Georgia: Election ObservationOn the occasion of today%26#39;s parliamentary election in Georgia, Social Science in the Caucasus calls for an overhaul of how international election observation missions work in the country. While new technologies have emerged in the …Global Voices Online - http://www.globalvoicesonline.org|||500000 African Americans In GeorgiaDid you know that a half a million African Americans [...]
Letter from Montenegro: See the coast, while you canFiled under: Europe. I am writing this from a balcony in Petrovac, Montenegro. It%26#39;s 9 am, the Adriatic Sea below me is refulgent in the sun and although it early there are already sunbathers out. Some have skin so brown it%26#39;s difficult …Gadling - http://www.gadling.com|||Splash seat13 hours [...]
China: Political blogger arrested, computer confiscatedGuo Quan, co-founder of China’s Netizen Party and litigant in a recent lawsuit against Yahoo!, had his computer confiscated over the weekend and is now halfway through a ten-day detention period. According to the Guardian newspaper, …Global Voices Advocacy - http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org|||BARRACK YOU ARE NOT JOHN KENNEDY OR RONALD REAGAN!The alternative, [...]
Hollywood%26#39;s most fabulous tanning disastersGallery: Celebrity Tanning Disasters: Which is your favorite? Lindsay Lohan George Hamilton Paris Hilton Donatella Versace Giorgio Armani. Continue reading Hollywood%26#39;s most fabulous tanning disasters. Permalink | Email this | Comments.Styledash - http://www.styledash.com|||Disasters and AnimalsDisasters happen every where. Don%26#39;t think it won%26#39;t happen here, because it just may. Being prepared and [...]
China: Earthquake PredictionMany people wondered why there was no earthquake prediction for the Sichuan earthquake. Liu Xiao yuan criticized the local government for ignoring various earthquake sign reported by local residents [zh]. Li Shi hui wrote in his blog …Global Voices Online - http://www.globalvoicesonline.org|||Did You Get That Forwarded Text On Earthquake Prediction?It was a forwared [...]
India: Jaipur blasts, Terrorism and the GovernmentOn 13th May, serial blasts rocked Jaipur. Reports suggest that more than sixty people were killed, and another 150 were injured. MyZone writes about Jaipur, which as a city has been relatively peaceful, and the sheer panic the blasts …Global Voices Online - http://www.globalvoicesonline.org|||Coordinated Bomb Blasts in Jaipur, India17 [...]
الزيارة البابوية إلى أمريكا: ردة فعل العالمبينما يقوم البابا بينيدكت السادس عشر بزيارته البابوية الأولى إلى الولايات المتحدة, وسائل الاعلام ومجتمعات التدوين تبدو في حالة جنون - بشكل أساسي بسبب فضيحة الاعتداءات الجنسية التي هزت أساس الكنيسة الكاثوليكية الأمريكية منذ ستة أعوام. …Global Voices بالعربية - http://ar.globalvoicesonline.org|||POPE BENEDICT XVI NEW YORK the latest resultsPope Benedict [...]
Catholic:Under The Hood #151 - The Siege of the MolesSince I’m studying German in Vienna, this week’s episode is about an important event in Viennese history when a seventy year old German officer faced the might of the Ottoman army. (more…) ShareThis.SQPN - http://sqpn.com|||Iron Man (2008) - 27 Second ReviewIron Man (2008). Written by: Mark [...]
“China Earthquake” news breaks on Twitter firstAnother place to follow stories shared on Twitter is Summize.com where you simply type in the topic you want to follow, in this case it would be “earthquake” or “China Earthquake” and you can see all the various reports from Tweeters …New Media Marketing - http://newmediamarketing.entrepreneur.com|||China: Earthquake in SichuanBeijing [...]
China: Earthquake in SichuanBeijing based Singapore blogger Alvin writes about the quake in Sichuan being felt in Beijing this afternoon. “Robina called me frantically that the building was swaying. she grabbed Sally and ran out. Sally is still panting from the …Global Voices Online - http://www.globalvoicesonline.org|||In the middle of an EARTHQUAKE aftershock!I was right in [...]
