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Chile: OLPC and Politics 2.0

A small portrait of the translator Rosario Lizana · 15:21 · Americas

Chileans bloggers are very impressed so far with the US$ 100 laptop, OLPC. But how will the innovative device, meant to help bridge the digital divide, arrive to Chile? What do laptops have to do with politics? As Marcelo Aliaga (ES) explains:

Como en todo, hay un chileno trabajando en el proyecto One Laptop Per Child, que lidera Walter Bender y evangeliza Nicholas Negroponte. El es Eduardo Silva, quien está trabajando en el “Programa de desarrolladores de OLPC” y, como tiene que hacer pruebas, le han enviado el primer prototipo. En el lanzamiento de ChilePrimero, expuso el modelo B1.

As with everything, there is a Chilean working on the One laptop Per Child project, led by Walter Bender and evangelized by Nicholas Negroponte. He is Eduardo Silva [ES] and is working in the “Program of OLPC Developers.” Because he has to do some tests, they have sent the first prototype. In the ChilePrimero launch he presented the B1

Carlos Verdugo (ES) posts a video and also his impressions about what could happen in the Chilean education system with this tool:

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Missing in Cambodia: Eddie Gibson

A small portrait of the translator Tharum Bun · 10:31 · East Asia
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It was in October 2004, when 19-year-old Eddie Gibson traveled to Cambodia from Thailand and went missing. Until today nobody knows the whereabouts of the English backpacker. The parents are now in Cambodia and they have offered a reward for information on Eddie Gibson.

His last email to his mother, Jo, on 24 October mentioned that he was looking forward to returning home in East Sussex. Eddie Gibson did not appear when his family went to meet him off the plane, which left Bangkok on 1 November.

After 2 years his mother is still desperate for news of her beloved son. “I think the answer lies with the Cambodians, and I still believe that somebody in that country knows what has happended to Eddie,” she wroted and post all relevant information on a web site dedicated to the mystery of the missing of the former Leeds University student.

His parents, Mike and Jo, have setup the site, Eddie Gibson Missing in Cambodia, to provide necessary information as part of their efforts in the search that involves local authorities, a private investigator, and UK police.

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Posters of the missing UK national Eddie Gibson distributed in many parts of Cambodia. Picture originally posted by: Sopheak

Cambodian blogger Sopheak, who usually writes in Khmer, amplified the news:

Eddie Gibson, 21-year-old English national, went missing in Cambodia in 2004 after he left Thailand and entered Cambodia through Poi Pet. Eddie Gibson sent his last email, dated 24 October 2004, telling his parent that he will be back in England on December 1, 2004, but never returned. We hope that Eddie is still alive and will be found soon. If anyone has information of Eddie or seen him, please inform authority or UK consular in Phnom Penh. There is also US$ 20000 reward for anyone with Eddie's information. Eddie's parents held a news conference to help look for their beloved son.

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Freedom of the press and Saddam Hussein in the Moroccan blogosphere

A small portrait of the translator Farah Kinani · 08:18 · Middle East & North Africa

Last week was mostly about Nichane and since the trial of the two journalists started on Monday, this week will probably also be about this issue in the Moroccan Blogosphere (Blogoma).

Saddam Hussein's hanging was also a hot topic in the Blogoma, and based on the emotion that “dominates” some posts, the former president of Iraq seems to have been “canonized” in Morocco. . . or at least by some Moroccan bloggers.

Grim Laugh

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Eatbees calls the trial of Sanaa Elaji and Driss Ksikes a black eye for Moroccan freedom. He believes the situation looks grim for the magazine and its two journalists. (more…)

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