Similar to what happened to the beautiful Palace D. Ana Joaquina, the historic Kinaxixi Market was knocked down after a long wait, time in which proposals ranged from restoration to demolition. Many, like Diuska [pt], still do not believe that they saw the market being destroyed: Esse emblemático local de Luanda, de onde a minha avó recorda […]
Chinese Tea Ceremony & Multi-media
New York, 17th August 2008 After doing a TV interview this week on TCT, and spending every spare minute watching the Olympics – it is not so strange to think about the ways of networking/connecting in the old China and the way we think about networking today – with all the media we have […]
Korea: Chopsticks… Rather Complicated…
When I went out with East Asian editors one night at the Global Voices Summit 2008, we were so into talking about the differences between chopsticks. Why does Korea use iron for chopsticks while other chopsticks countries use wooden materials? Since returning home, I searched for whether some bloggers post about chopsticks. I am introducing […]
Life in Limbo for Transnistrians
Posted by Lyndon Allin to Global Voices Online Movie theater, downtown Tiraspol, originally uploaded by lyndonk2 In recent years, it seems like a solution to Moldova’s long-unresolved secessionist conflict is always being forecast but never quite materializes. Meanwhile, the people who live in the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (a.k.a. the PMR, Transnistria, Transdniester, Pridnestrovie, etc.), […]
Beware of hacker attacks via Orkut, Facebook
If you belong to the generation of net savvy Indians, beware of browsing social networking sites for long as your PC or laptop could easily fall prey to cyber attacks from hackers. As per the 2007 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) compiled by anti-virus and security solutions major Symantec, social networking sites have become the […]
Myanmar: Slow Relief Work
by Mong Palatino First, an update on the situation in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis hit the country a few days ago. The death toll continues to rise. The official report on the number of casualties is way below international estimates. The government is still placing the number of dead people around 23,000 while international aid groups […]
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