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January, 2009

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Stories from January, 2009

8 January 2009

Kenya: Introducing poet and artist bloggers

Written by Njeri Wangari · Sub-Saharan Africa

Njeri Wangari introduces a few young poets and artists in Kenya who have started blogs to expand the reach of their works.

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Egyptian bloggers visit injured Palestinians

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Several groups of injured Palestinians crossed into the Egyptian territory via the Rafah Crossing and blogger Ahmed Al Sabbagh and Mohamed Hamdy organized a morale-boosting visit to the Red Crescent Hospital.

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Palestine: “In Gaza, we are subject to news but cannot see TVs”

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Yesterday (6 January) a UN school in Jabaliya refugee camp which was being used as a shelter, was struck by Israeli shells and about 40 people killed. Today, the Israeli military suspended its military operations for three hours, to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip. In this post we hear the reactions of bloggers in Gaza.

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7 January 2009

“All whaling vessels please proceed to waters of East Timor”

Written by Sara Moreira · East Asia

The title above is a quote from Twitter user @BILL_ROMANOS celebrating a discovery made by Australian and East Timorese researchers: the biggest "meeting" ever reported of whales and dolphins, among other cetaceans, and in East Timorese waters.

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Peru: Blogger Wishes for the New Year

Written by Eduardo Avila · Latin America

“What are your hopes for the Peruvian blogosphere in 2009?” That question was openly posed to the community of Peruvian blogosphere on Juan Arellano's blog Globalizado. As a result, 28 bloggers from Peru and the diaspora responded with a wide variety of thoughts and opinions on their personal blogs and others in the comments section. Many were optimistic, yet some were bothered by the commercialization of the blogs.

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Egypt: Bloggers on the Fence

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa

Sitting on the fence requires objectivity, tolerance, and integrity. Mona Eltahawy chose to sit on the fence and Amr Gharbeia asks people to choose a solution. Marwa Rakha brings us the story from Egypt.

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Updates from January, 2009

25 January 2009

Azerbaijan

Learning to Walk in Stilettos pays a visit to Martyr's Alley in Baku, a cemetery for those killed in the Soviet crackdown in the Azerbaijani capital on 19-20th January 1990. The blog details the walk to the eternal flame at the end of the alley and posts photographs.

• Onnik Krikorian

Armenia

Following the second anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Unzipped comments on a recent piece by Glendal News Press' Patrick Azadian on the ethnic Armenian journalist who stood for peace, democracy and human rights in Turkey. The blog despairs the fact that nationalists are attempting to hijack the name of the man who stood for peace and reconciliation between Armenians and Turks for their own political purposes.

• Onnik Krikorian

Saudi Arabia

Freekyboard, an Iranian blogger, says [fa] “we are not going to hear the following news in Iran: The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W Bush is seeking asylum in Switzerland and Saudi Arabia pays one billion dollar to help reconstruct the Gaza Strip.”

• Fred Petrossian

Taiwan (ROC)

Daliao Township in Kaohsiung County has been the site of several poisonous gas leaks in the past two months. The EPA came under fire for its poor handling of the case and a protest by locals turned violent. Shan Ding Lu has a photo essay of the town showing the impact of human activities on the town's environment.

• David Reid