĉi tie, speciale se vi deziras helpon je tradukado. |
| Welcome back for our THIRD roundup of the Esperanto blogosphere! (Did you miss the first or second?) This month, I thought we would visit Esperantoland through pictures. I've chosen a handful of the pictures from the Esperantujo Flickr group that offer a sense of the richness and diversity of the worldwide Esperanto community. Read more to learn about the picture above! | Rebonvenon al nia TRIA resumo de al Esperanta blogosfero! (Cxu vi mistrafis la unuan aŭ duan?) Ĉimonate, mi decidis ke ni vizitu Esperantujon per bildojn. Mi elektis manplenon da bildoj de la Esperantujo Flickr grupo kiu ofertas guston de la riĉeco kaj diverseco de la monda Esperanto-komunumo. Legu pli por lerni plu pri la supra bildo! |
Links for Wed, 2006-11
After her brother returns to England, Guyana-Gyal muses on personal melancholy and the more general issue of migration: “I don’t think people here recover yet from the splintering of families, from massive migration. We tear away from old lands to here, from here to new lands, and them tears still burning.”
Onnik Krikorian rounds up the Armenian blogosphere while Vadim does the same for the Tajikistani one.
Jamaican Mummy Mel appeals to her compatriots to show their patriotism by respecting the local currency: “All too often I see people screwing up their faces and bitchin about the state of the economy and how the dollar depreciating every day. Well how the hell you expect the economy to get any better if you don't do your little part. Support your Jamaican products, and support your own damn currency!“
Vadim reports on Tajikstan's presidential symbols.
Yulia translates an article on the heavy use of nasvay, a mixture of tobacco and lime that is chewed, among young Kyrgyz.
Kyrgyz Report discusses the findings of a new public opinion poll.
Blogrel reports on the death of Big Brother, a large advertising screen in Yerevan's Republic Square.
Are the comparisons being made by former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday between the state of race relations situation in Trinidad and Tobago and that in 1950s America and apartheid-era South Africa fair? The Manicou wants to know.
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