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8 June 2007

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Stories from 8 June 2007

FA Cup in Africa, .cm domains, Fathia Nkrumah, The Trial of Charles Taylor, and more from West Africa

Written by Oluniyi D. Ajao · Middle East & North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

This week's West African blog round-up starts from Burkina Faso where Stephen Davies of Voice in the Desert blogs about Africans' penchant for football leagues in Europe in “FA Cup...

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Sri Lanka: Bloggers react to eviction of Tamils in Colombo

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

The Sri Lankan Blogosphere is reacting strongly to the recent move by the authorities to evacuate some Tamil people in Colombo. A lot of blogs have expressed anger and rage...

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Bahrain: Eat Shawarma at Your Peril!

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Are there poor people in Bahrain or is the issue being blown out of proportion by those striving to plant the seeds of sectarianism in our society? Can Bahraini girls actually cook like their mothers? Would spending billions on developing a metro system be feasible for a country the size of Bahrain? And what's in your Shawarma? These are just some of the questions Bahraini bloggers are tackling in this week's extensive round up by Ayesha Saldanha.

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Peru: Five Blogs, Five Posts

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

The five blogs featured in this Peruvian blog round-up have little in common except for the fact that they are well written and are interesting, which are two ingredients necessary to capture the readers' attention.

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Updates from 8 June 2007

Ukraine

Ukrainiana writes about “the persona non grata warfare between Ukraine and Russia.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Children's books in the Romani language are a rarity, writes TOL's Romantic, but a teacher from Ukraine has recently published a few items.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

As part of Krusenstern's ongoing Russian Media Blog Carnival, Mark MacKinnon writes about the Russian media and the 2008 presidential election: “The Russian opposition has its Yushchenko now in Mikhail Kasyanov. But what will determine the country’s future is whether it has enough Dmytruks and Politkovskayas to tell the country about him. One can't help but worry that too many have been scared into silence.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Czech Republic

An Alaskan Abroad notes on how CNN got the Czech president's name wrong: Klaus Topolanek instead of Vaclav Klaus. (Mirek Topolanek is the Czech premier.) Also, a photo from Kyiv, of an anti-Yushchenko protest sign that says Ukraine's president should be sent off to Alaska, of all places.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Oman

“Unlike Sur and Muscat, fortunately nothing serious happened in Sohar during the Cyclone Gonu's visit to Oman, the tide flooded a number of areas near the sea for a short while and the electricity was down for a couple of hours only, we have no water problems around here. Thieves took the opportunity to steal some houses that were evacuated during the crisis, but that's about it,” reports Blue Chi from Oman.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Libya

Libyan blogger Khadija Teri is digging for gold. Click on the link to see how.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Palestine

Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah announces that there will be live webchats from Palestine, thanks to efforts spearheaded by the Arab American Institute.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

“Friday usually the streets are crowded but today there wasn't any crowded streets ,a strange thing for sure ,it only happens in Eid or in Ramadan before the breakfast by 5 minutes.
“Where are the people ?? I asked myself , yet I remember tomorrow Saturday is the big day , the scariest day,the day the general secondary certificate exams will start , the third stage of the general secondary stage “don't even ask about that silly name” will begin across the country,” reports Zeinobia from the deserted streets of Cairo.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Kuwait

Zizotime from Kuwait has announced that he is giving up blogging in this short post.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahrain-based Bint Battuta pays tribute to her inspirational father who passed away three years ago after a struggle with cancer in this moving post.

• Amira Al Hussaini