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14 April 2008

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Stories from 14 April 2008

Online Obama campaign splits Ethiopian bloggers

Written by Andrew Heavens · Sub-Saharan Africa, North America

Diaspora Ethiopians have been flexing their political muscles in the U.S., organising websites, rallies and email campaigns to persuade their compatriots to support Barack Obama's presidential run. Many Ethiopians bloggers rallied to the cause, pledging cash and votes for the Democratic candidate whose father came from Kenya, a country that neighbours Ethiopia. But others raised questions about the campaign, asking whether it was right to expect Ethiopian-Americans to vote en masse for any candidate.

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Vlog International: collaboration across borders

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe

Vlog International is a project bringing together Spanish speaking vloggers: people submit their ideas, one is chosen and everyone records their piece, someone edits them together and they are published...

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Japan: Architect bloggers stand against redevelopment plan

Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia

One of the most prominent modern architectural works in Japan is facing possible demolition. Japan Post, privatized last October, announced last year its plan to build a 200m building in...

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Russia: “Presumption of Guilt”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Moscow bloggers share their views on xenophobia, hate speech - and cab drivers from the Caucasus.

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Updates from 14 April 2008

Poland

Polandian compares Krakow's past with its present; the beatroot writes about a survey that found Warsaw the third most boring city of Europe.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Serbia

From the Frontline posts a story of how a cell phone and a roll of Deutschmarks saved a reporter's life in the village of Prekaz, Kosovo.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Russia may “decamp” from Baikonur, “the Russian Cape Canaveral,” The Lede (the New York Times) reports.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Cameroon

In a commentary at Babilown (Fr), Eloi Goutchili compares Robert Mugabe and Paul Biya, president of Cameroon for over 25 years, concluding that only real difference between them is the way they are treated in the Western press: “..the Western press, so harsh when it comes to a Mugabe and so concerned with democratic progress in Africa remains silent about the exploits of this hero of françafrique's [sham democracies, Biya]. For this self-righteous press, as for Whites, it's dictatorship only when their interests are endangered.”

• Jennifer Brea

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