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30 September 2007

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Stories from 30 September 2007

Trinidad & Tobago: Talking with Filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Trinidad-born Frances-Anne Solomon is a blogger and award winning filmmaker who has just completed her most recent project, A Winter Tale. Set in the violent downtown Toronto community of Parkdale,...

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Oman: Rent Law and Life in Muscat

Written by Riyadh Al Balushi · Middle East & North Africa

Oman's bloggers are ranting about increasing rent and driving in Ramadan in this round up of Omani blogs. Also, how was life before the opening of mega malls and are you interested in attending Oman's first bloggers meeting on October 3?

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Morocco: Berbers can be blonde

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

Major media outlets and bloggers went into a frenzy a few days ago when a blurry photograph taken by a Spanish tourist in Morocco's Rif mountain region showed a small blonde girl bearing a strong resemblance to missing British child Madeleine McCann perched on the back of a Moroccan woman. As it turns out, the photo was not of Maddie but of a 2-year-old Moroccan girl. What do Moroccans think of this matter? Jillian York has the story.

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Myanmar: “Oh yeah, everything is fine”

Written by yangonthu · East Asia

Myanmar blogger MoeMaKa Media writes about the need for consensus in statements made by Burmese citizens abroad in order to effectively support the struggle in Myanmar.

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