Weltsozialforum 2006 / Asiatischer Teil

• 26.03.2006: AFRICA AND ASIA: DIFFERENT CONTINENTS, SIMILAR PROBLEMS
  There is much that separates Africa and Asia, not least ethnicity, culture and language. But, as the third and final leg of this year’s World Social Forum (WSF) gathers momentum in the Pakistani financial centre of Karachi, the hope is that civic groups will build on common aspirations for the two continents.
  
  
• 24.03.2006: DEMOCRATIC FORUM IN A DICTATORSHIP'S BACKYARD
  For the Pakistan council of the World Social Forum, the first blow to holding the anti-globalisation jamboree began on Oct. 8, 2005, when the massive earthquake literally took the steam out of its preparation efforts. What followed was an endless round of debates among civil society whether to hold the event or let it pass. After lurching from one indecision to another, it was decided to hold the WSF after a respectable mourning period of three months, when both human as well as financial resources would be re-diverted back to the forum.
  
  
• 24.03.2006: Sozialforum bei Militärs und Islamisten
  Das asiatische Sozialforum, das heute im pakistanischen Karatschi beginnt, hat es schwerer als ähnliche Treffen anderswo. Das Militärregime bremst mit restriktiver Visapolitik, und die islamistische Opposition, die sonst nicht mit US-Kritik geizt, ignoriert es
  
  
• 24.03.2006: Weltsozialforum in Pakistan hat begonnen
  Globalisierungskritiker aus Asien haben sich in der pakistanischen Wirtschaftsmetropole Karachi zum dritten und letzten Teil des Weltsozialforums versammelt. An der Eröffnungsfeier nahmen mehr als 10 000 Menschen teil.
  
  
• 24.03.2006: WSF CARNIVAL GOES INTO MOTION
  Shahzad Khan, a young caretaker at the KMC Sports Complex grounds, where the World Social Forum is going to be held from Mar. 24-29 in this southern port city of Karachi, Pakistan, is perplexed by the sudden flurry of activity. Masons, carpenters, painters, gardeners, everyone are trying to give the place last-minute touches in a bid to hide the area's rundown and decrepit look.
  
  

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