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Thanks to the 大象传媒's Darius Bazargan for getting us in touch with Afghan blogger Jamshid Sultanzada. I've just recorded a webcam chat with Jamshid and he'll be appearing on this site in video format soon (if you have a webcam/microphone and something to say then do get in touch). Meanwhile check out his English-language photo blog at . Here's a very poignant pic he took of a shoe-shine girl doing her homework in Kabul. Click back here tomorrow to hear the story behind the pic.

Alfredo in Manila points us to Marketman's take on the cuisine of those islands. Tasty-looking candied lemon is today's .

Greece's economic crisis is occupying Constantinos who writes on a site called 螤螣螞螜韦螚危 (CITIZEN). He's not happy with the European response to Greece's problems:

SushiSule on the Youth Reporter site poses the question all Germans ask themselves around this time of year: (German text). Stranded in Poland this week while the rest of Germany celebrates she says:

You've got to ask yourself this question in 艁贸d藕. In Germany you've got colourful floats, events every weekend, gardens, carnival music and a whole load of costumes being worn . . here though . . a big NOTHING

As someone who lived through a great many Duesseldorf carnivals I must say I always felt it was a little overplanned. A colleague -- also non-German -- used to call it "pretend fun". Maybe you have to be German to really enjoy Karneval?

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