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January, 2009

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Stories from January, 2009

13 January 2009

Senior citizen sets on fire a Singapore lawmaker

Written by Mong Palatino · East Asia

Politicians should be more careful these days. Angry citizens are using extraordinary measures to express their rage against leaders. Last month a journalist from Iraq threw his shoes at U.S. President George Bush. Last Sunday, a 70 year old taxi driver lit a bottle of kerosene and threw it at Singapore lawmaker Seng Han Thong in a community club.

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Sri Lanka: Questions Surrounding Slain Journalist's Death Persist

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Written by Angilee Shah · South Asia

Lasantha Wickrematunge, investigative journalist and editor of the Sunday Leader, was buried in a Colombo cemetery on Monday afternoon after being shot in broad daylight on his way to work...

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Korea: Minerva Arrested

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

Netizen Legend, Minerva, [GV Nov. 30, 2008] has finally been arrested. And his identify was exposed. There have been many rumors that he would be an economic expert, stock expert,...

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12 January 2009

From Italy to Palestine: Vittorio Arrigoni writes from Gaza

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Vittorio Arrigoni is an Italian human rights activist who is currently in Gaza, one of a number of activists who arrived with the Free Gaza movement. Vittorio (Vik) blogs at Guerrilla Radio [it], and also writes for the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto. His posts vividly describe what the people of Gaza are experiencing right now. In one, a doctor describes the effects of the white phosphorus shells Israel is accused of using: "He said that what was totally inexplicable was the total absence of eyeballs, which even in the case of trauma of that magnitude should stay in place, at least traces of them."

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MENA: Israel and the Use of White Phosphorous in Gaza

Written by Eman AbdElRahman · Middle East & North Africa

The world is looking on in shock at the devastating photographs taken of Gaza victims - some of whom are deformed beyond recognition. Human Rights Watch is also calling upon Israel to stop the unlawful use of White Phosphorus in its war on Gaza. Bloggers from across the region react.

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Fiji floods: ‘Where is all this water coming from?'

Written by John Liebhardt · Oceania

Fiji’s bloggers have begun reporting on the weekend's serious flooding that has placed much of the Western Division of the country’s largest island under water. Debate within the blogosphere has also assessed the government’s capacity to deal with the situation.

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