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December 31st, 2006

Bombs in Bangkok

Preetam Rai · 22:04 · East Asia

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It was not a good start to the new year in Bangkok as a series of bombs exploded in the city killing two people and injuring several others. From 2Bangkok's Youtube page The lost boy has pictures from one of the explosion sites At 6.45 p.m. today, less than 300 meters from ... 4 comments · read »

Middle East & North Africa

Mohammad Ali Abtahi, reformist politician and blogger, says probably situation in Iran and many other parts of the world, in 2007 won't be better than previous year. He adds, but there are events in the world that you can never predict.The blogger writes,we live in hope, happy new year to all humanity [Fa].

The Saudi Blogosphere this Past Week

Fahad Albutairi · 04:17 · Middle East & North Africa

Sleeping blogs, zombie computers, Saudi driving culture, Saddam Hussein's hanging, Arabic MTV, Saudi lesbian bloggers, Christmas, and more in this week's roundup. Let's get this started... Relating to the demise of the blogging trend, mentioned in last week's roundup, Ahmad published a very interesting post about Saudi "sleeping blogs." The number ... 1 comment · read »

December 30th, 2006

Russia, Belarus: “Gazilla”

Veronica Khokhlova · 19:46 · Eastern & Central Europe

There's a distinct sense of deja vu this New Year's Eve: Gazprom, Russia's largest (and state-controlled) company and the world's biggest extractor of natural gas, is in the spotlight again, both locally (due to an ambitious and controversial construction project in St. Petersburg) and internationally (due to a dispute over ... 1 comment · read »

Americas

Reacting to a Christmas speech by Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis announcing a tougher stance on gang-driven kidnappings, Deky Lakyel from Collectif Haiti de Provence writes (Fr): “Not so long ago the stance was still to negotiate with the bandits. Today the approach and the discourse are more a-propos to the nation's expectations. The thugs must be tracked down on their turf.“

The Iranian Blogestan on Saddam Hussein's death

Hamid Tehrani · 11:01 · Middle East & North Africa

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Several Iranian bloggers talked about Saddam Hussein's death and remembered the Iran-Iraq war. Alpar says this year can be considered one of the worst for dictators, adding that Monday's newspapers could carry the following headline: "Four less dictators for 2007". Alpar writes that Iranian people will celebrate this event, even though ... 2 comments · read »