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17 June 2008

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Stories from 17 June 2008

China: A glimpse at Olympic garden sculptures

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Written by John Kennedy · East Asia
Olympics

Safin at FunEnclave posts a series of photos of artistic garden sculptures done in Chinese and Socialist style in preparation for the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

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Morocco: Websites and Newspapers

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

With the world going digital, many newspapers are meeting the challenge by making their news pages accessible online. The Arab world is no different. Moroccan blogger M S Hjiouij [Ar] complains about the standard of a popular newspaper's website in this post.

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Japan: Iwate-Miyagi Inland Earthquake

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Written by Hanako Tokita · East Asia

On June 14, an inland earthquake reaching M7.2 on the Richter scale struck the Tohoku region of Japan. In Iwate and Miyagi, the hardest hit prefectures, 10 have been confirmed dead, about a dozen are missing, and more than 200 people have been injured.

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Kazakhstan: Living Under Cult

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

The main discussion this week in Kazakhstani blogosphere was caused by the suggestion that was voiced by a number of MPs to rename the capital city Astana to Nursultan, in...

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Jordan: A New Lease of Life for Dwwen

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

Arab bloggers held their breath waiting for an announcement on the fate of popular Arab blog aggregator Dwwen. After a bit of uncertainty, the all clear was given and it is business as usual for the site which brings together Arab bloggers, writing posts in Arabic and English, under one roof.

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Brazil: The Black President Before Obama

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Written by Jose Murilo · Latin America

The sweeping Obama phenomenon has caught Brazil, and it comes as no surprise in the country with the world's largest population of African descendants. An especially notable thread is the one reporting on the resurgence of a weirdly interesting 1928 Brazilian sci-fi novel — ‘The Black President' — that predicted a US election matching a black, a feminist, and a conservative candidate in the then remote year of 2228.

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