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- Us and Them III
Dr Demarche over at The Daily Demarche who works for the US State Dept. has written a two part series (Part I and Part II) about US-EU differences. Having spent around 3 years living in Europe myself and having visited most countries in Europe at least once, I couldn’t help but add my two cents.
Before [...]
- Friday is the Day
For those of you not following the German news lately (no thanks to me and my internetlessness!), the vote of confidence for chancellor Gerhard Schröder is scheduled for tomorrow. How will he do it?
Schroeder asks own coalition to abstain during key vote
BERLIN - Embattled German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder on Wednesday issued an appeal to [...]
- Animated Wikipedia
One of the most used online sources used here at Coming Anarchy is the beloved Wikipedia. Recently, a contest was held to figure out a way to visualize the change in content over time via the history tab. Well, the winner has been announced, and take a look at how it works (via screencast).
As [...]
- Ahmadi Nejad, O my God…
Slate has an interesting article today trying to answer why so many people underestimate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? An interesting read, with an interesting quote:
While many Western observers hailed the onset of a bold new reformist … one plain-speaking dark horse, believed to be backed by the highest echelons of the Islamic republic and the military establishment, [...]
- This is what justice looks like
In the past six weeks in Japan, four people have recieved the death sentence or had their appeal against a death sentence rejected.
First, a local court ruling in Fukuoka:
In the May 19 ruling, the Fukuoka District Court found Wei Wei, 25, guilty of robbery and the murder of Shinjiro Matsumoto, 41, a clothing dealer, his [...]
- Turkey and religious freedom
The favourite son of Islamic reformists is having problems with its forced “Enlightenment”:
From The Economist (Premium Content)
ON THE edge of a village near Midyat is a stone building whose fate may test Turkey’s commitment to the European Union. Thirty Kurdish families in Bardakci use it as a mosque. But members of Turkey’s Syrian Orthodox Christian [...]
- Benin and Mongolia?
What the hell is the Guardian talking about?
End the charade
June 22, 2005It’s hard to imagine that there is any part of the Minke whale that is not intimately familiar to Japanese scientists. Yet such is Japan’s commitment to the cause of marine biology that it is to double its “scientific catch” of Minke to [...]
- Dead Duck in Washington
Just a quickie before Arabic class but not to worry, I’m using this time off to write a long multi-part article.
Germany’s ‘Lame Duck’ Goes to Washington
In Washington, Gerhard Schroeder will seek to persuade George W. Bush to give his blessing for Germany to get a permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Relations are better [...]
- Fisking Award of the Month
...goes to The Argus.
Favorite line:
Kazakhstan, the country in Central Asia proper with a lot of oil is already working on increasing exports to China. “Team Neo-con”Â? has apparently failed there too despite the having a base so secret none but the author under discussion knows it exists.
But you have to read the original article [...]
- [South Asian] Religion in the Far East, Part 3: Honganji
Close by to the Tsukiji fish market (in the same district) is the Kanto main temple of the Jodo Shinshu denomination of Buddhism. The first temple was built in the 15th century and was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1657. Permission to rebuild on the original site was denied by the [...]
