Category Archives: Bahrain

The dog that did not bark; the photo not taken

March 29, 2007 – 12:06 am

by Bob Boynton
The Arab League met in summit at Riyadh. The business was re-invigorating the peace process. US Secretary of State Rice seems determined to get some motion — going to the Saudis to encourage them to become active produced the meeting and King Abdullah re-tabled the 2000 Arab initiative that Israel has summarily dismissed [...]

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This is 50

March 9, 2007 – 12:59 am

by Bob Boynton
This is it — number 50.

When I started I did not know how far it would go. It has gotten to 50. This is the 50th blog entry at Globalizing News.
It has been going for 15 weeks. That is an average of 3.3 entries per week. Since I was on holiday at Christmas [...]

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Half full?

December 5, 2006 – 1:03 am

by Bob Boynton
They had an election in Bahrain. The first round of voting was November 25. A second round was required, and the results of the second round were announced on December 2, 2006.
I have pictures of the voters on an earlier blog. But this is about the stories reporting the results.
Apparently, CNN World does [...]

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