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Children are the future, right? Some bloggers in Bahrain are not too optimistic. We find others who are fed up of religious leaders, are enjoying watching people, and are smoking in secret. Two bloggers are moved by the sound of Arabic – one by the classical language, another by a local dialect. We start with a question regarding Muslims and the debate about globalisation.
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In Consent of the Networked, internet policy specialist Rebecca MacKinnon argues that the purpose of technology is to serve humanity, not the other way around. It’s time to wake up and act before the reversal becomes permanent.
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Facts about the Sierra Leone elections:
* More than half of the voters are under 35 years old.
* There are 7 presediential contenders.
* There are 566 parliamentary candidates for 112 parliamentary seats.
* Ballots have been transported by trucks, canoes and porters to some 6,176 polling stations in
savannah, jungles and mountains.
Post-election day in Sierra Leone: “Sunday, August 12.
remained quiet overnight which means that we no longer have a curfew. So this morning I went to church with a couple of others. I love the church I go to now- it feels like home. Amazing pastor, friendly people, beautiful surroundings. It’s great. The elections are still very much a hot topic; everyone is talking about them. Actually, church is held in a community center, which was used as one of the polling stations yesterday.”
West Indies Cricket Blog makes his pick for the new Head Coach of the West Indies Cricket Team…
Notes from the Margin asks “the billion dollar question….how much time does Trinidad have before it runs out of gas?”
“Your guess is as good as mine,” writes Jamaica and the World, talking about what effect, if any, the political debates will have, while Francis Wade thinks that the Jamaican electorate is “divided between ‘Amen' people and ‘thinking people'.”
Caribbean Public Relations wonders whether bloggers should become unionized.
Paradise Found “would like to institute a new timekeeping standard for Bermuda”…
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Next time we will be there again :)