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The Benin Epilogue asks whether there is a paradigm shift in African business.
11 lawyers representing Jean-Pierre Bemba, the Congolese Presidential-runner up, walk out of the Supreme Court.
A Zimbabwean filmmaker, Tawanda Gunda Mupengo, wins first prize at the Dakar Film Festival for his short film, Spell My Name, “The film is about a young albino girl sexually abused by the headmaster of her school and a young teacher who stands up to protect her.”
Dubai's spice market (suq) is being Disneyfied, says Secret Dubai Diary.
He has come to the conclusion after hearing from one of the stall keepers that the traditional bazaar will have a roof!
Palestinian Leila Al Haddad is still waiting at a road block in Arish to return home.
She says she has lost count of the number of says she has spent waiting and has come to the realisation that “Israeli decisions are without rhyme or reason.”
Oman has started to ban internet sites, says blogger Muscati.
He said Oman's most popular website, the controversial Arabic online forum known as Sablat Al Arab, has been closed down pending an investigation by the public prosecutor's office.
Abu Aardvark says Al Jazeera Arabic channel has devoted an entire programme to cover the Bahraini parliamentary and municipal elections being held today.
He says the elections have generated a lot of interest and scrutiny from the media.
Nice to note year after year, Bangalore Pride Parade is improving a lot. Hope next year we see some recoreded...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...
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Next time we will be there again :)