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August 31st, 2007

Ukraine: Crimea

Veronica Khokhlova · 21:25

On the last day of summer, here's a translation of LJ user drugoi's photo report on his trip to Crimea, one of the favorite summer tourism destinations in the Soviet times, now facing fierce competition from resorts in Turkey and Egypt. 1 comment · »»

Brazil: Tired of Philips

Paula Góes · 20:47

lingua → pt · zht · zhs · es

There is a popular saying in Brazil that goes like this: “Say whatever you want to and you will hear what you don’t”. Paulo Zottolo, the Latin American President of the electronics giant Philips, has learned this the hard way. In a recent interview with Valor Econômico, a newspaper from ... 6 comments · »»

Sierra Leone: Blogging the Elections

Vickie Remoe-Doherty · 20:04

Sierra Leone held its presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11, 2007. The exercise marked a peaceful transition to democracy after years of civil war. None of the presidential candidates won at least 55% to prevent a run-off, which is set for September 8th, 2007. Now on to the Sierra Leone Blogosphere to see what bloggers have had to say about the process... 4 comments · »»

Turkey is Typing….Wordpress Still Blocked

Deborah Ann Dilley · 16:57

Last week Sami Ben Gharbia did an excellent posting about the blockage of the Wordpress blogging platform in Turkey, this week we will examine what Turkish bloggers have to say about it. There is anger, resentment, and sense of utter amazement at the absurdness of the situation. And yet, there is a powerful spirit of strength in combating this ban. 13 comments · »»

Egypt: Complaining for Change

D B Shobrawy · 16:30

lingua → ar · es

Something I love about Egyptian blogs is our tendency to complain. Firstly because we're Egyptian and its our nature and secondly because we have so much to complain about. Among our complaints this week: international scandals, intellectual persecution, the Egyptian Legal system (or lack thereof), the question of beauty and as usual, religious persecution rounding out the group, writes D.B. Shobrawy. 0 comments · »»

Links

Eastern & Central Europe

The Balkan Yankee writes on the ways in which the so-called “foreigner tax” is applied in Bulgaria.

Eastern & Central Europe

MoldovAnn bought her first car in Ukraine and has spent some time driving it in and around Kyiv, and now she's off for a week of traveling with a group of international volunteers as part of the UNV Volunteerism Promotion Campaign.

Eastern & Central Europe , Western Europe

Taras Kuzio compares Ukrainian politicians to their French counterparts: “Yulia could become Ukraine’s Thatcher or Sarkozy – Yushchenko will always be a Chirac. Maybe a woman can do what a man could never.”

Eastern & Central Europe

The election is a month away and Yulia Tymoshenko campaign rallies are reported to be drawing crowds of supporters. Alluding to president Yushchenko's 2004 poisoning, Foreign Notes writes that Tymoshenko “should watch what she eats from now on, and especially keep away from sushi…”

Eastern & Central Europe

Foreign Notes writes about Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man.

Americas

The weather pattern heading towards the Caribbean has been officially categorized as Tropical Depression #6 of the hurricane season, according to an updated post by Francomenz.

Americas

Nicholas Laughlin quotes BC Pires on the occasion of Trinidad and Tobago's 45th anniversary of Independence, while IZATRINI.com compares the country's first Independence Day celebration with how the holiday is celebrated today.

Americas

Francomenz follows the progress of a “disturbed” weather system heading towards Trinidad and Tobago.

South Asia

Ultra Violet on a recent court judgment that rules that a working woman is a “housewife first”.

South Asia

Does anti-terrorism policy justify loss of privacy online? Arzan Sam Wadia has more.

South Asia

All Things Pakistan on the developments on the political front, as an Ex-PrimeMinister in exile returns to Pakistan in early September.

South Asia

Democracy for Nepal on the internal dynamics of political parties as geographical identities become sharper.

Middle East & North Africa , South Asia , Western Europe

Tunisian blogger A.L.G.Y of Cos-maux-polis is wondering whether a new Mohammed cartoon crisis is brewing. She explains that drawings of a man with the body of a dog wearing a turban were published in a local Swedish newspaper on August, 18th. As protests are underway in Pakistan and Iran, she asks for moderation to prevail and wonders how can protesters be sure that the cartoon really represents the Prophet Mohammed (Fr).