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Haiti Innovation reports that the UNICEF “Photo of the Year” features the plight of Haiti, while the photographer, who has her own blog, says of her win: “It’s not only great because my work as a photographer gets recognition, but also and much more important – eventually many people will turn their eyes on Haiti's children.”
“A constellation of events will shape the pace of the rapprochement between our geographically closest neighbours”: Simon at Bahama Pundit blogs about relations between Cuba and the US.
TriniGourmet.com posts “A Day in the Life” flickr photoset.
Several blogs and news sites reported that Davood Azadfar , an Iran based blogger, was arrested[fa] yesterday in Mahabad in Iran's Kurdistan province. It seems he had criticized Mahabad's authorities in his blog.
After living and working in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, for two months, a religious holiday provides Joe's Trippin' with the opportunity to explore the north of the country. In particular, while surviving various attempts to marry off the Canadian to local girls, the blogger visited the town of Quba and the mountain village of Xinaliq. The post is accompanied by photographs.
The Tbilisi Blues examines the state of the Georgian army before and especially during the August war with Russia. The blogger says that he saw with his own eyes how reservists were sent into action in Gori wearing nothing more than tennis shoes and ill-fitting uniforms to serve as cannon fodder.
Peopo, a unique and successful citizen media project presented by Taiwan's Public Television Service(PTS), just announced the second Citizen Journalism Award winners. The five video reports are about the disaster caused by typhoon, the management of stray animals, taxi drivers' voices and lives, hoboes' heath problems, and an old lady who desires to read and learn. However, the very existence of PTS and Peopo as well are under grave crisis because of government interference.
Karden, with her black and white cats, wish you a not too boring Christmas. (via inmediahk.net)
Blogger Happy Kernel suggests a website that collects videos of Christmas illumination along the streets of every Japanese city. The idea of this website's creator, Shinya, was to make it possible for parents with small children to enjoy the Christmas atmosphere from home.
The Regional Library of Aysen recently opened in Coyhaique, Chile, which will also house a computer lab. Máximo Moreno Grez describes the newest facilities complete with photos [es].
Miran, I love this post. I live in Qatar and to be honest, all you ever see is girls ignoring...
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I strongly believe this is the real reason for the Mauritanian government striking a deal to settle the dispute with...