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1 August 2008

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Stories from 1 August 2008

Caribbean: Emancipate Yourselves

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

Today is Emancipation Day in many West Indian territories - the day that effectively celebrates the end of slavery, when all slaves were legally declared free. One hundred and seventy odd years later, a few Caribbean bloggers pay tribute to their forefathers, whose sacrifice has earned them their freedom today...

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iSummit2008: A Quick Recap

Written by Chris Salzberg · Ideas, Arts & Culture

iSummit 2008, the yearly gathering of iCommons held this year in Sapporo, Japan, finished up today after three days of presentations and discussions on open content and open culture. Talks covered various aspects related to the creation and distribution of open content: open publishing, open business, open translation, and various themes of openness in areas such as research and education.

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China: BBC lambasted for stock photo inaccuracy

Written by John Kennedy · East Asia

"We use LCD screens now, how could a photo with such an old monitor be called news? Do they think we haven't been developing here these past eight years? They can't even make fake news properly!"

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Updates from 1 August 2008

Hungary

Balkan File writes that “CNN has mixed in footage of riots that took place in Budapest, Hungary, with that of the riots in Belgrade”: “Some comments on the web seem to hint that perhaps CNN were deliberately trying to make the protests seem more violent than they actually were - I don't really believe that, but still, how does somebody accidentally edit in footage from an entirely different country and which was filmed over one year ago?”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Updates on Bishop Diomid's case, at Window on Eurasia - here, here, here, and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Ukraine

Belatedly, a trip report, photos and video from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, by Darkness at Noon - here and here.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Russian Blog writes about the process of “picking one single person from all of Russian history to represent it, to give it a face, and yes, a name.” FP's Passport reported two weeks ago that “the Tsar currently leads Stalin 267,000 to 263,000, out of nearly 2.4 million votes cast overall.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

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