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11 August 2006

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Stories from 11 August 2006

Posts from Peru

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

Some of the recent political news inspired new posts in Peruvian blogs; here are some of them: Jomra takes a look at Quechua in Congress: a small step for a...

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Flying Over the Iraqi Blogodrome

Written by Salam Adil · Middle East & North Africa

I am holiday and in a flat with no Internet and no telephone. Yet I still get that urge that keeps drawing me back to the Internet café. My one-hour...

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Russia: Portraits of Putin

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Samson Sholademi - LJ user sholademi, journalist of a Russian tabloid Express Gazeta - displays a unique drawing collection on his blog: portraits of Russia's president Vladimir Putin, made by...

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Mommy Bloggers Achieve Community and Empowerment in the Lusosphere

Written by Jose Murilo · North America, Latin America

One of the most active blogging categories in the fast expanding Lusosphere is that of the ‘mommy bloggers'. The movement is championed by a Brazilian blog which turned into book,...

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Myanmar's Week of Terror

Written by Preetam Rai · East Asia

Moe Moe wants to remind people that this week is an important week in Myanmar's history. Today is August 8th and I wanted to write a post about the injustice...

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Updates from 11 August 2006

Registan.net publishes a letter circulating amongst US resettlement workers who are helping resettle refugees from last year's violence in Uzbekistan's eastern city of Andijon. The letter addresses what the anonymous authors says are very serious problems that need to be addressed to prevent the refugees from returning to Uzbekistan.

• Nathan Hamm