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5 December 2007

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Stories from 5 December 2007

Egypt: The Story of the Flying Mouse

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

We all used to watch cartoons when we were children. In fact, many of us still like watching cartoon movies. And sometimes some of those movies stay there in our minds for a while and affect our lives. Captain L.J.Silver wrote here about a movie he watched 15 years ago, and still can't forget. Tarek Amr translates from Arabic.

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Colombia: Released Videos Shows Silence From Hostages

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Videos that show "proof of life" were discovered last week when 3 emissaries of the FARC terrorist group were captured. The videos contain poignant images of several of the hostages that the FARC has in their captivity. Colombian bloggers respond to the sad videos and lament their use to push political agendas and complain that the videos were not distributed earlier.

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Kuwait: Professional Emails

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

With technology effecting every facet of life, Arab governments are slowly waking up to the concept of e-services. Kuwaiti blogger Lamia The Dreamer (Ar) detects a glitch in the system and broadcasts it to the world in this post I am translating from Arabic today.

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Japan: Michelin Guide Hits Tokyo

Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia

On November 22, the much-talked-about Michelin Guide Tokyo went on sale. With a combination of French connections and something of gastronomical interest, you can never go wrong in Japan. Sure enough, for days leading up to and after its release, the Japanese media flocked to cover the event and the Guide itself, the most recognized restaurant and hotel guide book published by French tire manufacturer Michelin.

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Updates from 5 December 2007

Bulgaria

Declan Butler links to an article by John Bohannon, which “tells the story of scientists’ actions in the Libya [Tripoli Six] case.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Slovenia

“In 28 days, Slovenia will take over the rotating presidency of the European Union for the firs six months of 2008 - and for the first time ever, since Slovenia has only been a member of the EU for 1,311 days as we speak. Time then to start learning some basic facts about this often forgotten country - such as what its Internet top level domain (TLD) is,” writes Jonathan Newton of Tales from the European Underbelly.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

A Fistful of Euros points out “another reason why Russia should be in the news, its growing inflation problem.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Window on Eurasia writes on the voting patterns of Russia's Muslims: “Muslims voted for United Russia and thus endorsed Putin, according to Abdulla Rinat Mukhametov, the head of Islam.ru’s research department, in order to demonstrate that they are ‘for a strong, united and socially oriented state' and thus put to rest all charges that Muslims are linked to 'separatism, extremism, and the like'.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Another discussion at Sean's Russia Blog: “predictable responses” of the Western media to “predictable results” of the Russian election.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Sean's Russia Blog hosts a discussion of Nicolai Petro's International Herald Tribune column titled “Why Russian Liberals Lose.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Iran

Farideh Farhi, a USA based Iranian academic,writes about President Bush's reaction to a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that concludes Iran does not currently have a nuclear weapons program.Farideh has chosen “what is George Bush smoking” as title for her post.

• Fred Petrossian