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.), […]
Deven Trabosh to Sell House, Love in One Swoop
Deven Trabosh recently logged on to Ebay and Craigslist trying to sell her four-bedroom home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. There was a catch however. For an extra $500,000, a buyer could also purchase Trabosh’s love, a single mom and real-estate agent. Ebay has a policy against selling human beings, but that isn’t getting Deven Trabosh down. A […]
Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Bound by their Opposition to Washington
Hugo Frias Chavez and Ahmadinejad have been challenging the U.S every chance they get. Each leader is trying to exert influence in the region in various ways and are bound by their strong opposition to Washington. Ahmadinejad was born on October 28, 1956. He was the fourth child of a poor family who lived in […]
Arabeyes: Looming Food Crisis
by Amira Al Hussaini Inflation and rising food and oil prices are a reality around the world, and Arab bloggers are not only feeling the pinch, but writing about it too. Here is a snapshot of reactions from Lebanon, Syria, Kuwait and Egypt. Lebanon: In a post on the trail of death left behind from […]
A Little Led Zeppelin Story
By now, we all know that the news continues to be saturated with talk of the latest Barry Hussein Obama meltdown–the ABC debate in Philadelphia at which, when questioned by Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolous about his proposed tax-and-spend policies, he became what many would call deeply indignant and what others would call quietly outraged […]
Antique idols seized
The Hyderabad city police on Sunday arrested three persons and seized two Chinese antique idols and five daggers worth crores of rupees from their possession. The Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Task Force), A. S. C. Wesley, at a press conference here, on Sunday said M. Venkata Raju alias Golden Raju, 38, a resident of […]
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