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7 January 2008

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Stories from 7 January 2008

Japan: Changing New Year Celebrations

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New Year's Day is the most important holiday for many people in Japan, where anything "first of the year" bears a special value: first day of the year, first sunrise, first dream, first sales...

Russia: January Fun

Russian Blog writes about ice palaces and other favorite January activities.

Morocco: The Freedom to Blog

Morocco is often touted as one of the freest of the world's majority-Muslim countries. Women enjoy nearly equal rights to men, the press is comparatively liberal, few websites are banned, and now, bloggers are free to write about what the press cannot, according to a recent article published by AFP.

Touring Libyan Blogs: the price of fame

A storm is brewing in the Libyan blogosphere and legal system over the debut book of a lawyer-cum-author. Fozia Mohamed looks at what bloggers have to say about the book, its author and the motives behind it.

Peru: Cinencuentro Covers Peruvian Cinema

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Cinencuentro is a Peruvian blog site that provides everything from movie reviews to interviews. Many of the site's contributors are film enthusiasts and some are even budding directors. Juan Arellano interviews two of the site's primary contributors, Lucho Ramos and Laslo Rojas and here is an excerpt of that interview.

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