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9 June 2008

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Stories from 9 June 2008

Sri Lanka: Free Media and the Government

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Citizen Media

Free Media on the Ministry of Defence in Sri Lanka attacking the free press.

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Bangladesh: Trade Deficit

Written by Neha Viswanathan · Citizen Media

Mukti on the issue of Bangladesh's trade deficit with India and China.

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India: Bullying bloggers, stealing content, and threats!

Written by Neha Viswanathan · South Asia

As bloggers, we're a vulnerable lot. Regardless of anonymity, pseudonyms and the like, threats can still make us review how important a blog is. The case of Inji Pennu and...

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Mexico: citizen complaint over land expropiation in Copala

Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

In Copala [en], a town south of Acapulco in the province of Guerrero in Mexico, comes this video denouncing the alleged expropriation of lands belonging to Isabel Pisa and Fabiola...

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Iran: Judicial Investigator Publically Accuses Ayatollahs of Corruption

Written by Fred Petrossian · Middle East & North Africa

A member of Iran's Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission, Abbas Palizdar, created a scandal this month by accusing several top clerics and influential members of the Islamic Republic of corruption...

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BlogCamp Delhi - Enlightening and entertaining!

Written by Amit Gupta · South Asia

24th May 2008 was sort of a remarkable day in the blogging circle in New Delhi and National Capital Region as Indian Blog and New Media Society, in collaboration with...

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Updates from 9 June 2008

Peru

Sandro Medina Tovar of Letra Suelta [es] publicizes the conference 10Blog, which will be held on Thursday, June 12 in Lima, Peru. The conference will provide speakers on various topics dealing with the blogosphere, such as legal aspects of blogs and philosophical fundamentals of blogs.

• Eduardo Avila