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Barbados Free Press compares newspaper reports from a Jamaican and Barbadian newspaper of an incident in which a young Barbadian man allegedly stabbed a young Jamaican man to death during an argument in Jamaica. The two young men are both sons of prominent Caribbean citizens.
Ryan at the West Indies Cricket blog finds a photo on Flickr of a piece of illegal Cricket World Cup merchandise, a mug allegedly purchased in a craft store in Georgetown, Guyana: ‘This is going to be a big problem for the World Cup authorities as the tournament gets near,” writes Ryan. “It’s almost impossible to police this stuff in the Caribbean.” The 2007 Cricket World Cup starts on March 11, with matches taking place in nine different Caribbean territories.
According to Dorane Emrouz, 11 provinces in Iran are facing gas shortage. The blogger says the Iranian government has no program and no plan to slove this problem.The blogger says we will have a very cold winter [Fa].
Student committee of human rights reporters blog reports Dr.Hesam Firouzi, human rights activist is jailed.He, as a doctor used to take care of several political prisoners such as Ahmad Batebi, jailed student activist.He was accused of acting against national security [Fa].
In a single post, Burmese blogger Aung Kyaw looks at the idea of re-introducing monarchy in Myanamar, the meaning of the name of the new capital city Naypyidaw (the military government moved the capital city from Rangoon to this city in a sudden and unexpected move last year) and uses Google Earth to spot the home of the military ruler of Myanmar.
David Farar has an idea to stop the reoccurrence of coups in Fiji. “Maybe when Fiji finally gets a legal Government again, they could give Bainimarama the Saddam treatment - that might put an end to this cycle of coups. Okay no death penalty I agree, but's let's settle for life imprisonment for treason.” Bainimarama is the military ruler who usurped power in Fiji and despite denying his interest in running the country, took on the job of prime minister yesterday.
As they say here, Morsy is the first presidential candidate ever to run for presidency...
What the f***? A african man again...why people want to deleted on the worldwide Africans or...
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I'm from Russia, use internet daily, and I didn't know half of these words. The...