Interactive map of international adoptions, from the superlative Schuster Institute
for Investigative Journalism. The site contains an amazing amount of information about corruption in international adoption in countries like
Nepal and
Vietnam.
posted by the young rope-rider
on Apr 19, 2011 -
18 comments
Raw Music International is a prospective television series about music from around the world that would usually escape the attention of folk not living in the middle of it. The first episode has already been shot in Kenya, and the folk behind it are currently trying to get it funded. But until it gets broadcast, we can read their accounts of going out and recording the
hip-hop,
reggae and
more trad-ish music of Kisumu. If you're interested in THE MUSIC AND NOTHING BUT THE MUSIC, head over to their
Soundcloud page.
posted by Dim Siawns
on Mar 24, 2011 -
3 comments
Do not be alarmed if South Africans announce that they were held up by robots.
Aimed at warming the welcome for the 2012 Olympics tourist explosion,
VisitBritain, has released a number of helpful tips on being social, internationally. Prepping for Serious Business? You can visit
Executive Planet and learn all about being courteous across the world. And here are some reasonable solutions for your
112 gripes about the French (
Previously).
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posted by griphus
on Aug 11, 2010 -
24 comments
Her Majesty's Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
Timothy Torlot survived a
suicide bomb attack earlier this morning. The explosions which occurred approximately 800m from the British Embassy on Thaher Himiyar Street occurred at around 08.10 local time. Tim Torlot has been in the
media in recent months due to his somewhat surprising personal affairs – namely moving his pregnant mistress into the official residence. To add flames to the fire Jennifer Steil - an American journalist has done what journalists do and written a
memoir covering her time in Yemen and the affair. This in a deeply conservative country where adultery is punishable with death by stoning and the
human rights record is
poor. Yemen is deemed a
high risk country and it is known the ambassador travels with an armed British Protection officer and an armed Yemeni Protection officer whenever he leaves the residence. Yemen recently
namechecked in the second Live leaders debate by the Prime Minister as another territory of concern will come under the spotlight once again.
posted by numberstation
on Apr 26, 2010 -
23 comments
Baltasar Garzón is a Spanish judge known for his cases on human right abuses by south american dictatorships under international law, specially
the case against Augusto Pinochet. Now, after admitting a case against abuses during Franco's Era, he is facing
accusations by extreme right groups of deliberately ignoring the Amnesty Law of 1977, possibly questionable under the same universal jurisdiction that gained him international renown. In a controversial decision, the case
has been admitted by the Spanish Supreme Court, and so Garzón is facing the possibility of up to 20 years of suspension.
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posted by valdesm
on Apr 14, 2010 -
14 comments
Blood and Milk is the blog of international development worker and writer
Alanna Shaikh, who consults on global health development and writes for publications such as the
UN Dispatch. Her views, based both on her work in the field and her study & understanding of sociology, international relations, and other such subjects, tend to be contrary to most other opinions on international development:
voluntourism isn't helpful,
development work is mired in a culture of nice,
don't bother starting an NGO (or, if you will anyway,
here's how to succeed),
global health doesn't need innovation, and
microfinance is a disappointment. Also, here's
how to tell if your health project is doomed, and
Haiti doesn't need your shoes (some people
vehemently disagree). Educated well-researched iconoclast, or pessimistic Mary Contrary?
posted by divabat
on Feb 4, 2010 -
20 comments
The Images of Eyes Gallery exhibits images and paintings of eyes by international artists, featuring work from about 200 artists from Algeria to Zimbabwe.
Gallery I contains figurative paintings, oil and watercolor paintings, portraits, charcoal and ink drawings, lithographs, sculpture, digital, and other fine art content.
Gallery II exhibits nude paintings, so may be NSFW.
posted by netbros
on Oct 11, 2009 -
10 comments
In 1886, Association Football
adopted a new tradition: "That all players taking part for England in future international matches be presented with a white silk cap with red rose embroidered on the front. These to be termed
International Caps."
posted by Wolfdog
on Oct 22, 2008 -
14 comments
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting supports journalists covering dangerous areas and underreported issues on all continents except Antartica, as is shown by
this handy Google map showing all 45
projects. Among the projects are
Caucasus, focusing on the easternmost part of Europe where just today conflict broke out,
Scars and Stripes: Liberian Youth After the War,
The Soybean Wars, about the booming demand for soybeans in South America,
Alaska, global warming and its effects on Alaskan glaciers,
Understanding Iran looks at ordinary Iranians,
and Iraq: Death of a Nation? (Revisited). Links to stories are generally in sidebars on the left and right. The Pulitzer Center also has a blog called
Untold Stroies which is frequently updated and keeps tabs on all 45 projects as well as related events, such as the recent
TED Talk by PRI CEO Alisa Miller on the paltry reporting of international issues in American media with arresting graphs and visuals, which serves to place the mission of the Pulitzer Center in context.
posted by Kattullus
on Aug 8, 2008 -
5 comments
The Scholar Ship , an international floating university stewarded by top universities in
Morocco, the
United Kingdom,
China,
Australia,
Mexico,
USA, and
Ghana, have
temporarily suspended all voyages due to lack of funds - mainly caused by the withdrawal of main sponsor and initiator
Royal Caribbean International. The program ran two voyages in
2007 and
2008 before shutdown. Alumni and prospective students on
Facebook and
Ning are busily sourcing options to revive the organization, while
Semester at Sea is offering spaces to students who were accepted for the now-cancelled voyages.
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posted by divabat
on Jun 14, 2008 -
9 comments
The International Dance Party is a complete plug 'n' play party in a box (
video). "The machine comes as a large, non-suspicious looking flightcase. Internally, it is equipped with cutting edge radar sensing technology, an ear blasting state of the art 600W sound system, tons of psychedelic light and laser effects, and even a professional grade fog machine." [
via,
via]
posted by pithy comment
on Mar 25, 2008 -
18 comments
Wanna get nuked? the
Active Denial System [just say no?] was launched yesterday - its a microwave ray gun that makes people feel like they're going to catch fire. Wasn't there a ray gun at a certain point in a
book we trashed a while earlier?
posted by infini
on Jan 25, 2007 -
46 comments
Future Phone: Call a number in Iowa, give them the international number you want to call, talk for free - well, at American long-distance rates anyway. No headphones required.
posted by trinarian
on Oct 20, 2006 -
23 comments
The Trade Surplus and the Olive Tree The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has seen its loan portfolio drop 73 per cent since 2003. Nobody seems to be defaulting on their loans lately, and there hasn't been a
big bailout since 2001.
The IMF's summit this week in Singapore will look at this issue and how to better the world
balance of trade betweed the developing world and the industrial economies of the west. But is there really a
place (warning: PDF) for the IMF in the trade agreements between
China and the
US?
posted by parmanparman
on Sep 15, 2006 -
7 comments
rockpaperscissors is a nifty little place where you can scope out music from all over. The
archive profiles all sorts of artists and provides free full-length samples to help you decide how to get your groove on.
posted by tentacle
on Apr 5, 2006 -
4 comments
