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13 August 2007

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Stories from 13 August 2007

Russia: Views on Blogging

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

"Anyone who has a LiveJournal or any other blog is a person with an obvious psychological pathology," said one Russian writer in a recent newspaper interview. Gallery owner Marat Guelman responded to this harsh judgment on his blog, and his readers then shared their views on what blogging is and isn't.

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Lebanon: Analyzing the By–Election Results

Written by Moussa Bashir · Middle East & North Africa

Are you interested in finding out the different interpretations for the results of the by–elections held last week in Lebanon? Then you have to read this week’s round up of the Lebanese blogosphere.

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China: Chongqing home buyers cheated

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

Don't mess with Chinese homeowners. A property development company in one central Chinese city tried backing out of an agreement which left empty-handed people who thought they had already bought a new home and led to angry and destructive retaliation, including clashes with police that netizens are saying turned violent.

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Morocco: Is Co-Education Better?

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Is co-education better than girls-only and boys-only schools? Moroccan blogger Mohammed Saeed Hjiouij shares with us his insight in this post I am translating from Arabic.

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Syria: The Bloggers

Written by Yazan Badran · Middle East & North Africa

Yazan Badran dedicates this must-read post to the lives of some of the wonderful individuals that make the Syrian blogsphere.

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Updates from 13 August 2007

Japan

Japundit links to a news story where visiting Japanese Miss Universe Riyo Mori was given a cold reception by protesters in West Java, Indonesia. The protesters are a part of a hardline Islamic group that opposes the exploitation of beauty.

• Preetam Rai

Singapore

DK is not amused by the world records that Singaporeans are happy breaking.

• Preetam Rai

Russia

Having spent some time in Moscow, Jonathan Power of Wanabehuman became convinced that “the EU must now pick up the unfinished business of modernising and stabilising Russia that ended in 1914. […] Russians, I dare to suggest, would welcome it.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Ukraine

Europhobia posts an update on the current political situation in Ukraine and calls to the EU to take action: “Ukraine is simply too important a neighbour to just sit back and ignore - yet that is what the EU has largely been happy to do for much of the last few years, despite it becoming increasingly apparent that Ukraine is in the midst of a major identity crisis that could well have major implications for the stability of Europe’s eastern border.”

• Veronica Khokhlova