Global Voices Online

Abkhazian LiveJournal user sukhuti has photos and impressions of Baku.

Onnik Krikorian registers his hatred of ArmenTel over their high prices for substandard service.

Ktemoc writes about the callousness shown by authorities in demolishing a village and a place of worship within it. “But what was typical was the brutal suppression of the villagers by the MPAJ enforcers. It seems that in Vision 20/20 Malaysia, the mentality of authority enforcers are still of Vision minus 20/minus 20.” MPAJ is the local municipal council responsible for the demolitions.

Novoye Uzbekskoye Slovo has photos from Boysun, a place he says is a must to visit in the spring.

Tom Terry has more on Tuesday's hijacking of a plane in Mongolia by government agencies saying they were conducting a drill. One post includes comments from passengers and the government while the other comments on how the media and the government handled the story.

Yulia writes about the anti-death penalty rally in Bishkek and says that she has very mixed feelings about the issue.

At Life in the Armenian Diaspora, Raffi Meneshian reviews “Ethnic Experiments” from Deti Picasso, a band based in Russia with two Armenian members. Onnik Krikorian has more on the band and thoughts on the Armenian music scene.

Torn and Frayed in Manila reports that the thyphoon Renming has spared Manila and veered south.

The EducationMalaysia blogs writes why students are leaving national schools for already overcrowded vernacular schools. “Now, even as mother tongue programmes have yet to be fully implemented in the schools, you will find bungling headmasters and education department officials implementing the most clumsy of policies like forcing Indian students in a school to take Arabic lessons and sit for the corresponding examinations!”