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Mama JunkYard who has been on a blogging hiatus is back and is disgusted by the use of vague, incorrect and ‘less offensive words' and images to sanitise women's bodies...
FreakEngineer objects, and objects again to how Yahoo categorizes the news on its news page, specifically those to do with Africa, finding the rationale decidedly wanting: It seems that everything sad...
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Do away with the military? Anarchogeek links to a poll which says that 55% of Uruguayans say the military is unnecessary.
The Devil's Excrement, Alex Lanz (ES), and Daniel Duquenal comment from the Venezuelan blogosphere on the recent diplomatic spat between the Venezuelan and Mexican governments while Goleech (ES), World News A La Mexicana, and Eduardo Arcos (ES) comment from Mexico.
Caribbean Free Radio has plenty of links (and a podcast) on reaction to Trinidad and Tobago's latest match against Bahrain.
Tinta Digital by Eugenio Martínez has been selected as the first blog of the week (ES) in Puerto Rico's new blog directory, PuertoBlogs. Cultural Agents describes the first Winter Institute in San Juan.
A Kazakh official says that his government does not rule out the possibility of bringing charges against Sacha Bara Cohen a.k.a. Ali G because of his character, Borat, who poses as a Kazakh. KZblog discusses the reactions to Borat in Kazakhstan.
Olesya of neweurasia discusses the Sunshine Coalition, an Uzbek opposition party, and a representative of the coalition responds in the comments.
What's it like to run for Senator in the Dominican Republic? Ana Fernandez recounts a harrowing tale of violence and a car chase in her mother's run for Senate.
==> As Africans we need to let go of our victimhood, inferiority complex & acceptance of the mediocre. We deserve...
I strongly believe this is the real reason for the Mauritanian government striking a deal to settle the dispute with...
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"Tsai's interview with the Washington Post, in which he claimed that the June 4 Massacre (Tiananmen Square) did not happen." Any responsible,...