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Vltchek: Indonesia And Destruction Of Rainforest
Dec 01, 2007
Indonesia And Destruction Of Rainforest
Vltchek: Kwajalein Missile Range, Captain Yossarian And Robert Jordan
Oct 12, 2007
AMERICAN FICTION
Vltchek: Resisting Nokia E90
Sep 24, 2007
In Southeast Asia, size matters. You enter one of the chain cafes in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok or Jakarta (if you are after foamy cappuccino or latte, one of the chains may be your only option) and you will be welcomed by the latest display of the bulky smart
Vltchek: Jakarta Voted - Keep Holding Your Nose!
Aug 26, 2007
Visit to the fourth largest urban area on earth (with approximately 23 million inhabitants) may be hazardous to your health. Although there are no exact statistics to prove it and one can hardly rely on official data anyway, the city of Jakarta is rapidly
Vltchek: Fijian Military and Culture of Fear
Aug 02, 2007
Short time after the coup, Executive Director of Fiji women's Rights Movement FWRM), Virisila Buadromo and her partner had been arrested and taken to the military barracks. "I was threatened and insulted, beaten and humiliated", she recalled. "Eventual
Vltchek: BEING HUMILIATED AT NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS
Jun 03, 2007
I have to fly ten times a year through Australia and New Zealand, sometimes more frequently. As a journalist I cover Asia Pacific and Pacific Island Nations, two enormous geographic areas. The only way to move between them is to change planes at one of t
Vera-zavala: Reading children books in Diyarbakir
May 29, 2007
Mayor Abdullah Demirbas has 17 accusations against him raised by the Turkish state. The case has reached the High Court, where he is facing charges against both criminal law and administrative law. If found guilty, he can be sentenced to prison, and both
Vltchek: BEING HUMILIATED AT NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN AIRPORTS
May 24, 2007
I have to fly ten times a year through Australia and New Zealand, sometimes more frequently. As a journalist I cover Asia Pacific and Pacific Island Nations, two enormous geographic areas. The only way to move between them is to change planes at one of the main gateways: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Auckland or Guam.
Vltchek: KINGDOM OF TONGA AND FIGHT AGAINST FEUDALISM
May 02, 2007
This week, Kingdom of Tonga is getting ready for a lavish wedding. Seventh in line for the royal throne, Fanetupouvava'u Tuita, 29, will on Thursday marry Kiu Kaho, an army lieutenant whose father is a noble, Tu'ivakano, and is a cousin of the royal famil
Vltchek: PACIFIC ISLANDS: WITH WHOM DO WE SLEEP TONIGHT?
Apr 21, 2007
Oceania -- Francis Hazel, director of The Micronesian Seminar, remembers how one day a television crew from Israel had besieged his office in the capital of Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -Pohnpei -. "I wondered what they were doing in this city whi
Vltchek: ASEAN - Distant Dream of Unity
Mar 11, 2007
Kuala Lumpur -- Small Airbus-319 of Cebu Pacific Airlines departs Manila for almost 4 hours long journey to Jakarta, but the service started only recently and it is not flying every day. Capitals of two enormous Southeast Asian countries are still effecti
Vltchek: INDONESIA: NATURAL DISASTERS OR MASS MURDER?
Jan 11, 2007
Another day, another unnecessary loss of lives: 16 people killed and 16 still missing in floods and landslides on a small island Tahuna off Indonesia's Sulawesi.
Vltchek: Bush: Six Hours 'Charm Offensive' in Indonesia
Nov 20, 2006
COMMENTARY/SUSTAINERS
Vltchek: S. Korean Propaganda - Travelling with Mr. Kim: From the North/South Korean Border and Seoul
Nov 19, 2006
I grew up in the Czech city of Pilsen (Plzen), just a few dozens of miles east from the ÒIron CurtainÓ and the border with then West Germany. ThatÕs why I think I should be pardoned for feeling strange obsession with the borders and division lines of all
Vltchek: Coming Back to Hanoi
Oct 02, 2006
There is a guillotine placed in the courtyard of Maison Central, its blade sharp and shining. The former Hoa Lo Prison is a gloomy reminder of dark days of torture and humiliation; this is where thousands of Vietnamese patriots vanished without a trace, v
Vltchek: Thai Coup: Old Elites Against New
Sep 23, 2006
"Notorious Bangkok traffic jams indicate that the country is returning to normalcy", reported western mass-media outlets including BBC World Service just two days after the military coup overthrew democratically elected government of Thaksin Shinawatra, t
Vltchek: Cambodia: HIstory And Unanswered Questions
Aug 25, 2006
It is hot and dusty. The stale air of the Cambodian capital is heavy with exhaust fumes. Traffic is chaotic. Street children and beggars besiege posh-looking French cafes on the Sap River; tourists and international workers pretending to lead a normal lif
Vltchek: World Cup - Predictable Victory Of Big Business
Jul 17, 2006
On June 17, I was sitting in Jakarta, reading through an important manuscript sent to our publishing house, Mainstay Press, from far-away Ghana. It was written by Manu Herbstein, a South African/Ghanaian novelist, and it was called "Ramseyer's Ghost". Thi
Vltchek: Once Again Indonesia Failed Its Quake Victims
Jun 25, 2006
A devastating earthquake of 6.3 magnitude hit central Java on May 27, killing more than 5,800 people, leaving 420,000 homeless. This is just the latest terrible disaster that has hit this enormous archipelago - home to almost 250 million people. Many Indo
Dec 28, 2007
Just a few miles from the center of the second largest Fijian city - Lautoka - child scavengers are working in the middle of enormous garbage dump, trying to make living by separating filthy objects of at least some commercial value. They are surrounded by appalling smell, flies and desperate looking dogs. At the entrance to the dump, big billboard is warning that trespassers will be prosecuted. This spectacle is apparently not for those who came to spend thousands of dollars seeking Eden.