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29 December 2008

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Stories from 29 December 2008

Palestine: Bloggers in Gaza describe the fear

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Against all odds, there are still blog posts coming out of Gaza, and bloggers are vividly describing the fear they are filled with in the face of ongoing Israeli attacks.

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Ghana: Waiting for a President

Written by Ethan Zuckerman · Sub-Saharan Africa

On December 7, Ghanaians came to the polls to elect a President, but a runoff was necessary. While waiting for the results of that second round that took place yesterday, Ethan Zuckerman reviews what is being said on Twitter and in the blogosphere.

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Syria: Bloggers Infuriated by Israeli Massacre in Palestine

Written by Razan Ghazzawi · Middle East & North Africa

"Many Syrian bloggers feel depressed and paralyzed over what's happening in Gaza now" writes Razan Ghazzawi as she brings us more reactions from the Arabic-language Syrian blogosphere in our continuing coverage about the current Israeli airstrike campaign in the Gaza Strip.

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Palestine: French Blogger Weighs In On Gaza

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

French blogger Jeremie Berrebi writing from Israel, posted yesterday a long blog post "Gaza/Israel : Why it is starting again" with his analysis on the Gaza attacks seen from Israel.

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Israel: Israeli Bloggers React to Gaza

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

"Last night as I watched the various international news outlets, I was dismayed to see them relating to the rising death toll in Gaza as if Israel had indiscriminately mowed down a huge swath of unsuspecting innocents," writes Treppenwitz in reaction to the Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. His reaction is a common one among Israeli bloggers, one where these actions are a justified reaction to a situation that has been unbearable for too long.

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Israel: Preparing for War

Written by Deborah Ann Dilley · Middle East & North Africa

On December 27, after tensions increased after the ending of a six-month cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Israeli defense forces began airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Reactions from the Israeli...

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Updates from 29 December 2008

Bangladesh

E-Bangladesh reports that its a landslide victory for the Awami League-led-Grand Alliance in today's national election.

• Rezwan

Kenya

Bankelele explains why he thinks Kenyan banks should embrace M-Pesa, the popular money transfer service offered by the mobile phone provider Safaricom: “Banks need to change and embrace M-Pesa as it is able to do some things they can't or won't do”.

• Elia Varela Serra

Azerbaijan

Sheki, Azerbaijan sends its readers seasons greetings and takes a look at plov (pilaf) and the various ways in which it is cooked throughout the regions of the South Caucasus country. The dish, with rice or cracked wheat as its base, is also served in honor of respected guests and the blog points its readers towards Farida's Azerbaijani Cookbook for one specific recipe.

• Onnik Krikorian

Venezuela

The submarine cable linking Cuba and Venezuela has “a vague completion date” of 2011, but Generation Y is clear about “what this projected umbilical cord should bring us.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Bahamas

“In the Bahamas, the average age for male and female students who peddle and smoke weed/drugs is age 13 and 14, respectively”: Adrian Gibson at Weblog Bahamas says that “the illicit drug plague has ripped our social fabric and will unremittingly haunt the history of our island chain for many years to come.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Haiti

“In the truest definition of the word it means ‘one who stays with'”: Tara at The Livesay Haiti Weblog says that the Restavek system “might be one of the most frustrating ones of all for me to accept. The fact that children are used for labor and for the benefit of adults is beyond incomprehensible.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco

Cuba

Trinidadian blogger Tattoo spends Christmas in Havana and comes away with the impression that “the revolution has not achieved a new equilibrium. Instead, it has re-appropriated the inequalities inherent in any capitalist society and ensured that those in power are the haves as opposed to the have nots. And this is the real fracture of Cuba: its romantic socialist ideals versus its harsh, unromantic realities.”

• Janine Mendes-Franco