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Collectif Haiti de Provence points to a (Fr) Radio Metropole article stating: “The Interior Ministry adopted new measures to better manage the case of Haitians deported [from America] (…) ‘Deportees who have served their prison sentence will not be freed upon arrival in Haiti. They will be kept in a detention center while awaiting their reinsertion into society,' said a [spokesperson].”
Jakarta Guru celebrates the Indonesian Independence day with his students.”Holidays for most but not is poor teachers, aaah, as we have to watch the sawn off savages click into overdrive. In fact for many students it's a day like any other. Running, screamin, yelling but today unencumbered by those tiresome teachers with their odd ideas of discipline and silence. “
Vutha writes about the heavy rains in Cambodia causing damage to agriculture and tourism.
NGOs in Kazakhstan are worried about the possibility of the state funding them in the future. Leila looks at the pros and cons of state funding for Kazakhstan's NGOs.
Registan.net examines rhetoric as an indicator of the state of US-Kyrgyzstan relations.
Ben Paarmann begins to examine the reasons for Central Asia's current borders, which are often incorrectly called “arbitrary.”
Divergent views on the most recent message from Fidel Castro, published in Granma this past Tuesday: Pastor Batista, from Las Tunas Cuba, said (ES) it “made millions of Cubans and people in other latitiudes VERY HAPPY,” while Luis M. Garcia questions Castro's referring to himself in the message as “Comandante en Jefe” - “Does this mean that Cuba now has two comandantes en jefe? Or has there been a second, hitherto secret proclamation from someone taking away the title from little brother Raul? . . . . Banana republic, anyone?“
Nicolette Bethel calls for a full-scale re-thinking of the Bahamian civil service: “the civil service as designed is crippling the development of The Bahamas. . . . the version that we have in place was never intended to govern a free nation. . . “
Bahamian columnist Sir Arthur Foulkes wonders if the stage has been set for Armageddon.
United We Blog! on how internal democracy within the dominant political party is necessary and would reflect a wider commitment to demoratic process.
As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency against his will, and people...
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or Black mens?!... Really outrageous. France is maybe...
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In my opinion, the only slang from this list which is falling out of vogue is the nickname of Medvedev...
I'm from Russia, use internet daily, and I didn't know half of these words. The other slang words are not...