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10 November 2007

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Stories from 10 November 2007

The Mobile Web and Compulsory HIV Test for Malawi

Written by Victor Kaonga · Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi's Internet users have this year been experiencing new trends as now they can access and browse from their mobile phones and homes. This is an initiative by the fixed line service provider (Malawi Telecommunications Limited) and two mobile phone service operators, Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) and Celtel Malawi. Malawian blogger, Mile, has welcomed this initiative with a post titled ICT Development in Malawi.

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Bahrain: Flaunting your wealth - and accounting for it

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

What are bloggers talking about in Bahrain this week? Financial accountability, the reasons for blogging, a childhood addiction to books, how to encourage creativity - and looking after appearances.

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Japan: Pulling the Strings

Written by Chris Salzberg · East Asia

While the world focused this week on the aftermath of negotiations between the leaders of Japan's two largest political parties, the behind-the-scenes mediator, Watanabe Tsuneo, celebrated winning this year's Media Person of the Year Award. Some bloggers, however, wondered what Japan's largest media baron was doing brokering backroom political deals. Was it just a coincidence that coverage differed so much between major newspapers?

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China:The return of PetroChina

Written by Bob Chen · East Asia

PetroChina, the lord of the companies returns to its hometown. Its IPO on Chinese stock market is an eye-catching performance. When the flourishing market hit the most profitable company in Asia, they sparkled out the greatest market value in the world.

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Korea: Conflicts over Subway Seats

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Young people respect old people. Old people take care of young people. That is one of the major traditional philosophies in East Asia. Regarding this perspective, excessive behavior is now...

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Philippines: CokskiBlue leads Filipinos in vlogging

Written by Tonyo Cruz · Philippines

CokskiBlue is a whiff of fresh air in the Philippine blogosphere, and features videos, vlogs and vodcasts.

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Updates from 10 November 2007

Kenya

Kenyan Pundit links to a video on YouTube about call centers in Kenya: “Bitange Ndemo and Nesbitt of Kencall are featured. Click here to watch”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Tanzania

While you are getting your shoes cleaned in Tanzania, you may as well make a phone call: “The telecommunication leader in Tanzania Vodacom, is leveraging the network of professional shoe shiners dispatched throughout the city.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Media & Journalism

Do people have fun in Africa?: “Using a simple search method at the New York Times, the terms “AIDS” + “Africa” brought back 250 stories published in the past year. What I didn’t say was that searching the terms “Africa” + “fun” returned 91 hits.”

• Ndesanjo Macha

Georgia

Quoting news sources, TOL Georgia says that one protestor has died as a result of last week's clash between opposition supporters and Georgian police in Tbilisi.

• Onnik Krikorian

Georgia

Resistance Georgia points the finger at the Deputy Chair of Parliamentary Defence Committee for masterminding last week's suppression and violent dispersal of an opposition protest in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. Incidentally, the anti-Saakashvili blog by human rights lawyer Anna Dolidze has also been quoted by the New York Times.

• Onnik Krikorian

South Africa

News24.com has become the first South African website with one million users per month: “My marketing team at 24.com are going to think that I am naughty to scoop our own press release but I could not resist. It is such a proud moment. NEWS24.com last week became the FIRST EVER South African website to achieve 1 000 000 South African unique browsers in a calendar month.”

• Ndesanjo Macha