Monday 7 January 2008
Sunday 6 January 2008
British blogger inside Kenya
The Times has tracked down a British housewife blogging in Kenya. Frances Woodhams, 35, and mother of three children, started blogging in 2006. She says that all the "mundane" matters she used to write about on her blog have "gone out of the window". In a post on 2nd January, she describes being "sick with worry", and New Year's day as "truly a black day for Kenyans".
BBC edits Bhutto's claim that Bin Laden is dead
Here the BBC responds to claims that it 'censored' a David Frost interview with Benazir Bhutto last November which was published on the BBC website.
During the interview for Al Jazeera, the late Benazir Bhutto calmly states that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by Omar Sheikh.
The BBC shares some news material with Al Jazeera but edited the video before it was published on the BBC News website.
The BBC say the claim was edited out because of time pressure and a desire to 'avoid confusion', but admit that it should have been left in.
Al Jazeera broadcast the interview unedited and you can see it, in full, on YouTube. Bhutto's claim that Bin Laden was killed comes around 6 mins 10 and remarkably went unchallenged by David Frost.
During the interview for Al Jazeera, the late Benazir Bhutto calmly states that Osama Bin Laden had been killed by Omar Sheikh.
The BBC shares some news material with Al Jazeera but edited the video before it was published on the BBC News website.
The BBC say the claim was edited out because of time pressure and a desire to 'avoid confusion', but admit that it should have been left in.
Al Jazeera broadcast the interview unedited and you can see it, in full, on YouTube. Bhutto's claim that Bin Laden was killed comes around 6 mins 10 and remarkably went unchallenged by David Frost.
Friday 4 January 2008
Kaboom: A Soldier's War Journal
A new US milblog including first impressions of military life in Iraq. Also has a useful 'military jargon' toolbar for the uninitiated.
Inside Kenya
A few blogs from the state formerly known as Africa's most stable country.
- Kenyan Pundit is based in South Africa but was blogging from Kenya all last week.
- For photos visit http://josephkaroki.wordpress.com
- This post suggests the crisis may have been triggered by the election chaos but is a consequence of underlying tensions within Kenya. It's described as follows by Kenyan pundit: 'Bankelele has a good post that highlights why the conflict is about more than just Kikuyu vs. Luo (can the international media please catch up).'
- A first-hand account of the (non)-rally yesterday at Uhuru Park with pictures.
- 'What an African Woman Thinks' has been 'rehashing a nightmare'.
- There's a full list of Kenyan blogs covering the current situation at White African and a good summary at Global Voices Online.
Wednesday 2 January 2008
Genius needed to understand me (allegedly)
According to this little device, you need to be a genius to read my blog, so congratulations to anybody who can make head and tail of it.
(I'm sure this is just because I've used 'PhD' in the sidebar and reckon using phrases such as 'make head and tail of it' will help lower the reading level!)
My blog may be necessarily specialist but it's not rocket science is it? What do you think? If it's really so difficult to understand maybe I should try to dumb it down a bit!
4 Rifles in Basra in 2007
Parts III and IV of Michael Yon's dispatches from 4 Rifles deployment in Basra last year. You can find Parts I and II here if you missed them before.
