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Featured stories about 2008-09

Cape Verde: Fuel prices on the rise - why?

Paula Góes · 22:50, September 30th, 2008 · Sub-Saharan Africa

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The price of crude oil is plunging, but the population of Cape Verde has been faced with price rises of every sub product of oil, and the news ahead is not optimistic. Bloggers want to know why and provide the Government with some suggestions. 2 comments · read »

Arabeyes: Snapshots of Eid

Amira Al Hussaini · 20:49, September 30th, 2008 · Middle East & North Africa

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It's Eid today, or tomorrow. Eid Al Fitr is a celebration which marks the end of the Muslim month of Ramadhan, and here are a few reactions on the occasion from around the Arab world. 1 comment · read »

Stories

September 30th, 2008

Iran: Mr. Ahmadinejad in New York

Hamid Tehrani · 19:45 · Middle East & North Africa

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While Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinjad, addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday declaring that "the American empire'' and "Zionist regime" [Israel] are nearing collapse, pro-democracy Iranians and 3,000 people mobilized by a coalition of mostly Jewish groups, protested against Ahmadinejad's threats toward Israel and Iran's human rights record. 3 comments · read »

September 29th, 2008

Lebanon: Army Soldiers Targeted…Again

Nash Suleiman · 23:19 · Middle East & North Africa

Forty five days after the first bombing of a bus transporting army soldiers in Lebanon, another bomb exploded in Tripoli today, killing at least four soldiers and wounding over 20 people. The initial report indicates that the bomb was planted in a car targeting a bus carrying army soldiers in ... 0 comments · read »

Egypt: Kidnapped Tourists Freed

Tarek Amr · 23:04 · Middle East & North Africa

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Nineteen people, including foreign tourists, kidnapped in Egypt 10 days ago have been freed. Egyptian bloggers react. 0 comments · read »

Lebanon: Terror strikes in Tripoli again

Moussa Bashir · 20:11 · Middle East & North Africa

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A remote control car bomb ripped through a military bus this morning killing four soldiers and a civilian in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Today’s bombing is the second deadly attack targeting troops in northern Lebanon in less than two months. Following are the first reactions from bloggers about the incident. 0 comments · read »

Links for 2008-09

September 30th, 2008

Eastern & Central Europe

Dr. Sean's Diary writes about the results of the election in Slovenia.

Eastern & Central Europe

Dr. Sean's Diary writes about the Czech Republic’s forthcoming Presidency of the EU.

Eastern & Central Europe

Central Europe Activ writes about political views of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.

Eastern & Central Europe

Central Europe Activ cites an item from “an award-winning Hungarian language blog of Serbian expats” on the fake Javier Solana obits that appeared “on Kosovo Street and around the Serbian parliament in downtown Belgrade.”

Eastern & Central Europe

Pre- and post-election insight from Belarus - at Andrei Khrapavitski's Belarusan American Blog, here and here: “Both the govt and the opposition elite cared more about the exterior, much less about the substance.”

Eastern & Central Europe

A Fistful of Euros re-visits the issue of Montenegrin independence: “But, you know: it’s not an economic basket case. Independence was not a disaster.”

Middle East & North Africa

From Jordan, Ahmed Humeid shares his thoughts on Ramadhan, hypocrisy, freedom and disrespect after the closure of a popular cafe for serving alcohol in Ramadhan in this post. Find out why when you click on the link.

Americas

Did you know that the designer behind the new Twitter interface is Brazilian? Futuro.vc [pt] brings an exclusive interview with Vitor Lourenço. “One of the goals was to make the application more elegant and functional. We've made very small changes, which together makes the difference.”

Middle East & North Africa