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A 7.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia and some parts of the Philippines. Twitter broke the news ahead of mainstream media. Jyamasaki tweets: “I continue to be impressed how twitter is able to report on the Earthquake in Indonesia a few hours before it's reported on major news sites.”
Global Voices is offering six bloggers based in Kenya the opportunity to attend the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit in Nairobi for free. ... More »
The Philippine government has recently launched the Budget ng Bayan website to promote transparency and good governance in the country. Budget documents and state expenditures are uploaded in the site.
Opinioneated is an “interactive map of where to eat in Singapore, based on the reviews of popular food bloggers.”
Bersih, an election reform movement in Malaysia, identifies key reforms that the government can implement to ensure free and fair access to media during elections
David Wertime from the Tea Leaf Nation blogs about a serial rape crime committed by a local official in Henan province who had raped “nearly one hundred” young girls. So far the local police have identified a doze victims the youngest was born in 2001.
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated a feature story showing German photographer Michael Wolf's collection of “Architecture of Density” which reflects the living condition of ordinary Hong Kong people in high-rises.
With the proliferation of mobile phone in marginal and underrepresented communities it is important for citizen journalists and activists to... More »
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hi, how could i find the english version of this video please? thank you :)
Hello Kasnar, I regret to say that those type of programmes are very common all over...
Wow!!. I'm an American and I do not speak Portuguese well if at all. ...
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First, let us ignore your assertion that at the time only 1% of young Chinese...