The Armenian Gay & Lesbian Association of NY posts a short video of a recent presentation on homophobia in Armenia. Unzipped: Gay Armenia comments on the video in a separate post which also includes an excerpt detailing a documented case of rape in the Armenian army....

The controversy caused by Georgia's Eurovision Song Contest entry seems to be over (or, depending on one's perspective, has reached its climax), now that Georgia has decided not to take part in this year's event in Moscow, following the European Broadcasting Union's demand that the l...

Brian McBride took some time out from the Fire's pre-season camp in Los Angeles to answer readers' questions. Here are his responses: What exactly did Daniele De Rossi say to you after he received a red card for an elbow on you in World Cup 2006? Thank you so much for bring...

The trailer for Sam Raimi's DRAG ME TO HELL has been released online....

Elina Galperin says that the economy of Kazakhstan has been hit hard hard by the worldwide drop in demand for energy supplies, and the government is increasingly worried about protests here....

Sanjar writes that many people in Afghanistan have turned to the faith of Jesus Christ in recent years. A few of them have done so openly, though most have kept their conversion secret....

Bloggers of Kazakhstan continue to follow closely the situation in the country and the government's attempts to switch on a “manual control� mode in economy and other spheres of social life. Dass is citing [ru] the Minister of Labor, who declared at the governmental meeting that around 900,0...

This isn’t going to be the comparative review I’d like to piece together (I’m short on time, without an internet connection, and without copies of either book), but if I don’t write something now I probably never will. I first discovered Ta-Nehisi’s blog thanks to @cbra...

With so many different players in the Ontario energy game, its hard to believe they all play by the same set of rules. This week on the show, we’ll speak with Bruce Cox, Executive Director of Greenpeace Canada,... read more...

I guess we all remember the famous “will code for html” fun picture from the 2000 dot-com bust. It got famous again (sad but true) over the last couple of months when times got rough for a lot of startups as well as some established IT businesses (not mentioning all the other business se...