2 April 2007
Stories from 2 April 2007
Internet and Philippine elections
Statistics vary on the actual number of internet users in the Philippines. It may range from as low as nine million to a high number of thirty-five million users. This...
China: Persecuting economic crimes
Capitalism is now officially approved at the Party level, but with otherwise law-abiding small-scale sidewalk sellers nation-wide operating in constant fear and in conflict with (photos) the chengguan (more photos),...
Exploring Ecuador's Cyber-South
Photograph of Loja, Ecuador by Milton Ramirez Ecuador is a country with low access to the Internet and so most Ecuadorian netizens must save enough money to use an Internet...
Iran: Looking at the Detained British Sailors' Crisis Differently
The Iran-UK maritime crisis, which erupted after the arrest of 15 British sailors by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf on March 23, has become one of the top stories...
Arabisc: Why People Are Different; Women Wear the Hijab and Flickr is Banned!
In today's quick tour of Arabic blogs, we will make three stops. Our first is in Yemen, where we see a blogger's take on why people are born different from...
Kuwait: What Bloggers Think of the New Government?
After a long deliberation, Kuwait announced the formation of a new Government, giving enough material for bloggers to mull on. Blogger Zaydoun wonders what all the commotion is about. He...
































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