A Decidedly International Flavor
The blogosphere takes on definite international tones today, including blogger observatioons of the Thailand coup (today's third most-used blog phrase) that overthrew Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (today's second-burstiest person). Also on that list is the coup leader, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin.
Religious fervor, of various stripes
Pope Benedict XVI continues to make news (and waves) among Muslims who have not accepted his apology, for statements construed as anti-Muselim, as very apologetic. Speaking of religious fervor, today's most-cited news stories contain this coverage (No. 9) of "Jesus Camp" by ABC. (Thanks, Mom, for signing me up for Girl Scout day camp instead).
Mistaken identity?
Canadian Muslim Maher Arar also appears among today's most-discussed personalities, for reports that he was wrongly identified by Canadian and U.S. authorities as a potential terrorist and sent to Syria, where he was held for 10 months and tortured...before being released and exonerated by the Canadian government, according to news reports. Although bloggers have differing opinions about the issue.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at September 20, 2006 01:08 PM
