
Tags: Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival, Elvis Presley, Mehdi Khalaji, Hossein Derakhshan
Culture Shiok writes about the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival “14th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is when the gates of hell open and the dead will again walk among the living.” The blogger describes how the relatives of departed people try to appease the souls.
Speaking of the dearly departed, click over to Recordando al Rey : Elvis Presley´s week
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http://elbo.ws/artist/Elvis+Presley/
Speaking of music, Gen-Si has posted Tchek le nouveau “Amazone Urbaine remix”, while Arjanwrites posts Video Premiere: Armand Van Helden "I Want Your Soul"...Selections from Global Voices include Brazil: Ad campaign compares bloggers with monkeys

Hossein Derakhshan’s blog is suspended - Derakhshan is an Iranian blogger (Hoder) who has been suspended by the U.S. based hosting company, Hosting Matters, after a complaint filed by lawyers representing Mehdi Khalaji, Next Generation fellow at The Washington Institute.
Addiction411 is a MySpace page created by TurnToHelp.com, Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare sponsored project to fight drug addiction, attempts to educate the public about opioids and the dangers of dependency: MySpace for Space Cadets.
Speaking of MySpace, albeit in French, take a look at USA : MySpace, faits divers et liberté d'expressio on pointblog.
