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Yearly Archives: 2008

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  1. Southeast Asia: Views on U.S. elections and politics

    2 hours ago

    U.S. elections matter to many people in Southeast Asia. Both U.S. presidential candidates – John McCain and Barack Obama – are popular in the region. McCain was a former Navy pilot during the Vietnam War; he spent five

    Tagged: politics, english, weblog, media, vietnam, élections, cambodia, philippines, indonesia, singapore, malaysia, governance, east asia, laos, international relations, u s a

  2. East Timor: Job Fair in Dili

    21 hours ago

    Diligence finds many people attending a job fair in East Timor's capital Dili.

    Tagged: english, roundups, industry, youth, economics, east asia, east timor

  3. Japan: Rikimaru Toho, the first manga narrating cantastoria

    Japan: Rikimaru Toho, the first manga narrating cantastoria

    Oct 11, 2008

    His stage name is Rikimaru Tōhō (東方力丸). He defines himself a “manga [Japanese comics] reader”, and for five years he has been enchanting hundreds of passersby with his performances in the suburbs of western Tokyo. A

    Tagged: entertainment, english, japan, languages, weblog, ideas, feature, japanese, east asia, arts and 038 culture

  4. Japan: Chart Maniax

    Oct 10, 2008

    Japanese programmer and blogger id:amachang introduces [ja] Chart Maniax [ja], a service they developed for charting when and through which services web pages have been bookmarked. Services included are Hatena

    Tagged: japan, ideas, roundups, japanese, east asia, software and 038 tools

  5. XDR-TB: Photographer Brings Emerging Disease Into Focus

    XDR-TB: Photographer Brings Emerging Disease Into Focus

    Oct 10, 2008

    In 2007 renowned war photographer and photojournalist James Nachtwey received a TED Prize, granting him $100,000 and one wish to change the world. Nachtwey's wish was to share a vital story in an innovative way using

    Tagged: south asia, health, americas, video, english, india, south africa, general, photography, weblog, cambodia, east asia, sub saharan africa, lesotho, u s a, arts and 038 culture