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25 August 2007

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Stories from 25 August 2007

Japan: Yokozuna gets the boot

Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia, Central Asia & Caucasus

Never far from controversy, Mongolian Yokozuna (sumo champion) Asashoryu is again in hot water. He left Japan having submitted a doctor's note claiming he was injured, after which a video image showing the yokozuna playing soccer in Mongolia made it onto some of the major Japanese TV networks, sparking a controversy.

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Bahrain: Thoughts on Sectarianism

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Bahraini blogger emoodz shares with us this thoughts on sectarianism in this post I am translating from Arabic today. From a discussion over lunch, Mohammed Al Maskati discusses sectarianism and its impact on society, ending his treatise with a question with no answer: Will we Arabs ever wake up?

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Morocco: Peace Corps Bloggers Part 2

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Due to the overwhelming response of last week's Introduction to Peace Corps Bloggers, Jillian York continues the series this week, showing you more bloggers - and more photos - from the Peace Corps.

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Updates from 25 August 2007

South Africa

The South African Mail & Guardian has a new blogging platform: “Today the Mail & Guardian Online linked to our new blogging platform called Thought Leader so I may as well post about it here and shed some light on our strategy and thinking.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Tanzania

The nonrequired writes about the success story that is continuing education in some African nations and how it can prevent the brain drain. Continuing education is paid for by companies and provided by local universities at an affordable cost. It has been succesfully implemented so far in countries such as South-Africa, Senegal, Ghana and Tanzania (Fr).

• Lova Rakotomalala

Barbados

“Jamaica was sailing along towards elections on August 27. Then, buddum! Nature, who has no votes, but often can be critical in how things turn out, wanted to have its say.” Caribbean Comment provides an analysis on how Hurricane Dean continues to affect Jamaican politics.

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Japan

Pink Tentacle brings together ten great time-lapse videos shot in Tokyo, including one of 35 years of construction in Shinjuku, one of the construction of Roppongi Hills, one of a trip along the Yamanote Line, and one of lighting striking in Higashiyama.

• Chris Salzberg

Japan

Adamu at Mutant Frog Travelogue reports on the recent executions in Japan of three death row inmates: “It is really scary that the final decision of when and if these prisoners die lies solely in the hands of a political appointee […] who goes through no official vetting process, and on top of that no prior warning is given to the public, victims, or the convict or his or her family.” (See also a detailed post at Asia Death Penalty.)

• Chris Salzberg