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Few, besides the ones that were already content with the Egyptian status quo or the Muslim Brotherhood, are happy with the outcome of yesterday’s elections. Big Pharaoh considers immigrating, an idea Sandmonkey reports that sentiment is being echoed in the country (except from one of his friends that concludes that “Islam is the solution”.)
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J.D. Clarke has discovered that presidential candidate, Oscar Arias has a weblog (ES), which is built with the open source software b2evolution, but so far lacks content. It seems Arias could use some help from an experienced blogger.
Nicholas Laughlin has his eye on recent events that have led to a resurfacing of the land dispute between Venezuela and Dominica over a small island between the two countries.
Andres Soto Bustos has a followup report on how the Chilean presidential candidates are using blogs to reach voters.
Golbang says Saudi Arabia has become a new member of World Trade Organization. Blogger asks when Iran will become a member. Among 191 United Nations members only 42 countries are not members including Iran. Golbang adds that Iran is losing opportunities.
After the news of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile, Mutant Frog Travelogue wonders what makes Fujimori a Japanese national?
Billy Qiu of HitHat Blog translates a post (Chinese) by keso evaluating Yahoo! China's new look-and-feel.
EastSouthWestNorth posts a translated article on a lawsuit launched by a Nanjing professor against a blogger for alleged defamation.
I guess it has to do with humanizing a figure we prefer to see as super-natural. The almost funny thing...
people of maldives..you have to stop this civil war. its sad to see it in this state of affairs....
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...