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8 October 2007

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Stories from 8 October 2007

Russia: Anna Politkovskaya's Memorial Rally

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Russian bloggers discuss the rally that took place in Moscow on October 7: a few hundred people gathered at Novopushkinskiy Square to pay tribute to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, killed one year ago, and to talk politics.

DRC: Kinshasa Plane Crash “Will Not Be the Last”

Dozens died last week when a plane crashed in Kimbanseke, a poor and densely populated neighborhood in Kinshasa. Du Cabiau à Kinshasa thinks the accident was all but inevitable.

Korea: High School Student and Religious Freedom

A teenager’s struggle for religious freedom over three years achieved victory this month. He was a student at a Christian high school and had to attend chapel regularly. He requested...

China: Today's Myanmar, yesterday's China?

In John's round-up of Chinese bloggers' responses to the Saffron Revolution, he mentioned that some Chinese bloggers used "this incident as an opportunity to reflect on the state of China's...

Kenyan Bloggers on Safaricom mystery

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Mobile phone company Safaricom has risen to become Kenya's largest company with profits of 17 billion shillings (about $250 million in 2006). However, it has been plagued by a mysterious shareholding matter – as the company which was officially declared and to be a partnership between the national landline operator Telkom Kenya (with 60%) and Vodafone - UK (with 40%) has now been found to have a third shareholder – through an unregistered company known as Mobitelea, which owns 5% of the shares.

Colombia: Humorous Business Blog Given Top Prize

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The Colombian Chamber of Telecommunications and Information Technology recently awarded its Best Blog in 2007 to a Se nos cayó el sistema (We Have a System Failure), whose subjects are about productivity and business matters in a tongue-in-cheek fashion. The blog's name is in reference to excuses used by companies to explain their mistakes. The blog is also well respected by other Colombian bloggers.

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