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6 February 2006

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Stories from 6 February 2006

Bahrain, more cartoons and animated conversations

Written by Mahmood Al-Yousif · Middle East & North Africa

The week in Bahrain continues to be dominated by cartoons, which even overshadowed an important speech by the king!

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Haitian Election Countdown: Two Bloggers' views

Written by Alice Backer · Caribbean

Are Haitians Really Safer Leading Up to the Election? Haitian blogger Yon Ayisyen, a French-speaking blogger whose name means “A Haitian”, reports his impressions of the buildup to Tuesday, February...

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Costa Rica Waits for Surprising Election Results

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

The supposedly predictable Costa Rican elections bring up surprising results as the Candidate Otton Solis faces off with ex-president Oscar Arias for the presidential seat, less than half a point...

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This Week in Palestinian Blogs: State of Denial

Written by Shaden Abdulrahman · Middle East & North Africa

One year of resistance in Bil'in… Bil'in, which has been struggling non-violently for almost one year now, continues to be robbed by the Israeli occupational forces as the first anniversary...

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Pakistan: Blog-o-reaction

Written by Omer Alvie · South Asia

Well, by now, everyone is well aware of the controversy that resulted from the publication of caricatures of Prophet Mohammad, and the resulting protests that have occurred around the world....

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Introduction to Russian Blogosphere

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Everyone in Russia seems to have a LiveJournal, and that huge, cacophonous Russian-language playground (and, often, a battleground) dwarfs what would otherwise be considered a pretty sizable English-language blogosphere. So...

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Arab Bloggers Take on Danish Cartoons

Written by Naseem Tarawnah · Middle East & North Africa

As the debate rages on over the publication of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, Arab bloggers are reacting with their own take on the...

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The African women’s blogsphere this week

Written by Nish Matenjwa · Sub-Saharan Africa

Her love of her country notwithstanding, Rombo the Rambler agonises on how a ‘country that has so much potential gets it so wrong so often’ despite the ‘intelligent, forward-thinking, grounded...

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Voices From Zimbabwe and the Great Lakes

Written by Zimpundit · Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe: Inflation continues to rule the day in Zimbabwe where they recently introduced a 50,000 dollar note in a bid to help hauling the country's porous currency around. Ironically, said...

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Updates from 6 February 2006

Ecuador

Christian Espinosa, Communication professor and author of Cobertura Digital received a National Award of Journalism from the National Union of Journalists for the category of new communication technology. It is the first time such an award has been given to a blogger in Latin America.

• David Sasaki

Mexico

Boz has two posts summing up the latest polls throughout Latin America while Eduardo Avila looks at a new poll in Bolivia which finds overwhelming support for President Evo Morales' plans to reduce the salaries of politicians.

• David Sasaki

Argentina

Jeff Barry recounts the history of his girlfriend's ancestors who immigrated to Quilmes after their Adriatic coastal town was occupied my German soldiers. Barry makes the story - representative of a generation of Italian immigrants - come alive with vivid descriptions of their trials and tribulations.

• David Sasaki

Russia

Sean Guillory of Sean's Russia Blog argues that the word ‘hazing' does not reflect all the brutality of what was done to Andrei Sychev, an 18-year-old Russian soldier in Chelyabinsk.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Romania

George Hari Popescu of Strangers on the Net is frustrated with how some students would go a long way to get their professors to give them the grades they don't deserve.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Konstantin Dlutskiy of the Russian Marketing Blog discusses an eye-catching sign made by a couple selling dairy products at a Russian farmers market. The sign's like a magnet for customers.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Kenya

ThandieLand laments the “death” of her home village in Dominica, tracing its depopulation to migration (internal and external), especially in the aftermath of 1979's Hurricane David. She compares her village's situation to that of the ancestral community of a Kenyan friend which has been decimated by HIV/AIDS.

• Georgia Popplewell