Posted by Lova Rakotomalala to Global Voices Online 21 farmers from the locality of Ankorondrano-Analavory (90 km west of Antananarivo, Madagascar) were sentenced by the state court of Miarinarivo to various sentences because of a collective act of rebellion that stemmed from a dispute over land ownership. To protest the expropriation of lands that they […]
Pro-Israel Tunisian Gets Bloggers Buzzing
Posted by Jennifer Brea to Global Voices Online Zizou from Djerba recently introduced his readers [Fr] to Souheil Ftouh, whom he describes as “surely the most pro-Jewish and admiring of Israel of all Tunisian Arabs :-)”, a man whose perspectives, unorthodox for a Tunisian, left Zizou‘s readers respond a bit appalled. Zizou links to several […]
India offers USD 5 mn to China as quake assistance
India will offer five million dollars to China as assistance in relief activities in its Sichuan province devastated by a temblor which claimed nearly 15,000 lives. The Government of India has decided to offer assistance of five million dollars to China for its relief activities for the victims of the earthquake, an External Affairs Ministry […]
Kerala most food-deficient state in country,as per Review
Is Kerala safe with regard to its food needs, as cereal prices, both internationally and within India? According to reports,the State produces hardly 15 per cent of its food needs. It has become accustomed to being dependent on Central cereal supplies and market purchases from the neighbouring regions. The acreage under rice, the people’s staple […]
Global Issues Are here To Stay.
Sarawak,Malaysia: The National Front Coalition was stunned by the result of the 12th General Election. A few days after that reasons behind their ‘poor’ performance poured in. It was all over the place; in the papers, TV, Blogs, Colloquioum, forums and so on. Of course the Barisan Nasional [the National Front] still […]
GrameenPhone may be given licence to operate Ctg-C’Bazar optic fibre network
The government plans to award licence to GrameenPhone (GP) to operate Chittagong-Cox’s Bazar optic fibre network by April, in a move to give a further boost to the country’s telecom sector, officials said. The mobile telephony titan is sure to win the bid to lease the 145-kilomtre-long optic-fibre network, owned by Power Grid Company of […]
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