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February, 2009

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Stories from February, 2009

5 February 2009

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China: Shanzhai Spring Festival Blocked

Written by Oiwan Lam · East Asia

In the evening of 25 of January 2009, most Chinese people in mainland China were at home, enjoying the year end dinner while waiting for the Lunar New Year. A...

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4 February 2009

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Brazil: The Cybercrimes Bill meets the “Cybercriminal” Camp

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Written by Daniel Duende · Latin America

It's no surprise then that the controversy should grow further when this bill is brought into debate at a huge cyberculture meeting. Daniel Duende joined the crowds of bit-torrent-using p2p-addicted geeks who attended the debate at Campus Party.

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Paraguay: Loofah and Plastic makes a home

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Written by Juliana Rincón Parra · Latin America

Loofah gourd (luffa cylindrica) by Laura512 Paraguayan innovator Elsa Zaldívar has won the 2008 Rolex Award for Enterprise thanks to her project which consists of not only training women heads...

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Egypt: Erdoğan, Leader of the World

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip has new fans across the Arab world, notably in Egypt where one blogger went on to describe him as the “leader of the world.” Another sees fault in Arab leaders who are not standing up for the Palestinian cause.

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Italy Seethes over Brazil's Extradition Refusal

Written by Bernardo Parrella · Western Europe, Latin America

Italians are still debating a controversial decision of the Brazilian government to guarantee political asylum to convicted felon Cesare Battisti, in spite of an extradition request by the Italian foreign ministry. The decision to grant asylum is currently being considered by the Brazilian supreme court.

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Japan: Bloggers respond to new filtering measures

Written by Chris Salzberg · East Asia

Over the past week, Japan's major mobile phone operators have commenced filtering web access on mobile phones contracted to minors (users under 18 years of age), following on legislation introduced in late 2007 and on developments over the last year toward the regulation of “harmful” content. Bloggers respond.

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