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January, 2009

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Stories from January, 2009

17 January 2009

Palestine: “Everything is in vain in Gaza - breathing, running, hoping”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

In this roundup of blogs from Gaza, we hear in detail about the attacks on Al Quds hospital in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City from an Australian activist...

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16 January 2009

Israel: Loving and Hating Yonit Levi

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

Yonit Levi is the beloved anchorwoman for Israel's Channel 2. Over the past few days, however, she has become a pariah in the blogosphere for her reactions to the current crisis in Gaza, deemed as sympathetic to Palestinians. Jillian York has the story.

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Morocco: A Country Divided Over Gaza

Written by Jillian C. York · Middle East & North Africa

As a quorum of Arab leaders convene in Doha today, the world is wondering how their meeting might bring about a cessation of hostilities in Gaza. Yesterday, the news broke that King Mohammed VI of Morocco would not be attending the Doha or any other summit. Blogger react to that, and to the division of public opinion within Morocco, in this piece from Jillian York.

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Costa Rica: After the Earthquake

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Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

A week has passed since the 6.2 Earthquake in Costa Rica, and on blogger and twitter people have been commenting on the aftermath, analyzing the relief efforts, the rescue operations...

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Kazakhstan: Prime-Minister Launched Blog

Written by Adil Nurmakov · Central Asia & Caucasus

On January 9 the Press Office of the Government informed that Karim Massimov, the Prime-Minister of Kazakhstan, started his private, yet official blog. Last December the Prime –Minister visited Russian...

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Hong Kong: Election Consultation Deferred… It's Dog-Speak!

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

If constructive questions like the election consultation became "dog-speak" in the eye of top ruling elites (in the form of Freudian slip), what's the function of the Legislative council? Although LSD's legislators' dog's fight performance is disruptive, can the Legislative council be genuinely constructive with the un-democratic system?

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