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10 November 2008

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Stories from 10 November 2008

Trinidad & Tobago: “Radio Raid” Reactions

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · North America, Caribbean

The fallout over the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister's visit to a radio station to complain about critical comments made against him during a newscast appears to have only just begun. Local mainstream media continue to apply pressure, although in typical Trinbagonian fashion, some of the coverage is peppered with humour - but bloggers see nothing funny about what many of them consider to be the Prime Minister's attempts to muzzle free speech.

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DR Congo: Fighting Continues

Written by Elia Varela Serra · Sub-Saharan Africa

As the world celebrated Obama's electoral victory, fighting in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has continued in spite of the ceasefire announced by the CNDP rebel group last week. Displacement, killing and lootings haven't stopped, and while regional African leaders met in Nairobi and the world is wondering how to keep the peace in the country, the Ushahidi software has been deployed to the DRC for documentation purposes.

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Haiti: School Collapses

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

The fact that Haiti didn't need another tragedy didn't stop one from striking. This time, it was a school collapse in Pétionville, which left scores of children dead and countless others injured. Haitian bloggers were quick to offer online empathy and support.

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Cuba: Hurricane Paloma

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · North America, Latin America

In the latest installment of the chronicles of the 2008 hurricane season, Hurricane Paloma struck Cuba, destroying hundreds of homes in the process and compounding the damage and economic losses...

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Jerusalem: Armenian, Greek Monks Brawl

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Middle East & North Africa, Western Europe

Friction between various religious denominations is not new, but an incident that occurred between Armenian and Greek monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has drawn the attention of many bloggers to such rivalry.

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Korea: Adultery and Constitution

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

A big scandal [En] involving two entertainers’ marriage life, affairs, and legal fighting in Korea this year has brought up whether adultery should be legal or not. An actress was...

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Updates from 10 November 2008

Bangladesh

An Ordinary Citizen comments on the recent state of judiciary in Bangladesh which was separated from the administration about a year ago: “It was seen that the long hand of the administration on the judiciary was not over. Political cases included cases of corruption were not dealt unbiased. Bails were given or rejected, the reasons were not clear to the public as well as the experts.”

• Rezwan

Honduras

Of the top 25 internet sites visited by Hondurans, only 3 are from Honduras including a telecommunications and newspaper site, writes Hugo Chinchilla.

• Eduardo Avila

Bhutan

The Himalayan Beacon posts a picture of the coronation of the new Bhutanese King, His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and his quote: “I will never rule you as a King…I shall always serve you, day and night, in the spirit of kindness, justice and equality.”

• Rezwan

Mexico

Notilibertas [es] is sponsoring a video workshop at UNAM in Mexico City every Tuesday starting on November 11. The third part of the workshop will teach participants how to make videos for the internet.

• Eduardo Avila

Turkmenistan

Peter comments on the Turkmen president’s sudden enthusiasm for all things horse-related, which has prompted him to sign deals worth dozens of millions to build new racetracks across the country.

• Adil Nurmakov

Uzbekistan

Nathan reports that after the EU’s decision to lift the travel ban on Uzbek officials involved in the 2005 Andijon events, Germany is the first EU member to host one of these officials, Rustam Inoyatov - the head of Uzbek special service “for security talks”.

• Adil Nurmakov

Afghanistan

Patrick Frost opines why Taliban is targeting and killing/kidnapping foreign and local aid workers against the background of the recent abduction of French volunteer in Afghanistan.

• Adil Nurmakov