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February, 2009

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Stories from February, 2009

24 February 2009

Brunei: The nation turns 25

Brunei Darussalam celebrated it's twenty-five years of independence yestderday. To celebrate the Silver Jubilee, a grand parade was held at the National Stadium. Brunei blogs are buzzing with colourful photos of the historic occasion and many bloggers are sharing their aspirations for the nation.

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Korea: Hillary Clinton's Visit

Written by Hyejin Kim · East Asia

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Korea. Rather than any other issues, North Korean issues were the major topic. Some people welcomed her on the street, raising signs, “Welcome,...

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Ukraine: “Russophone Ukrainian Nationalists”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Eastern & Central Europe

In this post, which has generated over a hundred comments and is now listed as the 4th most popular item on Yandex Blogs, LJ user alek-ya explains what a "Russophone Ukrainian nationalist" is.

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23 February 2009

Afghanistan: Prison, Poverty and Politics

Written by Fred Petrossian · Central Asia & Caucasus

While the Obama administration has announced that an additional 17,000 troops will be sent to Afghanistan to confront the rising insurgency, Afghan bloggers keep talking about the daily challenges facing...

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Blog Plagiarism hits Egyptian Bloggers

Written by Marwa Rakha · Middle East & North Africa, North America

Is there such a thing as blog plagiarism? Egyptian bloggers argue both sides of the fence on Facebook and on their blogs after a newspaper started quoting bloggers - without their permission, reports Marwa Rakha.

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Palestine: Attacks On Gaza Continue

Written by Ayesha Saldanha · Middle East & North Africa

Despite the announcement of unilateral ceasefires by both Israel and Hamas, attacks by the Israeli military on Gaza continue while Palestinian factions have been launching rockets into Israel. In this post we hear the latest from Gaza's blogs.

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Updates from February, 2009

26 February 2009

Jordan

Jordanian Hareega made some Oscar predictions here. Check out whether any of his guesses were right.

• Amira Al Hussaini

Iraq

Sunshine, from Iraq, celebrates her 17th birthday, in a war-torn Iraq. Also in this post, Sunshine tells us why her school was closed.

• Amira Al Hussaini

25 February 2009

Singapore

ringisei is worried that the Copyright Act is being used to “strangle” the blogosphere in Singapore.

• Mong Palatino

Pakistan

Kashif Aziz at Chowrangi posts a video showing corruption of traffic police in Karachi.

• Rezwan

India

The nominations for the Indian blogging award Indibloggies 2008 will continue till 6th of March 2009. The Indibloggies are publicly-chosen awards conferred on bloggers from India and the Indian Diaspora since 2003. The nomination form is located here.

• Rezwan

D.R. of Congo

Jeremy writes about Staff Benda Bilili, a group of paraplegic street musicians who live in and around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, Congo.

• Ndesanjo Macha

Zimbabwe

Denford Magora reveals how Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe amassed wealth during his tenure. I promised a few days ago to share with you information from impeccable sources on just how Robert Mugabe amassed a fortune during his tenure, “Few people know that, when Mugabe travels overseas, the Chief Secretary to the Cabinet goes to the Reserve Bank and asks for cash, hard cash, for the trip. It is given in US dollars. In the 1980s, the figure was US$50 000 per trip.”

• Ndesanjo Macha