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Ukraine: Netizens React to Popular File-Sharing Website's Shutdown

China: A Death Sentence to Hide Government Corruption?

Wu Ying, named China's sixth richest woman in 2006, has lost her appeal against her death sentence at the Zhejiang Higher People's Court. The 30-year old was first arrested in March 2007, charged with illegal fund raising. Oiwan Lam reports.

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Mongolia: The Mining Projects Leaving Herders Without Livelihoods 2 February 2012
Global Voices Podcast: Occupy This! 1 February 2012
Saudi Arabia: A Family Living in a Cemetery 29 January 2012
Greece: “I Signed the IMF Memorandum Without Having Read It” 26 January 2012
Romania: “A Tsunami” of Protests Against Austerity Cuts and Corruption 19 January 2012

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7 February 2012

Italy: More Protests Against Austerity and Information Deficit

Written by Ylenia Gostoli · Translated by Ylenia Gostoli · Western Europe

The austerity measures being implemented in EU countries are still drawing popular opposition. Especially in a country like Italy, already strained by years of government mismanagement and budget issues -- not to mention a relevant information deficit.

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2 February 2012

Cambodia: Mass Fainting in Garment Factories

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Cambodia’s first ever People’s Tribunal on Minimum Living Wage and Decent Working Conditions for garment workers will take place next week which will tackle, among other things, the poor working conditions in garment factories which caused thousands of workers to faint in their workplaces

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1 February 2012

Cuba: What's on President Rousseff's Agenda?

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Brazil's first female president is in Cuba on a visit intended “to strengthen bilateral ties especially in the economic and commercial spheres”, according to the Cuban press. Bloggers are very interested in her agenda.

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30 January 2012

Philippines: Protest Against Removal of Trees by Shopping Mall

Written by Karlo Mikhail Mongaya · East Asia

The plan of SM City Baguio shopping mall in north Philippines to remove more than 100 trees to make way for a new parking lot and entertainment site has been greeted by massive protests from concerned citizens and various cause-oriented groups.

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29 January 2012

Hungary: “We Voted For Orbán, Not For Goldman Sachs”

Written by Marietta Le · Eastern & Central Europe

Last Saturday, after several protests against the government's policies, Hungarians supporting those in power decided to hold a rally of their own, too. Marietta Le reports.

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25 January 2012

Brazil: “Massacre of Pinheirinho” Causes an Uproar

Written by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · Translated by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia · Latin America

The violent eviction of the community of Pinheirinho, in the city of São José dos Campos, in the state of São Paulo, became known as "Massacre of Pinheirinho" after a demonstration of violence and brutality by the police in the expulsion and intimidation of residents dumped in the midst of a huge legal mess.

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Updates about Economics & Business

9 February 2012

Sri Lanka

Amitha Amarasinghe discusses the use of social media by the corporates in Sri Lanka and ponders whether there are any social media success stories in Sri Lanka.

• Rezwan

Macedonia

While the authorities in Macedonia remain silent on the country's stance on the ACTA, bloggers, such as Airborne, emphasize the need to gain more knowledge [mk], as the traditional media mostly ignore the issue: “Maybe, one of these days, we'll just simply wake up in the ACTA-ruled world.” The new media attempting to fill this gap in local languages include Metamorphosis and IT.com.mk. Endek blog advocates [mk] standing up for Internet freedom by joining international protest movements.

• Filip Stojanovski

8 February 2012

Brazil

Blogger Mauricio Caleiro comments [pt] on a new wave of privatization - “masked” as “concessions” - led by Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff who, during the electoral campaign, said she was against this instrument. So far three of the biggest Brazilian airports were sold to private companies.

• Raphael Tsavkko Garcia

5 February 2012

Thailand

Aim Sinpeng writes about the impact of last year's massive flooding in Thailand on the country's rice production. Thailand is the world's largest rice exporter.

• Mong Palatino

3 February 2012

Japan

North Korea Tech blog wrote about two Japanese people who were indicted for exporting personal computers to North Korea, thereby violating the Japanese government’s trade sanctions.

• Lee Yoo Eun

Venezuela

The blog El Ultimatum Hiperboreo [es] shares some thoughts on the western culture of consumption in Venezuela as seen through the advertising that seems to fill the pages of one of the most important Sunday magazines in the country.

• Laura Vidal

Ukraine

Ex.ua, a file-sharing site that the authorities shut down two days ago, is now back online [uk], though its content is still inaccessible. @bl4ka tweets [ru]: “The DDoS revolution has won! […]” @VsemPohuy tweets [ru] about the DDoS attacks that followed the shutdown, and the situation in the country in general: “Ex.ua's back, it's now okay to stop DDoS-ing the sites of [the Interior Ministry], the president, etc. That students continue to be killed at police stations, that's [no big deal].” Journalist Pavel Sheremet writes [ru] about “the hackers' revolution”: “There was [Orange Maidan], then [“Tax Maidan”] […]. Now there's a Maidan on the internet.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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