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Stories from 12 March 2007

Egypt: Blogger Kareem's Plight Continues to Grab Headlines

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Once again the plight of Egyptian jailed blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman grabs the headlines, along with support pledges from bloggers around the world. An Alexandria Appeal Court today upheld Kareem's...

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Are women headed the wrong way? Gender issues heat up the Bangla blogosphere on the occasion of International Women's Day

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

As the world celebrated the International Women's Day on the 8th of March, the Bangla blogosphere returned to a heated debate on one of its favourite topics - gender issues....

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Touring Libyan Blogs : Bring a Chaperone or Go Back Home

Written by Fozia Mohamed · Middle East & North Africa

Libyan bloggers have been quite prolific on many topics this past week, however what easily dominated their minds this time was the ‘invisible' law regulating the Libyan females under the...

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Egypt: Blogger Sentence Upheld

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

According to Free Kareem, the Alexandria Court of Appeal today upheld the four-year prison sentence against Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. Dalia Ziada, a human rights activist and translator based...

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Haitian Women Talk Feminisms

Written by Jennifer Brea · Caribbean

This past week, we covered how Kazakhstan and its Women, the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, and South Asia blogged International Women's Day. Here, two Haitian bloggers write about...

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Bush in Brazil and Ethanol: Blogs Report and Debate

Written by Jose Murilo · North America, Latin America

“We have alcohol to give away and sell” - ethanol molotov for yankee target - source: CMI Brasil The quick visit of the US President George W. Bush to Brazil...

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Hindi Blogoshere: Yahoo! plagiarises from blogs, and cops shake hands with goons!

Written by Amit Gupta · South Asia

Sorry for the late update again, I've been quite busy off late & hence the fortnightly roundup of the Hindi Blogosphere is a week late. But as they say, “better...

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Taiwan: Yuan-Hsiao Festival: carry a lantern, play firecrackers, and worship deities

Written by I-fan Lin · East Asia

Nowadays, people in Taiwan start working in the fifth day after lunar new year eve. However, in tradition, the 15th day, Yuan-Hsiao Festival, is the the last day of the...

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