Pakistani bloggers have been actively posting updates on the country's escalating tensions after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
You can check out the
official Bhutto Web site, but the site was down a lot on Thursday. Here is Google's
cached version.
Video
- Truveo is one way to see many sources of video on the story.
- You can get more video coverage from Pakistani TV at Pakistan Politics.com.
The South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) has a collection of resources -- news, blogs and video -- to help you cover the fallout after Bhutto's killing. The association also has a list of
freelancers available in Pakistan.
From the SAJA site:
Latest on Pakistan news:
Blog coverage:
How many Pakistanis live in the United States? In 2006,
The New York Times reported:
Hard numbers on how many people of Pakistani descent live in the United States do not exist, but a forthcoming book from Harvard University Press on charitable donations among Pakistani-Americans, "Portrait of a Giving Community," puts the number around 500,000, with some 35 percent or more of them in the New York metropolitan area. Chicago has fewer than 100,000, while other significant clusters exist in California, Texas and Washington, D.C.
Pakistani immigration to the United States surged after laws in the 1960s made it easier for Asians to enter the country. Most were drawn by jobs in academia, medicine and engineering. It was only in the late 1980s and 90s that Pakistanis arrived to work blue-collar jobs as taxi drivers or shopkeepers, said Adil Najam, the author of the book on donations and an international relations professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
January Worst Month for Carbon Monoxide Deaths
A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Nebraska had the highest rate for carbon monoxide-related deaths in the U.S. (The study states that Wyoming and Alaska's rates appeared higher, but the death estimates for those states were unreliable.) Not surprisingly, January is the worst month nationwide for carbon monoxide deaths, which in the winter are usually associated with heating sources.
The CDC says:
Unintentional CO exposure accounts for an estimated 15,000 emergency department visits and 500 unintentional deaths in the United States each year.
What Cabbies See on New Year's EveAl's Morning Meeting reader Conor M. Powell, KNDO-TV (Yakima, Wash.) suggests a story about following a cab driver on New Year's Eve. They see some pretty wild stuff. I suppose if you wanted to do the piece in advance of New Year's Eve, you could ask about their most memorable stories from past years.
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