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13 November 2008

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Stories from 13 November 2008

Nicaragua: Concerns About Fraud in Recent Elections

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

The streets of Managua were not the only place where supporters of the two political parties in Nicaragua were present during the recent municipal elections held on November 9. One could also find them on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Some were concerned about accusation of fraud and the message sent because of the results. This is a translation of a summary post by Alvaro Berroteran of the Nicaragua Y Su Blog.

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Trinidad & Tobago: Manning & the Media

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Caribbean

The furor surrounding the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister's recent radio station visit has not abated.

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Central & Eastern Europe: A Travel Roundup

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

Olive harvesting in Albania, John Paul II monuments in Poland, a Soviet military hardware cemetery in Moscow and more: Central and Eastern Europe-based bloggers share their recent travel stories and photos.

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Updates from 13 November 2008

Nepal

The Himalayan Beacon reports that thousands of pilgrims in southeast Nepal are rushing in to see a 17-year-old boy whom some believe to be a reincarnation of the Buddha. The blog asks whether he is the same person as he emerges after living more than a year in the forest.

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Bangladesh

Tahmin1’s Blog introduces the meditation methods practiced in Bangladesh and discusses its benefits.

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Maldives

Shaapay lists down the stakes of the Maldives government in the commercial enterprises of the country and comments that it looks more like a business company.

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Sri Lanka

LIRNEasia has some questions about the proposed budget allocation in Sri Lanka for e-villages.

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Bhutan

Kuzoo.net posts videos of the coronation of the new Bhutanese King His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, and his speeches.

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China

Wu Mao（五毛）is fifty cents or half yuan in Chinese currency. Wu Mao Dang (五毛党), or Fifty Cents Party, is a derogatory term applied to those pro-government bloggers who are suspected to receive fifty cents for every pro-party post. Does Wu Mao Dang really exist in China, as rumors say? A Chinese blogger took great pains to collect some evidence [zh], but dlliushaokui at sina.com expressed his doubt [zh]about its existence.

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Japan

At Kyô mo Aruku [ja], Shigeru Kurokawa casts doubts [ja] on the propriety of a report [ja], published by the government Discussion Group for Education Rebuilding, which urges mobile phone companies to make special telephones for children that limit functionality so that only calls can be made, and to set up a system for tracking the position of the unit.

• Scilla Alecci

Haiti

Blesh Family in Haiti makes a visit to the General Hospital where some of the victims of the Petionville school collapse were taken: “We are glad we went & it was nice to be able to get the kids to smile but the situation is so devastating. Many of the parents had multiple children in the school…it was heartbreaking. Also at this hospital, NOTHING is supplied.” Meanwhile, RHFH Rescue Center reports that “at least nine people were injured when a school building partially collapsed in Haiti - days after a similar incident killed more than 90 people.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Diaspora blogger Child of the Revolution speculates as to why “the highest ranking woman in the Castro regime…has been unexpectedly fired…from her high-profile post as Minister for Foreign Investment.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Taiwan: When News is Sold to the Chinese Government

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