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Breaking news of the presence of Ugandan militia in Kenya, blogger Joseph Karoki writes: Last night I recieved news that there were reports of Ugandan militia in or around Nyanza Province and Western Province. I waited until I got confirmation from the ground. After several late night phone calls, I did confirm that Ugandan Forces were indeed within Kenyan borders.”
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Abu Aardvark discusses campaigns to free jailed Arab bloggers in this post. “What's happening to Arab bloggers was entirely predictable: their increasing visibility and political influence (at home and abroad) drew the attention of security services, which began to push back and try to regain control,” he writes.
Kuwaiti blogger Forza updates us on the trial of an editor of an online publication in court for slander.
Lebanese blogger Mark, who lives in Kuwait, introduces us to two video bloggers from Kuwait - Rashisha and Stan.
Blogger Wael Abbas writes about the Egyptian court's decision to grant online publications - including blogs - the same freedom as print media. Wael reposted the text of the ruling, the final paragraph of which says (Ar):
“For the second time in just over two months, Facebook is caught in a situation that is, essentially, impossible to control”. Ronaldo Ferraz [pt] tells us the latest piece of [bad] news from the popular social network: the ban on Robert Scoble's account.
Voice Of South on why rickshaws shouldn't be banned by the government in Dhaka.
Feliciano J.R. Cangüe [pt] shares with us his list of blogs and websites from Angola. Most of them are in Portuguese.
Nice to note year after year, Bangalore Pride Parade is improving a lot. Hope next year we see some recoreded...
I do not support capital punishment, in this instance there have no other alternative. What these killers have done is...
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Next time we will be there again :)