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November 22nd, 2008

Humanitarian crisis in south Philippines

A small portrait of the translator Mong Palatino · 09:11 · East Asia
The fighting between government troops and Muslim separatist rebels in the last three months has not stopped. More than 610,000 people have been displaced already. The situation of refugees is deteriorating. Children are among those who are suffering the most. 1 comment  · read »

China: Baidu's new scandal.

A small portrait of the translator Steven Tang · 06:29 · East Asia
lingua → mg
CCTV reported that Baidu, referred to as China's Google, had accepted money from illegal medical companies and placed their Web links on top of search results. Baidu’s marketing employees were also reported to have the knowledge of these.The service is called page-rank bid and accounts for more than 80% of ... 0 comments  · read »

Hungary, Slovakia: Tense Relationship

A small portrait of the translator Veronica Khokhlova · 04:12 · Eastern & Central Europe
On Nov. 15, Slovak prime minister Robert Fico and his Hungarian counterpart, Ferenc Gyurcsány, met in the border town of Komárno, Slovakia, in an attempt to ease nationalist tensions that have escalated due to Nov. 1 football game violence in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia. Eva S. Balogh of Hungarian Spectrum has been blogging a lot recently about the Slovak-Hungarian relations, and here are some of the highlights. 1 comment  · read »

November 21st, 2008

Religious unity: The Charter for CompassionVideo post

A small portrait of the translator Juliana Rincón Parra · 16:39 · South Asia , Western Europe
As children we may all have heard the Golden Rule expressed in many different ways, but the basic idea is: Treat others as you would like to be treated. This is Karen Armstrong's TED wish, to create The Charter for Compassion, a platform in which the different Abrahamic faiths could focus on what was common to all, the moral backbone of all their faiths towards a greater unity and better communication among people of different faiths. 0 comments  · read »

Japan: Revision of the Nationality Law

A small portrait of the translator Scilla Alecci · 09:20 · East Asia
lingua → fr
On the 4th of June, on the occasion of cases filed in 2003 [en] and in 2005 whose protagonists were 10 children born out of wedlock to Japanese fathers and Filipino mothers, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional an article of the Nationality Law[en] because it infringes on Article 14 of ... 0 comments  · read »

Macau: Say No to Article 23 and White Terror

A small portrait of the translator Oiwan Lam · 07:58 · East Asia
Macau SAR government issued a draft bill enacting Article 23 of the Macau Basic Law in October. The Law is very sensitive and it would affect every citizen's freedom and rights. Now it is supposed to be the public consultation period, but it seems that the government has been ... 1 comment  · read »
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