8 October 2007
Stories from 8 October 2007
Russia: Anna Politkovskaya's Memorial Rally
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.
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...
Kenyan Bloggers on Safaricom mystery
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.
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Colombia: Humorous Business Blog Given Top Prize
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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I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...