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24 October 2007

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Stories from 24 October 2007

Japan: Rape at Iwakuni

Turner at Keeping Pace in Japan comments on the alleged rape of a 19-year-old Japanese girl by four US Marines on the first night of the Sake Matsuri [Festival] in...

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Kuwait: Lost Between Cinemas and Restaurants

Written by Abdullatif AlOmar · Middle East & North Africa

Between banned and censored movies in cinemas to restaurants which have a lot to make up for in terms of service, Kuwaiti bloggers were at wits' end last week. Abdullatif AlOmar brings us the latest from the Kuwaiti blogosphere in this post.

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Kazakhstan: Prices Unleashed

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

Immediately after the parliamentary elections, which were deemed undemocratic by the international monitors, the prices went crazy in Kazakhstan. The ruling party “Nur Otan”, led by president Nursultan Nazarbayev -...

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Armenia: Opposition Detainees Released

Written by Artur Papyan · Central Asia & Caucasus

Via Romamerda1 on YouTube, there are updates on the latest developments following the arrest of Armenian opposition leaders, Nikol Pashinyan and other members of the “Impeachment” bloc. The description accompanying...

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Korea: Kissing in Public Places

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Kissing in public places can turn into a major issue and generate arguments. An adult is being tried in court for beating teenagers who were kissing at a metro station. He had also beaten a teenager who smoked in public. After the news, a blogger writes how he/she feels about others’ opinions about this accident.

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Bangladesh: Bloggers, the media and the army chief

Written by Rezwan · South Asia

The political arena of Bangladesh heated up after the Eid holidays. Bloggers cum citizen journalists had a role to play in this. J Rahman at Mukti has some background: Earlier...

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Iran: Power Struggle over Nuclear Crisis

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

The resignation on Saturday of Ali Larijani, the top Iranian nuclear negotiator, has led to speculation about the reasons for his decision, and how it will affect the nuclear crisis....

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Peru: Census Day

Written by Juan Arellano · Latin America

On Sunday, October 21, Peruvians were counted as part of the National Census. However, with such a massive undertaking, problems would surely arise. Bloggers reported inexperienced census-takers, a lack of security for census workers, and the fuss over the lack of transportation.

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Updates from 24 October 2007

Lebanon

“The Lebanese treat their politics like other countries treat soccer. ‘All the props are there. You have team flags with various colors, you have buses that shuttle the fans, you have the bitterness and ecstasy that follow defeat and victory, and you always blame the referee,'” writesBeirut Spring quoting a conversation with the Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

“The wine industry of Lebanon: $25 million a year, of which $10 million are from exports. 7 million bottles a year, of which 3 million are exported,” reports Dr. Rami Zurayk.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

“So Christian “leaders” can do little at this stage. Pace any past pretence at grandeur, they forget that their past divisions have reduced them to bit players in a widening sectarian fight …” says Jeha about the meetings taking place between Christian leaders to prepare for the presidential elections.

• Moussa Bashir

Lebanon

Cold Desert dissects some political prototypes. In this post, he explains how to become a political leader: “there is a single prerequisite; you need to be the son of a political leader. This political leader should have a very strong public base who would follow him blindly.”

• Moussa Bashir

Armenia

After mentioning it in a previous post, Unzipped: Gay Armenia posts the text of a new report on the situation of LGBT people in Georgia and Azerbaijan. The blogger says that the comprehensive study is a “historic event” as it was conducted locally by a fact-finding mission to the South Caucasus. A report on Armenia is due to be released in the near future.

• Onnik Krikorian

United Arab Emirates

Christmas is coming early to Dubai this year, notes Seabee in this post.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Bahrain

Bahraini blogger Esra'a cross-posts an article which argues that the Internet has become a global village for Arab activists.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Egypt

Egyptian Mostafa Hussein discusses the Red Card - available to professionals in his country. “In Egypt, we already have a system called the ‘Red card' for expelling highly skilled professionals. Ensuring that the country will keep the finest of its minds away,” he notes.

• Amira Al Hussaini