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Poland: Catholics Propose Adding Cross to National Emblem

Sylwia Presley · 00:45, November 21st, 2009 · Eastern & Central Europe

Sylwia Presley reviews the reactions of Polish bloggers to a recent proposal by a Polish Catholic group to include the symbol of the cross in the national coat of arms. 0 comments · read »

Brazil: The loss of a pioneer digital activist

Diego Casaes · 22:39, November 20th, 2009 · Americas

lingua → pt · mg

The Brazilian blogosphere is mourning today: the country has lost one of its pioneers digital activists. 2 comments · read »

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November 21st, 2009

Egypt and Algeria: Much More Than a Football Match

Tarek Amr · 19:11 · Middle East & North Africa

Who would have believed that a football match could cause such tension between two nations? The trouble between Egypt and Algeria has now reached an unexpected level and many bloggers believe that the World Cup qualifying match has nothing to do with the troubles on the street. Tarek Amr has the story. 0 comments · read »

Taiwan: Science park expansion dispute

vergilyeh · 14:41 · East Asia

Recently, the Executive Yuan in Taiwan has passed a bill in favor of Central Taiwan Science Park (CTSP) fourth stage expansion. The construction plan has drawn the attention of ecologists and caused heated discussion in the Taiwan blogosphere. Jeremy explains the problem of the construction plan in a blog post "They ... 0 comments · read »

November 20th, 2009

Poland: Online Campaigning for the Rights of Employees

Sylwia Presley · 23:14 · Eastern & Central Europe

Sylwia Presley writes about the plight of and online campaigning by a group Polish citizens who work for IKEA via another, smaller, company called Solid Security: they claim to be earning amounts below the national minimal wage, being assigned to work up to 16 hours daily and lacking the basic benefits. 0 comments · read »

Russia: Local Authorities Slow Broadband Development

Alexey Sidorenko · 22:35 · Eastern & Central Europe

On November 10, activists held a rally calling for broadband Internet and protesting against Internet provider monopoly in the township of Kraskovo (Moscow region, 10 km from the Moscow beltroad). This is the first known case of a protest dedicated to the defense of the Internet rights in Russia. The event also raised the issue of the overregulatedness of the process of Internet providing in the country. 0 comments · read »

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Middle East & North Africa

Algerian The Moor Next Door takes a closer look at media coverage following the Algeria- Egypt matches which saw Algeria qualify to the World Cup in South Africa next year. “Foot-ball is something akin to a religion in many countries… It can also lead to blind and irrational fanaticism,” he notes.

South Asia

Sandeep Bansal at Looking Beyond The Obvious explains why more than a billion people strong India is a straggler in sports.

Americas

“The new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), reconstituted in October, has set nationwide elections for 99 deputies and 11 senators for Feb. 28, 2010″: HaitiAnalysis.com reports.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Marshal discusses Sex Workers Bill in Malawi: “Recent media reports pointing that the government intends to come up with a Sex Worker’s Bill with an aim of protecting sex workers in the country, shocked quite a few of us.”

East Asia

Reacting to a statement made by Malaysia's former Prime Minister about the “mistake of being too democratic”, Art Harun asserts that “The real danger to the State is the leaders not understanding the limits of their powers.”

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