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3 September 2008

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Stories from 3 September 2008

Egypt: Tycoon Arrested in Singer's Murder

Written by Amira Al Hussaini · Middle East & North Africa

An Egyptian billionaire has been arrested in connection to the murder of a Lebanese singer in Dubai, UAE. Following are some reactions from Egyptian bloggers.

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Africa: Here Comes Big Brother Africa III

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Sub-Saharan Africa

The 3rd season of Big Brother Africa started last month. The show has already developed a huge amount of interest on the continent. African bloggers are currently discussing the show from a variety of angles. For example, Bazanye wants to offer updates of Big Brother III but he does not own a TV. So what does he do? He makes them up!

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Armenia: Nagorno Karabakh Independence Marked, Anti-Turkish Protests Planned

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Central Asia & Caucasus

While the international media concerns itself with the two breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, bloggers reminds their readers that yesterday marked the 17th anniversary of the declaration of independence by another self-declared republic in the South Caucasus — Nagorno Karabakh. Marking the occasion in Yerevan also gave one political party the opportunity to declare its intention to stage street protests when the Turkish president arrives in Armenia this weekend.

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Jordan: Queen Rania's Video Blogging

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

Queen Rania of Jordan has been named the most famous Arab video blogger on YouTube by Blogger Times, a blogging magazine run by Arab bloggers, following the success of a series of YouTube videos she launched to shake off stereotypes against Arabs.

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Korea: Tens of Thousands of Buddhists in Seoul

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Although Korea has many religions, there have not been serious religious conflicts. Different religions have peacefully coexisted. Until now… Peaceful coexistence now seems on the verge of breaking. Tens of...

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Haiti, Jamaica: Hurricane Update

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

As the Caribbean territories that were hit by Hurricane Gustav begin their clean-up efforts, new storms threaten to disrupt these islands once again.

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Updates from 3 September 2008

Russia

Natalia Antonova writes this on the fourth anniversary of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis: “And, for many of us, the world has not been the same since. That’s all I can say about it, really. Although, even though I’ve linked to C.J. Chivers’ “The School” before, I’ll go ahead and link to it again.”

• Veronica Khokhlova

Russia

Sean's Russia Blog wrote on Aug. 31 that “for some, Putin’s Republican affinities are all too clear: Putin is a [closet neocon] and the his real intent of his [interview with CNN] was to cast [a veiled vote for John McCain]. There are 243 comments to this post now.

• Veronica Khokhlova

Egypt

A leading Egyptian businessman has been arrested in relation to the murder of a Lebanese singer in Dubai, UAE, writes Zeinobia, from Egypt.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Algeria

The Moor Next Door briefs us about the political situation in Algeria. “When Ahmed Ouyahia was appointed Prime Minister of Algeria for the third time earlier this summer, it was an important signal for the direction of the country in the next year.”

• Amira Al Hussaini

Georgia

Wu Wei reports that “things are becoming more normal in Tbilisi.” Pictures from Wu Wei's pre-war trips to Batumi and Gori are here and here. Lex Libertas posts pictures from last year's trip to Batumi.