4 September 2007
Stories from 4 September 2007
Bahrain: Meet more bloggers!
On 1st September Bahraini bloggers held their monthly get-together, but this time with a new time and day, and a change of venue. There were nine people present, some of whom were introduced in the report of the last meeting. Global Voices Online was there and Ayesha Saldanha introduces us to more bloggers this week.
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Bolivia: Government Minister Questions US Aid
The Minister of the Presidency, Juan Ramón Quintana publicly questioned the nature of aid provided by the United States. In addition, the accusations portray some of the non-governmental organizations and their staff, which receives funds from USAID, as destabilizers of the government and others as traitors to the country. Quintana went as far as providing names of those accused of receiving these funds for ulterior purposes. This caused some bloggers to come to the defense of those singled out by the minister, while others investigated the background of the minister, who made these public accusations.
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Honduras: Hurricane Felix Creates a Blogstorm
A storm of blog entries has appeared as Hurricane Felix approaches the Nicaraguan shore. The most recent computer models show Felix hitting the north shore of Nicaragua, its eye moving inland across the mountainous north of Honduras. Several bloggers in Honduras are bracing for the storm offering suggestions on how to stay safe and assistance after the storm passes.
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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...